The US has been the world's number-one movie market for decades, but China is poised to take that title in the next few years. The Chinese box office is so huge, in fact, that it has saved a wide variety of movies from total failure. There are the movies that were saved by China at the box office.
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As the world at large remains more or less in social distancing lockdown mode in hopes of stemming the spread of COVID-19, the folks at Disney are doing all they can to help ease strife of home-based isolation.
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Even Vin Diesel can't win 'em all. His starring vehicle Bloodshot, based on the Valiant Comics property of the same name, recently landed in theaters with a dull thud. The Sony/Columbia Pictures effort never claimed the top spot at the box office over its short run; why did it flop so badly?
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Between sequels, prequels, and crossovers, it can be difficult to keep track of Jason Voorhees' entire backstory. We're here to explain it.
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Star Trek as a franchise spans over 50 years, more than a dozen movies, and around 800 episodes over a number of TV series. Here are some favorite moements.
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We didn't actually meet the narrator of Narcos: Mexico's inaugural season until the final episode. When the man (named Walt Breslin) finally made his appearance, fans of the show were surprised to see a fairly familiar face. Here's why Walt from Narcos: Mexico looks so familiar.
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Plenty of factors go into whether or not a movie makes money. Whether they didn't put butts in seats because of marketing fails, timing, or because they went too hard against the grain, here are the most underrated movies of 2020 so far.
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As with the onset of any new season, the turning of the calendar means that Netflix is clearing its library of old content and bringing in fresh additions.
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That was quick. With most of the movie industry reeling from the existential economic threat posed by the coronavirus, one enterprising indie studio has found a rare opportunity in this challenging environment: Full Moon Features, who are producing a horror flick called Corona Zombies.
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"Edge of Tomorrow" is an amazing movie, but with all of its time loop-y antics, the ending can be a bit confusing.
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Star Wars is awesome, but there are a lot of scenes where the franchise has ended up being goofy when it was trying to play it straight. And these are some of our favorite unintentionally funny moments from the Star Wars franchise.
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The response to the COVID-19 outbreak has essentially stopped several industries in their tracks, most notably the entertainment industry. In order to save a few projects, some studios are releasing films ahead of schedule to stream, rent, or buy online.
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Everyone can see that the adventure in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids is wild, sometimes scary, and absolutely wonderful. But there are some things tucked away in the movie that are for grown-ups only. Here are the things that only adults notice in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.
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Slasher films might be splatterfests, but they also offer us catharsis, hope, and an encounter with the darkest corners of the human psyche. It's no wonder we love them -- and no wonder so many of them are good. Here are the top 13 slasher movies of all time, according to Rotten Tomatoes.
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Vin Diesel fans just got a little self-quarantine relief from Sony's Columbia Pictures in the form of a nanomachine augmented super-soldier beamed directly into your isolation room. Sony has decided to release Bloodshot early to streaming and video on demand services.
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The year 1980 brought us some of the best movies ever made, from smash-hit blockbusters to influential horror films. These movies still feel so fresh today, which makes it kind of shocking to realize they’ll all turn 40 years old in 2020.
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In the mood for swords, sorcerers, and stories containing fantastical elements that could never exist in the real world? We've scoured the pages of Rotten Tomatoes to find the most critically beloved examples of the fantasy genre.
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For kids, it's a fun film full of spooky-but-not-terrifying creatures and rapid-fire jokes. For the older folks in the audience, it's still all of that, but... let's just say some of the implications of the world set up by Ghostbusters are interesting.
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During the coronavirus pandemic, we look to experts to help guide us through the clouds of panic and misinformation. One such expert — or, at least, someone who's spent a great deal of time writing about the spread of disease and pandemics — is Max Brooks, the author of World War Z.
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The release of The Batman marks the thirteenth time that the Dark Knight has hit the big screen for a feature-length adventure, and fans definitely have high hopes for the Caped Crusader’s next outing. And here are a few things those fans really want to see in The Batman.
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Scott Z. Burns has a few things to say about his decade-old movie's resurgence on streaming and VOD services.
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Don't turn out the lights, because here are the highest-grossing horror movie remakes of all time.
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As people around the world go into self-isolation due to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, there has been an understandable surge in interest in pandemic movies. But few seem to be capturing the public's attention right now quite as much as Steven Soderbergh's 2011 ensemble thriller Contagion.
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To younger viewers, Hook is a movie about adventure, pirates, and spiked mohawks. To adults it's not quite that simple. What do only adults notice in Hook?
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As Eternals continues production, Marvel isn't permitting a whole lot of advance peeks at the ambitious project — but the little tidbits we've gotten here and there have been intriguing. For example: Kumail Nanjiani's Kingo Sunen, whose characterization will be a major departure from the comics.
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No matter whether these actors left fans behind during the franchise or after it had concluded, these losses still left Potter fans devastated.
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Just about everyone's in search of a little levity right now amid the coronavirus outbreak, so it's perhaps no surprise that an enterprising Spider-Man loyal took it upon himself to create a fake promotional image for Spider-Man 3 that pokes fun at our current state of self-isolation.
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