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November 23, 2020 2:13 pm
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November 10, 2020 1:52 pm
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Remember last month when Cineworld, the parent company behind Regal Cinemas, announced that it would be closing the bulk of its theaters in the US and the UK? At the time, the reason was the fact that New York...
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October 30, 2020 1:52 pm
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Having not seen the film, “Hillbilly Elegy,” and only watching the trailer, it’s clear that Ron Howard’s new drama starring Amy Adams and Glenn Close is a clear Oscar front-runner. The trailer features extreme...
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Are you ready for a thriller about an unstoppable pandemic (dubbed COVID-23) that is wiping out millions of humans and forced people to stay in lockdown for four years? Maybe it’s a bit too soon? Well, the peo...
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Ron Howard Thinks The Movie Theater Experience Will Be More Like Broadway After The Pandemic

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October 21, 2020 11:14 am
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What will the film industry look like in 10 years? Hell, what will it look like next year? No one really has any idea what to expect after everything settles down and the pandemic is in our rearview mirror. Ho...
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October 19, 2020 1:30 pm
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October 16, 2020 11:59 am
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If there is one actor that has seen a huge career boost thanks to the inflated box office receipts from superhero films over the past decade, it’s Chris Evans. Right up there with Robert Downey, Jr., Evans has...
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Analyst Sees Grim Future For AMC Theatres: “I Really Don’t Know How They Don’t Go Bankrupt”

Charles Barfield
October 14, 2020 11:58 am
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The other day, AMC Theatres released an SEC filing that basically said the company is going to run out of cash by the end of 2020 or early 2021 if the box office doesn’t improve over the next few months. And g...
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AMC Theatres Warns Cash Resources Will Be “Largely Depleted” By The End Of 2020 If Box Office Doesn’t Rebound

Charles Barfield
October 13, 2020 11:46 am
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Just last week, after the surprise shutdown of Cineworld (and thus, Regal Cinemas locations) in the US and UK, AMC Theatres came out and told everyone that things should be just fine and the world’s largest ci...
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Patty Jenkins Is Worried About More Cinema Closings: “We Could Lose Movie Theater-Going Forever”

Charles Barfield
October 9, 2020 12:03 pm
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It isn’t just theater owners that are scared for the future of their businesses, as studios continue to delay films from 2020 into 2021 and beyond. Filmmakers, also, are very concerned about what the future if...
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David Lynch Would “Probably Be Making A Film” Right Now If No Pandemic But Isn’t Upset: “I Love Isolation”

Charles Barfield
October 7, 2020 11:58 am
News, Television
It’s been a minute since we’ve had any solid news about what the future might hold for David Lynch. Even though the pandemic has been rough on the film industry, as a whole, Lynch has apparently thrived, as he...
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Daniel Craig Thinks November “Isn’t The Right Time” To Release ‘No Time To Die’ But Is Hoping April Is Better

Charles Barfield
October 6, 2020 1:44 pm
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April 2020, clearly, wasn’t the right time to release Daniel Craig’s final James Bond film, “No Time to Die,” as the COVID-19 pandemic forced it to move to November. Now, with November fast approaching, the fi...
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