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Monday, June 1, 2020 at 10:45AM Curated by Nathaniel R
Here's a PSA for you. Since we've rebooted the Curio column, dedicated to movie art, we figured we should point out that you can have your art on your PPE. Face masks are the new norm, so here's a way to make this uncomfortable reality a little more fun and tolerable. Show off your fandom...
Monday, May 25, 2020 at 10:53AM After the jump more tiny beauties that make you laugh, think, smile, or nod vigorously...
It is our time, finally. https://t.co/zp618qGDJy
— Tilda Swinton (@NotTildaSwinton) May 24, 2020
Friday, February 14, 2020 at 4:00PM by Ginny O'Keefe
SPOILERS AHEAD!!!!
I’ve been a die-hard Star Wars fan since I was four years old. I had been eagerly awaiting the release of Episode IX: Rise of Skywalker since 2017. With the film rapidly losing screens now in its 9th weekend and approaching a final box office tally that's significantly less than its predecessor, I began to think about my own enormous disappointment. I must not be alone. To preface my reaction I should say that I have seen EVERY SINGLE Star Wars movie that has been released since I was born more than once in theatres. Until now...
Tuesday, January 21, 2020 at 10:19AM The box office report comes real late this week since it takes a while for the coins to settle after holiday weekends. But here we go with the long weekend estimates (which probably aren't all in).
Will Smith and Martin Lawrence are both in their 50s but there's no aging out of action franchises (as we saw with Hamilton & Schwarzenegger last summer in Terminator Dark Fate). The first Bad Boys arrived in 1995 as an instant smash and its sequel waited until 2003 but audiences haven't fallen out of love in the long gaps. They came back in droves 17 years later for round three.
Since this was the first weekend after the Oscar nominations and most of the Best Picture nominees (re) expanded their screen counts, let's check in with EVERYTHING in wide release... and their counterparts in platforming.
| Weekend Box Office January 17th-20th (ESTIMATES) 🔺 = new or expanding / ★ = recommended |
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| WIDE RELEASE (800+ screens) |
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| 1 🔺 BAD BOYS FOR LIFE $73.4 *NEW* |
1 🔺 WEATHERING WITH YOU $1.7 on 486 screens *NEW* REVIEW ★ |
Friday, December 27, 2019 at 5:00PM 
For actors, franchises can be a gift and a curse simultaneously. Money is a plus, certainly, and so is the newfound fame and recognizability. However, such treasures often come at the cost of artistic risks and availability to do anything other than the series they're then chained to. Long preproduction, long shoots and even longer reshoots fill the calendar and then there are endless promotional tours. In the end, the victims of the franchises are the performers' fans.
With the "end" of the Skywalker saga, it's a good time to ponder what comes next for the stars of the third Star Wars trilogy. Will these actors be able to ride the wave of popularity into exciting careers or will they forever be tied to these Disney-owned characters? We'll see…
