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11 Surprising Facts About How Movie Box Office Works
How Hollywood and America went crazy over box office reports… and why the numbers aren’t always what they seem.
How Hollywood and America went crazy over box office reports… and why the numbers aren’t always what they seem.
It’s no surprise that Deadpool 2, the ultra-violent R-rated superhero action comedy with the heart of a cartoon puppy, has a tone problem.
Director Ron Howard and star Alden Ehrenreich add new layers to the legendary antihero while staying true to the central theme of Star Wars.
Sollers Point has its finger on the pulse of a huge American problem: masculinity in crisis. Writer-director Matthew Porterfield is a dedicated chronicler of Baltimore’s lesser-told stories, and in Sollers Point he finds a true diamond in the rough. The story follows Keith (McCaul Lombardi), whose life after house arrest Read more…
When I was about 5 or 6, I had a thought that both exhilarated and terrified me. I was riding in the car with my parents, looking out the window, and I thought… How do I know if I’m real? Beyond that… how do I know if “reality” even exists? Read more…
Why Marvel’s biggest movie yet is a great example of how to write for a large ensemble of characters.
Why some choices can seem so out of character, they leave fans of stories like Scandal and Star Wars feeling betrayed.
Here’s why some media gets called a “guilty pleasure,” and why we need to stop saying that.
A female Indiana Jones? Why not? Here’s how to tell a defining character trait apart from a trait that can evolve over time.
10 years after Marvel Studios released Iron Man, here’s how that movie’s success has been duplicated in every MCU film since.