Major film flops have Warner Bros. seeing the color red. The company’s shares sank after a quarterly earnings report Friday came in lower than projections, according to the New York Post. With two recent releases proving box office film disappointments, maybe the company — and Hollywood overall — ought to ask itself why Americans aren’t […]
Warner Bros. Discovery released its financial report for 2023 and it was largely mum-to-bad news. But that report did include one bit of good news — and it turned out to be a historical bit of good news. In short, Warner Bros. Discovery’s flagship streaming platform, Max, helped turn a modest profit. (WBD describes its […]
Few animated cartoons are as broadly appealing and critically acclaimed as Nickelodeon’s “Avatar: The Last Airbender.” The original series, which ran from 2005 to 2008, was a massive critical and commercial success. It is one of this writer’s favorite shows of all time, and many others feel the same. Many “The Last Airbender” fans were […]
You’ve surely heard the adage “absence makes the heart grow fonder” by now. But did you know the flip side is true too? Persistence makes the heart grow weary… or something like that. And that second phrase has proven demonstrably true with the current state of the flailing Marvel Cinematic Universe. Superhero fatigue isn’t just […]
Christopher Nolan’s acclaimed Robert J. Oppenheimer biopic is continuing to break records even now, long after its theatrical run had ended. On Feb. 16, “Oppenheimer” made its way over to the streaming service Peacock, several months after ending its run in theaters. As soon as it did, it set an all-time Peacock record. According to […]
Disney’s “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise sailed back into the headlines in recent weeks thanks to an insider report. The report, which came from CNBC Hollywood insider Daniel Richtman, purported that Disney is looking to replace Johnny Depp’s Jack Sparrow character — the lead of the franchise — with a new female lead. But why […]
Confusion and outrage erupted when the winners of 2023’s “People Choice Awards” were announced on Sunday. To the shock and disappointment of many online, controversial actress Rachel Zegler beat out action superstars Tom Cruise from “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning” and Keanu Reeves from “John Wick: Chapter 4” to win the “Best Action Star” of […]
In life and in business, there are two types of mistakes one can make. There are regular-to-bad mistakes that people make everyday — from you and me, all the way up to the president. Are these mistakes annoying and detrimental? Of course, but life trudges onward regardless. Then there are the world-shattering, catastrophic mistakes that […]
In “John Wick 4,” Keanu Reeves’s titular character fell down 50 flights of stairs during an action scene. Tom Cruise rode a motorbike off of a mountain and into a free dive for real in “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning.” Apparently neither of these incredible feats — or the great action-star performances surrounding them in […]
One of the most common phrases associated with supposedly groundbreaking female-led properties nowadays is “her-story.” Instead of “history” (a word apparently tainted by its patriarchal first three letters), feminist-approved films make “her-story.” Well, the latest all-female action flick to come out of Hollywood sure made “her-story” all right, just not in the way Sony was […]
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