The Best Movies of 2023
Another year, another struggle to select enough movies worthy of a “Best of” list.
This critic found most of the critic-bait selections to be either merely good (“May December,” “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “Priscilla,” “Poor Things” and “Oppenheimer”) or wildly overrated (“The Zone of Interest,” “Saltburn,”...
A.I. Movies Bring Industry’s Mortal Fear to Life
No one can beat Ethan Hunt, Tom Cruise’s super spy from the “Mission: Impossible” franchise.
Maybe that’s why the saga’s newest villain isn’t a person at all.
It’s an Artificial Intelligence algorithm, called The Entity, which could dominate the globe if Hunt can’t contain it in “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One.” The first...
Why Horror Movies Are Having a Moment
Superhero films still draw a crowd, and any movie with Tom Cruise will earn its money back, and then some. James Cameron proved beyond a shadow of a doubt he holds the Master Key to our cinematic hearts.
One genre still stands tall at the box office in 2023, even as the pandemic fallout and streaming reduce ticket sales to alarming levels.
Horror, Inc.
And, with “M3GAN” slaughtering the competition,...
Why Did You Stop Going to the Movies?
It’s the most commonly shared opinion this film critic hears.
“I don’t go the movies as much as I used to.
And that refrain came before the pandemic shut down theaters in 2020.
That’s anecdotal, of course. Now, the evidence is more compelling, and frightening, especially if you make a living in La La Land.
People stopped going to the movies this year in alarming numbers, and...
Winners, Losers of 2022’s Summer Movies (And 1 Question Mark)
We still feel the need for speed.
Audiences had to wait, and wait, for Tom Cruise’s “Top Gun: Maverick” to hit theaters. Once the pandemic delays lifted, the ’80s-era sequel soared higher than anyone expected.
“Maverick,” universally hailed and aggressively apolitical, just passed “Titanic” on the all-time box office charts. It’s a global smash,...
TV OT: Joyful holiday viewing, plus Netflix celebrates … going to the movies?
Oh, the weather outside is…pleasant, actually. But I live in Los Angeles. If you don’t: Bundle up. It’s time for TV OT.
Joyful, joyful
Every year, there’s always at least one day where I find myself searching for the holiday joy those jewelry commercials tell me I should be feeling. My antidote besides going to Jared? Some happy holiday viewing. Here’s a mix of old and...
Snap warns Q3 advertising could be hurt by pandemic impact on sports, movies, back-to-school
Snap warned that the uncertainty around events like the back-to-school season and the operations of sports leagues in the third quarter could impact advertising demand.
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