Blockbusters, Prestige Oscar Contenders, an unqualified Masterpiece, and one of the biggest flops in Hollywood history. Welcome to The Final Week of Summer Blockbusted 2020. Due to unforeseen but necessary shifts in my personal calendar (which caused me to miss my entry for this series last week), I’m needing to cut short this curated alt-Summer Movie [...]
The theatrical window for exclusive first-run movies just got dramatically shorter. Kind of. And despite my philosophical reservations about it, this is actually a great deal. In a major move that marks the first step in dramatically redefining the movie theater business model and its entire industry, AMC Theatres and Universal Studios announced an agreement [...]
A week ago, I predicted that Tenet would be bumped from mid-August to October 2. Boy, I was way off. In a normal world, the Tenet news we'd be hearing today are reports of its boffo opening weekend box office. Instead, Warner Bros. announced that they have indefinitely delayed the release of director Christopher Nolan's [...]
Nolan Blockbusters, Christmas in July, and much more. Welcome to Week 12 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 dramas and comedies in-between. With the multiplexes still closed, these are classics you can [...]
Tenet is scheduled to open nationwide on August 12. That's in one month. There's no way that's happening. The rest of 2020? A month ago things looked promising, especially for the holiday season. Even bullish. Now, in mid-July, it's time to resign ourselves to a bleak outlook for the rest of the year. Here are [...]
The heat of the summer is really starting to kick in, even as the temperature of the movie options becomes more varied. Welcome to Week 11 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 [...]
It’s the big 4thof July holiday! A weekend of patriotism, fireworks, and classic summer movies. Welcome to Week 10 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 dramas and comedies in-between. With the multiplexes [...]
Thirty-five years ago today -- July 3, 1985 -- Back to the Future debuted. It took the "teen movie" genre to a whole other level: the high concept blockbuster. And while we love it for all of the ingenious, inspired, rewarding details that come with that approach, the real magic of Back to the Future came [...]
It’s the calm before the 4th of July box office. Welcome to Week 9 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 dramas and comedies in-between. With most multiplexes still closed, these are classics [...]
There’s a whole lotta Disney in mid-June of Summer Movie Season. Welcome to Week 8 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 dramas and comedies in-between. With most multiplexes still closed, these are [...]
I Can't Unsee That Movie: film news and reviews by Jeff Huston 