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David Reads The Trades, 12/30/24

THB #642a: It Didn't End With Them... The Battle Between The Publicists

THB #642: It Didn't End With Them... The Battle Between The Publicists

THB #643: Awards Movies & Where To Watch Them

Jacques Audiard's Emilia Pérez Reminds Us of the Limitless Potential of Cinema | Nominated for 10 Golden Globes® & 10 Critics Choice Awards Including Best Picture

THB #641: It Should Have Ended With Them - A Hate Story In 4 Acts

THB #640: It Should Have Ended With Them - A Hate Story In 4 Acts

THB #639: It Should Have Ended With Them - A Hate Story In 4 Acts

David Reads The Trades, 12/24/24

David Reads The Trades, 12/23/24

THB #638: Too Mu To View

David Reads The Trades, 12/20/24

[In Case You've Forgotten] THB #513: Disney... The Rest of 2024 in Movies

David Reads The Trades, 12/19/24

THB #637: The Moral Imperative Of Oscar Is Non-Existent

FYC James Mangold’s A COMPLETE UNKNOWN starring Timothée Chalamet | 3 Golden Globe and Critics Choice Nominations including Best Picture, Best Actor & Best Supporting Actor

David Reads The Trades, 12/18/24

DP/30: Clarence "Divine Eye" Maclin, Sing Sing

THB #636 : Mufasa: The Lion King

David Reads The Trades, 12/17/24

THB #635: 11 Weeks To Oscar - The Great Settling Is Nigh

David Reads The Trades, 12/16/24

A REAL PAIN | 4 Golden Globe Nominations including Best Picture

THB #634: It's The Weekends, Dummy!

David Reads The Trades, 12/13/24

DP/30: Amy Adams, Nightbitch

David Reads The Trades, 12/12/24

David Reads The Trades, 12/11/24

THB #633: A Complete Unknown

David Reads The Trades, 12/10/24

David Reads The Trades, 12/9/24

THB #632: The @*#&ing Globe Noms

THB #631: 12 Weeks To Oscar - Before The TV Shows Show Up

David Reads The Trades, 12/6/24

FYC | I'm Still Here: Best Picture, Best International Feature, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay

David Reads The Trades, 12/5/24

THB #630: There Is No "Getting Your Groove Back"

David Reads The Trades, 12/4/24

THB #629: Whose Woke Is It Anyway?

DP/30: September 5, Leonie Benesch

David Reads The Trades, 12/3/24

“Angelina Jolie Gives a Career-Defining Performance” as Maria Callas in Pablo Larraín’s MARIA

David Reads The Trades, 12/2/24

THB #628: Thankful 2024 - Episode 27

THB #627: Learning The Wrong Lessons

David Reads The Trades, 11/29/24

David Reads The Trades, 11/27/24

THB #626: Moana 2

David Reads The Trades, 11/26/24

David Reads The Trades, 11/25/24

You’ve Never Seen Anything Like EMILIA PÉREZ | Go Inside The Original Music

THB #625: Wicked... & Gladiator II... & The Box Office

David Reads The Trades, 11/22/24

THB #624: More 15 Weeks to Oscar - Updating!

David Reads The Trades, 11/21/24

David Reads The Trades, 11/20/24

THB #623: Wicked

David Reads The Trades, 11/19/24

David Reads The Trades, 11/18/24

THB #622: 15 Weeks to Oscar - Dangerous Underdogs

David Reads The Trades, 11/15/24

THB #621: Disney Q4 2024

David Reads The Trades, 11/13/24

David Reads The Trades, 11/14/24

THB #620: Gladiator II

David Reads The Trades, 11/12/24

THB #619: Red One

David Reads The Trades, 11/11/24

THB #618: 16 Weeks To Oscar - The Election

David Reads The Trades, 11/8/24

THB #617: Vote Differently... On Oscar

David Reads The Trades, 11/7/24

David Reads The Trades, 11/6/24

THB #616: Shamelessness

David Reads The Trades, 11/5/24

David Reads The Trades, 11/4/24

THB #615: When The Money Changed

THB #614: Juror #2 and Here

David Reads The Trades, 11/1/24

THB #613: Studios' October Fail

David Reads The Trades, 10/31/24

David Reads The Trades, 10/30/24

THB #612: 18 Weeks To Oscar - Actors!

David Reads The Trades, 10/29/24

THB #611: The Water Is Freezing

David Reads The Trades, 10/28/24

David Reads The Trades, 10/25/24

THB #610: Still 19 Weeks To Oscar... BP Charts!

David Reads The Trades, 10/24/24

David Reads The Trades, 10/23/24

THB #610: What Is Horror Sequel's Box Office Win

David Reads The Trades, 10/22/24

THB #609: 19 Weeks To The Os-Scares!

David Reads The Trades, 10/21/24

THB #608: About "Anora"

David Reads The Trades, 10/18/24

David Reads The Netflix Quarterly, Q3 2024

David Reads The Trades, 10/17/24

THB 607a Sidebar: More detail on the origins of "September 5"

David Reads The Trades, 10/16/24

THB #607: "September 5" Is For Real

David Reads The Trades, 10/15/24

David Reads The Trades, 10/14/24

THB #606: Box Office, Briefly

THB #605: 23W2O - Part 4: Fixing The Show Again

David Reads The Trades, 10/11/24

THB #604: Showbiz News Desert

David Reads The Trades, 10/10/24

THB #603: The Film & That Moment

David Reads The Trades, 10/9/24

David Reads The Trades, 10/8/24

David Reads The Trades, 10/7/24

THB #602: Joker 2 - Review à Deux

David Reads The Trades, 10/4/24

THB #601: Joker 2 Ambivalence

David Reads The Trades, 10/2/24

David Reads The Trades, 10/1/24

THB #600: Zeit Hype!

David Reads The Trades, 9/30/24

THB #599: Weekend Box Office In Under 500 Words

THB #598 - Megalopolis and Saturday Night

DP/30: Transformers One, Josh Cooley

DRTT Special: Maggie Smith

David Reads The Trades, 9/26/24

THB #596: 23W2O - Part 3: The New Oscar Norm?

David Reads The Trades, 9/25/24

David Reads The Trades, 9/24/24

THB #595: 23Wks2Oscar - Part 2: Acting

THB #594: 23 Weeks To Oscar - Part 1: The Best Picture Field

THB #594 Sidebar: Trailers for The Best Picture Field

David Reads The Trades, 9/23/24

THB #593: Monsters - The Lyle & Erik Menendez Story

THB #592: Box Office Blahs

David Links, 9/20/24

David Reads The Trades, 9/20/24

David Reads The Trades, 9/19/24

David Links, 9/19/24

THB #591: Transformers One

David Reads The Trades, 9/18/24

David Links, 9/18/24

THB #590: 5 Keys To The Future, Pt. 2 - Less Consolidation of Participants

David Reads The Trades, 9/17/24

David Links The Trades, 9/17/24

David Reads The Trades, 9/16/24

David Links The Trades, 9/16/24

THB# 598: The Meaning of The

David Reads The Trades, 9/13/24

David Links The Trades/ Ep 67

Francis Reads The Trades, 9/12/24

David Reads The Trades, 9/11/24

THB # 597: Speak No Evil (spoiler-lite)

David Reads The Trades, 9/10/24

David Reads The Trades, 9/9/24

THB #596: 5 Keys To The Future, Pt 1. - Linear To Streaming

David Reads The Trades, 9/6/24

David Reads The Trades, 9/5/24

THB #595: Emilia Pérez

David Reads The Trades, 9/4/24

THB #594: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (non-spoiler)

David Reads The Trades, 9/3/24

David Reads The Festival Trades, 9/2/24

THB #593: *Disclaimer (very limited spoilers)

David Reads The Trades, 8/30/24

THB #592: Losing My Film Festival Religion

David Reads The Trades, 8/29/24

THB #591: 64 Ain't Enough

David Reads The Trades, 8/28/24

David Reads The Trades, 8/27/24

David Reads The Trades, 8/26/24

David Reads The Trades, 8/23/24

THB #590: These Times

David Reads The Trades, 8/22/24

EXTRA!!!! David Reads The Trades, 8/21/24

David Reads The Trades, 8/21/24

David Reads The Trades, 8/20/24

David Reads The Trades, 8/19/24

THB #589: Did Alien Romulus Open Well?

David Reads The Trades, 8/16/24

David Reads The Trades, 8/15/24

THB #588: Alien Romulus

David Reads The Trades, 8/14/24

THB #587: La Montaña Está En Erupción

David Reads The Trades, 8/13/24

David Reads The Trades, 8/12/24

THB #586: What's Going On With The Box Office?

THB #585: Linear Is Making Money, Like It Or Not

David Reads The Trades, 8/9/24

David Reads The Trades, 8/8/24

THB: A Personal Note

David Reads The Trades, 8/7/24

THB #583: The Future of Filmed Entertainment: Episode Three - Movies

David Reads The Trades, 8/6/24

David Reads The Trades, 8/5/24

THB #582: The Future of Filmed Entertainment: Episode Two -TV

David Reads The Trades, 8/2/24

THB #585: Trap

David Reads The Trades, 8/1/24

David Reads The Trades, 7/31/24

THB #581: The Future of Filmed Entertainment: Episode One

David Reads The Trades, 7/30/24

David Reads The Trades, 7/29/24

THB #580: Deadpool, Wolverine & SPOILERS

THB #579: 'Pooling The Box Office

David Reads The Trades, 7/27/24

DP/30: 15 Pairings

Watch the Trailer for HIS THREE DAUGHTERS | "Three of the best performances of the year and one of the best films of the year"

DP/30: 15 Men

DP/30: 15 Women

THB #578: Deadpool & Wolverine

David Reads The Trades, 7/23/24

THB #577: Everything is Hard

David Reads The Trades, 7/22

THB #576: Box Office Twister

David Reads The Trades, 7/17

THB #575: Netflix Day, Q2 2024

David Reads The Trades, 7/18

THB #574b: Eyes Wide Shut (at 25)

THB #574a: Eyes Wide Shut (at 25)

David Reads The Trades, 7/17

THB #573: Twisters

David Reads The Trades, 7/16

David Reads The Trades, 7/15

THB #572: McDLTing Hollywood

THB #571: 10 Times Or More

David Reads The Trades, 7/12

THB #570: Fiscal Perspective on Longleg$

David Reads The Trades, 7/11

THB #569: Touch

David Reads The Trades, 7/10

THB #568: A Tale of 2 Trailers

David Reads The Trades, 7/9

David Reads The Trades, 7/8

THB #567: Fly Me To The Moon

THB #566: Loooooong Weekend

THB #565: Entertaining Yourself

David Reads The Trades, 7/3

David (Not Really Ellison) Reads BarryMount, Epilogue

David Reads BarryMount, 7/2

David Reads The Trades, 7/1

THB #564: Show Biden-ess & Change

THB #563: Horizon: An American Saga, Chapter 1

David Reads The Trades, 6/28

THB #562: A Quiet Place: Day One

David Reads The Trades (14)

David Reads The Trades

THB #561: Original Animation By The Numbers, Pt. 2 (When Bob II Met Failure)

THB #560: Original Animation By The Numbers, Pt. 1

David Reads The Trades

David Reads The Trades

THB #549: The Enemy Within

David Reads The Trades

THB #548: Death (Special Guest Star, Donald Sutherland)

David Reads The Trades

THB Podcast: David Reads The Trades

THB #557: Welcome To The New Side Hustle Era

THB Podcast: David Reads The Trades

THB Podcast: David Reads The Trades

THB #556: What Inside Out 2's Numbers Do Mean

THB #555: What Inside Out 2's Numbers Don't Mean

THB #554: Where The Jews Are

DP/30 Emmy Watch: Noomi Rapace, Constellation

THB Podcast: David Reads The Trades

THB Podcast: David Reads The Trades

Old News... Maybe Not So Old

THB #553: Inside Out 2

Going To Hear Music... Inspired By Bob Peak & Movies... Etc

THB Podcast: David Reads The Trades

THB #552: It's Not Alive... ALIVE!!!

THB Podcast: David Reads The Trades

THB Podcast (A Limited Series): Good Morning, HollywoodNam!!!!

THB #551: Who Is The Fall Guy For The Fall Guy?

[Repost] THB #534: Box Office, Mid-May

THB #550: Waiting On The Eclipse To Pass

THB #549: Bad Boys For Life

THB #548: Into The Ellison Unknown

THB #547: Oscargasm 97 - The 17 Best Picture Contenders (6/1/24)

THB #546: Young Woman & The Sea

THB #545: #HeToo?

THB #544: Damn The Box Office - Memorial Day Edition

THB #543: Why Are The Trades Lying About Box Office This Weekend?

THB #542: Bundling Bungling

THB #541: Just Another Manic Wednesday

THB #540: Garfield, In Context

THB #539: Is 19-Day VOD Poisoning The Entire Well?

THB #538: If You Don't Build It, They Won't Come

THB #537: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

THB #536: IF

THB #535: Podcasts & Oft-Repeated Unrealities

THB #534: Box Office, Mid-May

THB #533: Musing About Netflix

THB #532: Kingdom of The Planet of the Apes

THB #531: Disney Day!

THB #530: Norm Of The Week Club 2

THB #529: Norm Of The Week Club

THB #528: Triggered

THB #527: The Fall Guy

THB #526: Paramount - Hospice or Assisted Suicide?

THB #525: Challengers

THB #524: Too Much

THB #523: The 4 Questions (of Showbiz)

THB #522: Merging More To Acquire Less?

THB #521: Netflix Q1 2024

THB #520 (Formerly Known As #420): Bits & Pieces

THB #519: Netflix's Sophomore Movie Years

THB #517: CinemaCon - Episode Two, The 2024 Line-Up

THB #516: CinemaCon 2024 - Episode One

THB #515b: Trailers and ShoWest

THB #515a: ShoWest and Trailers

THB #514: Monkey Man

THB #513: Disney... The Rest of 2024 in Movies

THB #512: Resurrection Blues

THB #513: The Rube Goldberg Media Machine

THB #511: Wicked Little Letters

THB #510: Fear Itself

THB #509: The Road To Road House '24

THB #508: Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

THB #507: Will Wall St & The Media Yawn ParGlobal (and WBD) Out Of Business?

THB #506: How To Value A Movie (2024), Pt 1

THB #505: Netflix & Oscar

THB #504: Jonathan Glazer's Oscar Speech

THB #503: The 96th Oscars

THB #502: Objects & Desire

THB #501: Panda 4, Animation O

THB #500: Box Office, Q1, Q2 & July

THB #499: Oscargasm - Selling The Oscar Show

THB #498: Dune, Part II (Duner)

DP/30 #497: Oscargasm - Ouroboros Now

How MAESTRO’s Hair & Makeup Team Covered a 50 Year Age Span for Bradley Cooper’s Portrayal of Leonard Bernstein | FYC Best Actor + Best Makeup & Hairstyling

FYC POOR THINGS is “the greatest artistic achievement of Emma Stone’s career” | Nominated for 11 Academy Awards Including Best Picture & Best Actress

THB #496: I Won't Write...

THB #495: Sent In The Clowns

SOCIETY OF THE SNOW is a “Much-Needed Celebration of the Human Spirit” | FYC Best International Feature

THB #494: Oscargasm - Campaigning's Last Stretch

AMERICAN FICTION is “A Modern Classic” | Nominated for 5 Academy Awards Including Best Picture

THB #493: Vault Disney Moves To Culver City

Wes Anderson, Benedict Cumberbatch & Dev Patel on the Making of THE WONDERFUL STORY OF HENRY SUGAR | FYC Best Live Action Short

THB #492: Simplifying The Streaming Conversation

THB #492: Oscargasm - BAFTA

FYC POOR THINGS | Emma Stone is ‘fearless’ in Yorgos Lanthimos’ “visual cinematic masterpiece” | Nominated for 11 Academy Awards Including Best Picture & Best Actress

From American Beauty to NYAD, a Look Back at Annette Bening’s Illustrious Career | SAG® & Oscar® Nominated for Best Actress

THB #491: Madame Web (of Excrement)

THB #490: Oscargasm - Oscar’s 10 Commandments (Pt 2)

THB #489: Oscargasm - Oscar’s 10 Commandments (Pt 1)

THB #488: Coming Back/Staying Put

Paul Giamatti 's Loving Intro For Alexander Payne

Brad Pitt Says Bradley Cooper’s ‘Maestro’ Is a “Masterwork” (WATCH)

THB #487: Movies Are Sex

THB #487: Movies Are Sex

FYC: Academy Award® Nominee The Teachers’ Lounge is Now Playing in Theaters Nationwide

THB #486: Disney Quarterly - Return of the Jedi

THB #485: Why Oscar Should Be Earlier (Again!)

Kazu Hiro's Hair and Makeup Design in MAESTRO is Staggering, Completely Transforming Bradley Cooper into Leonard Bernstein

THB #484: Oscargasm - Are We There Yet?

Sidebar: Sundance Housekeeping

THB #483: The Ironic End of Paramount

THB #482: Over The Hump (Day)

THB #481: Silly Nebulous Unserious Bullpoop

THB #480: A Tale Of 2 Sundance 2024s

Gone Sundancin'

THB #479: Netflix Q4 2023 - Forever Blowing Bubbles

THB #478: Oscargasm - Nom-es Day

Oscar Ennui

THB #477: Comedy In Movie Theaters

DP/30: The List - Norman Jewison

[ICYMI] THB #471: Festivals & Their Future

THB #476: First Oscargasm Column Since The Nominations Announcement

THB #475: The End Of... Stuff...

THB #474: Let's Give 'Em Nothing To Write About

THB #473: Oscargasm! - Pencils Down!

Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

FYC | The Teachers’ Lounge: Best International Feature, Best Director Best Actress, Best Original Screenplay

[COPY] FYC | The Teachers’ Lounge: Best International Feature, Best Director Best Actress, Best Original Screenplay

THB #472: When You Can't Take The Win You Want...

FYC | The Teachers’ Lounge: Best International Feature, Best Director Best Actress, Best Original Screenplay

THB #471: Festivals & Their Future

FYC | FERRARI | All Categories including Best Picture, Best Director & Best Supporting Actress

FYC | The Teachers’ Lounge: Best International Feature, Best Director Best Actress, Best Original Screenplay

THB #470: The Beekeeper

FYC | ANATOMY OF A FALL | Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Original Screenplay

THB #469: Oscargasm, Nomination Voting Begins!

Bradley Cooper & Carey Mulligan Discuss the Making of MAESTRO | SAG® Nominated for Best Actor & Best Actress

Emma Stone is 'astonishing' in Yorgos Lanthimos' 'triumphant' POOR THINGS | Golden Globes winner for Best Picture and Best Actress

THB #468: Nooner Oscargasm - Can't Spell Precursor w/o "Curs(e)"

THB #468: 8:30a Oscargasm - Can't Spell Precursor w/o "Curs(e)"

THB #467: Is Academy Inclusion Good For The Jews?

MATT DAMON + VIOLA DAVIS in Critics Choice Nominated AIR | Directed by BEN AFFLECK | FYC Best Picture

THB #466: Exclusion By Inclusion

Discover Why MAY DECEMBER is “The Best Film of the Year" (Vanity Fair, Esquire, Little White Lies, Film Comment, Slant)

THB #465: Globed

THB #464: How Real Do You Want It?

THB #463: The Future of Television

THB #462: The Future of Movies

AMERICAN FICTION is “The Best Picture Of The Year” | FYC In All Categories Including Best Picture

[Now Airing] THB #440: Society of the Snow

THB #461: Is "Good" Really The Thing?

FYC: Andrew Haigh’s ALL OF US STRANGERS | Discover The LA Times and USA Today’s “Best Film of 2023”

THB #460: Merge This!

THB #459: Oscargasm 2024 - Do We Know Anything New?

THB #458, Pt 2: My Top 23