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Midweek Update: Box Art Shouldn't Look Like Hot Garbage
As the physical media market shrinks, studios need to do better by collectors.
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Midweek Update: Critical Misconceptions
Studios don't know critics, but they don't like them.
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Midweek Update: Life After Sequels
Studios need to confront the box office reality of "Barbenheimer."
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Calling All Caretakers
Companies aren't going to protect the artwork they create.
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Midweek Update: In 'Oppenheimer', Christopher Nolan Confronts His Coldness
Our most technical filmmaker finally opens up.
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Midweek Update: I Do Not Accept This Mission (Impossible)
This newsletter will self-destruct in five seconds.
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Child Acting, Child Labor
Should children work in a notoriously toxic profession?
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Indiana Jones and the Timid Mouse
The latest 'Indiana Jones' movie is a symptom of a studio unwilling to take the slightest risk.
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You Mean the World to Me
Looking at notions of sacrifice in 2023's heroes.
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Midweek Update: Comedies Now
'The Flash' is a very expensive laugher.
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Heroic Transformation
How 'Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse' pushes against the superhero genre's desire to assert the status quo.
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For James Gunn, Beauty Comes from Brokenness
Gunn wraps up his 'Guardians' trilogy by emphasizing a world free from perfection.