This is just confusing. “The film stages each number with curious hesitancy, as though it were embarrassed to go full Sondheim. Phillips has made a jukebox spectacle that’s bold in conception but oddly cautious, even timorous, in execution.” - Vulture
The film’s legacy in pop culture is enduring. Cameron’s dark vision of the future created a cultural shock that continues to resonate to this day. “I’ll be back,” remains one of the most iconic one-liners in movie history. - The Conversation
While the true effect of piracy on sales revenue is likely somewhere between those two extremes, piracy's precise financial impact on a game has always been hard to nail down. - Ars Technica
"The Writers Guild of America West has ordered its members to cease working with The Expendables producer Millennium Pictures, citing that the company is not a signatory to its current union agreement" and has failed to pay writers when and as required by the WGA contract rules. - The Hollywood Reporter
"Los Angeles film and TV production fell 19.7% to just 183 projects in 2023, according to an updated three-year analysis of scripted content by FilmLA released Wednesday." - TheWrap
Redbox’s parent filed for bankruptcy in the summer, saying it lacked the cash to buy the rights to many new releases, and the kiosk operator subsequently went out of business. It left 24,000 movie vending machines still in the field. - The Wall Street Journal
Especially Denis Phillips in Tampa, where — in a state where climate denialism is spreading, encouraged by the Governor and his party — for 30 years viewers have respected and paid attention to him, regardless of their own leanings. Especially during hurricane season. - Slate (MSN)
"The Hollywood Reporter spoke with (director Ali) Abbasi and (producer and distributor James) Shani to discuss The Apprentice‘s counter-intuitive approach to the world’s most divisive real estate developer — and the behind-the-scenes story of how they raced against the clock to ensure the movie would be widely seen." - The Hollywood Reporter
Last year, the station, which serves Harrisburg, Lancaster, and Chambersburg, was gifted Lancaster's daily newspaper, LNP, and its website, LancasterOnline, by their now-former owner. A new parent organization called Pennon was created last month, and it has announced layoffs of 10% of its staff. - LancasterOnline
The library we enjoy today may have been built with debt instead of venture capital, but its sheer enormousness reveals it as a visitor from another universe, something that could have only been dreamed up in Los Gatos. - The New York Times
Millennials want to share their shows with their kids - and, in addition, “the world is a little bit hectic and crazy right now, and having familiarity in our programming is just nice and it's something we like to retreat into.” - CBC
First of all, Hollywood studios are a bit risk-averse right now. Then there’s the pull, for actors, of high-prestige indies. Witness Zoe Saldaña, starring in Emelia Pérez - “a musical in Spanish with a French director and transgender hero.” - Variety
