Well that was fast. Less than 24 hours after announcing their reopening safety guidelines, AMC Theatres has reversed course on their most controversial one: now, they will require all patrons to wear a face mask. Previously, AMC only mandated that their employees must wear face masks. For their moviegoers, the was choice optional unless state [...]
It's the first cut from The Snyder Cut. Director Zack Snyder tweeted out the first new look of his original edit for Justice League (see video below), the DC superhero team-up movie that Snyder had to bail out of during post-production and reshoots due to a family tragedy. Avengers 1 & 2 guru Joss Whedon took [...]
Awards season just shifted from winter to spring, and the Oscars will essentially kick off the summer movie season. For most of its history, the Academy Awards were held primarily between late-March and mid-April. As the culture sped up in the social media age, so did the awards calendar; in 2004, the Oscars moved to [...]
They're going to make us wait even longer. On the same day, Warner Bros. announced the delay of its biggest 2020 summer tentpoles: Christopher Nolan's Tenet, Patty Jenkins' DC sequel Wonder Woman 1984., and Lana Wachowski's Matrix 4 which reunites stars Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss. Originally slated for release (respectively) on July 17 and [...]
Steven Spielberg is the father of the modern blockbuster, and the second weekend of June is the one he came to rule. Welcome to Week 7 of Summer Blockbusted 2020. Through the end of August, I am curating a weekly slate of movies from summers past, ranging from big blockbusters to small counter-programming indies, and [...]
Russell Westbrook is headed back to Oklahoma. No, that's not breaking news about a surprise NBA trade. The guard for the Houston Rockets and former superstar of the Oklahoma City Thunder is producing a new docuseries about the Tulsa Race Massacre, the nation's worst act of post-slavery violence against African-American citizens in United States history. [...]
The show is about to go on. Despite facing over $2 billion dollars in debt and still navigating possible bankruptcy, AMC Theatres has officially announced plans to reopen all of its multiplexes nationwide by July. (An official date was not given, but mid-July would likely be the latest.) With competitor Cinemark already in full-swing with [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hAL7emClFM There's something a little stale about old dudes still trying to party, and it's something that even William S. Preston Esq. and Theodore Logan can't quite shake. Nevertheless, when the heart's in the right place, it's still worth it to party on. That's the vibe of the first official trailer for Bill & Ted [...]
We haven’t had a new summer movie for over a month now, but I’ve been having one of the best Summer Movie Seasons that I can remember. Welcome to Week 6 of Summer Blockbusted 2020. Through the end of August, I am curating a weekly slate of movies from summers past, ranging from big blockbusters [...]
Being the biggest doesn't necessarily mean being the strongest. Cinemark isn't the former but they're proving to be the latter. Cinemark Theaters is the third biggest multiplex chain in the nation, trailing (in order) AMC Theatres and Regal Entertainment. Of the three, however, Cinemark is in the strongest financial position of the Top 3 by [...]