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THB #510: Fear Itself
This is a political/philosophical column today. Look away, if you prefer to read more movie stuff. It will be back tomorrow… People keep trying to…
Mar 26
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THB #509: The Road To Road House '24
It shoulda been a contenda. Doug Liman didn’t really remake Road House. He took the outline and made it his own thing, with the help of screenwriters…
Mar 22
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THB #508: Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
I keep finding myself writing the same thing about a lot of sequelized IP movies in the last few years… do less and get back to why people loved the…
Mar 21
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THB #507: Will Wall St & The Media Yawn ParGlobal (and WBD) Out Of Business?
Paramount is sitting there like a death ship, floating along, with a lot of activity on board with a lot of smart people trying to do really smart…
Mar 19
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THB #506: How To Value A Movie (2024), Pt 1
It used to be pretty easy to broadly figure out whether a movie was profitable. You just had to know a few numbers. Production Budget Marketing (Or…
Mar 15
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THB #505: Netflix & Oscar
This Oscar season was Netflix’s 6th turn at bat with at least one Best Picture nominee. And it was the 6th time they didn’t win Best Picture. There is a…
Mar 13
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THB #504: Jonathan Glazer's Oscar Speech
I clicked on a bunch of links to outlets from The New York Times to BBC to The Guardian and on today, looking for a simple transcription of Jonathan…
Mar 12
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THB #503: The 96th Oscars
That’ll do. The tone was a little negative and aggressive early on and obsessed with Barbie. The writing for most of the introductions was terrible, but…
Mar 11
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THB #502: Objects & Desire
A friend of mine said to me, many years ago, in the heyday of Movie City News, “So, what are you going to do after this?” I don’t think she was asking…
Mar 8
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THB #501: Panda 4, Animation O
This is not a review, really. Because there is no point in reviewing Kung Fu Panda 4. I still love Jack Black. The Asian imagery is still beautiful. At…
Mar 6
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THB #501: Panda 4, Animation O
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THB #500: Box Office, Q1, Q2 & July
We just completed Weekend 9 of the box office year. And it hasn’t been pretty. Like last year, we have had 5 different #1 movies in these first 9…
Mar 5
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THB #500: Box Office, Q1, Q2 & July
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THB #499: Oscargasm - Selling The Oscar Show
This is , I believe, the third time I have written about this issue in recent weeks and the reason I am boring you with it is that I find myself…
Mar 3
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