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I was pleased to hear Jeffrey Katzenberg interviewed by angry, middle-aged onanist Kara Swisher and saying, "I think for anybody to sit here today and…

Sep 22, 2021

Once again, after a forgettable evening of "thank you"s and whining by the permanently aggrieved, Hollywood's media tries to figure out what went wrong…

Sep 20, 2021

Venice and Telluride are off to rip-roaring starts. Well... Here are the films that survived the weekend, between the two festivals. Not frontrunners…

Sep 5, 2021

The problem with The Academy Awards, as a popular TV event, is not the difference between a 2hr 30min show and a 3hr 15min show. It’s about a failure to…

Sep 5, 2021

Monday, I looked at what the studios are chasing in streaming (the world)... and the long road ahead. Today, a little about how they are chasing it and…

Aug 28, 2021

There once was a time in this business when they had the eyes of the whole world in theaters! But that wasn't good enough for them, oh no! They had to…

Aug 23, 2021

I haven't written about weekly box office in a really long time. Even before the pandemic, it became an overwrought exercise. But Disney has triggered…

Aug 2, 2021

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