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Jurassic World Dominion

Barrett Brief Movie Review – Jurassic World Dominion Shows The Franchise Needs To Go Extinct

Barrett Brief Movie Review – Jurassic World Dominion Shows The Franchise Needs To Go Extinct  Summary: Four years after the destruction of Isla Nublar, dinosaurs now live--and hunt--alongside humans all over the world. This fragile balance will reshape the future and determine, once and for all, whether human beings are to remain the apex predators on a planet they now share with history's most fearsome creatures in a new Era. […]

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Memorial Day

‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Scores Memorial Day Opening Record With $156M

‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Scores Memorial Day Opening Record With $156M Via Deadline: MONDAY AM UPDATE: Paramount/Skydance’s Top Gun: Maverick has beaten Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End fair and square for the Memorial Day opening 4-day record (+ previews) at the domestic box office with $156M. While easily Tom Cruise’s best opening of all-time, producer Jerry Bruckheimer is the common denominator of the two largest Memorial Day weekend openings at the domestic box […]

today05/30/2022 71

Top Gun: Maverick

Barrett Brief Movie Review – Top Gun: Maverick Clears The Deck, Delivers The Goods

Barrett Brief Movie Review – Top Gun: Maverick Clears The Deck, Delivers The Goods (4 out of 4 briefcases) Summary: After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy's top aviators, Pete Mitchell is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him. Genre: Drama, Action Top Gun. The mere mention of it conjures up power […]

today05/27/2022 412

Theme Parks

Disney Sees $350M Profit Hit From Hong Kong, Shanghai Theme Parks In Current Quarter

Disney Sees $350M Profit Hit From Hong Kong, Shanghai Theme Parks In Current Quarter Via Deadline: Walt Disney chief financial officer Christine McCarthy said Wednesday that the company could record a $350 million squeeze on operating income in the current quarter – its fiscal third — from its Hong Kong and Shanghai theme parks, tempering a bit the parks division’s upbeat narrative. Hong Kong Disneyland has ping-ponged and just reopened […]

today05/11/2022 15

Movies

The Pandemic Isn’t Why Americans Are Still Hesitant to Go Back to the Movies

The Pandemic Isn’t Why Americans Are Still Hesitant to Go Back to the Movies Via Morning Consult: The popcorn is popped, the trailers are rolling and movie theaters are eagerly awaiting — or perhaps praying for — a rush of crowds as the summer movie season approaches.  Morning Consult’s Return to Normal tracker and a recent survey have some good news and some bad news for the theatrical business. The […]

today05/10/2022 30

Doctor Strange

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Blandness

Barrett Brief Movie Review - Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Blandness (1 out of 4 briefcases) Summary: Dr. Stephen Strange casts a forbidden spell that opens the doorway to the multiverse, including alternate versions of himself, whose threat to humanity is too great for the combined forces of Strange, Wong, and Wanda Maximoff. Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy  The Marvel Cinematic Universe. I have to admit I was a diehard […]

today05/06/2022 53

Dave Chappelle

Dave Chappelle attacked on stage by an audience member in Los Angeles

Dave Chappelle attacked on stage by an audience member in Los Angeles Via CNBC.com: U.S. stand-up comedian Dave Chappelle was attacked by an audience member during a live performance at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. A male suspect on Tuesday evening jumped on stage and onto Chappelle as he was about to exit the stage, police said. Security officers intervened at that […]

today05/04/2022 18

Doctor Strange 2

China May Ban Doctor Strange 2, but You’ll Never Guess Why…

China May Ban Doctor Strange 2, but You’ll Never Guess Why… Via Bleeding Fool: There were hopes that Marvel would finally break their streak of having their films not released in China, but those hopes are now in doubt for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. The film has been submitted to Chinese authorities and the decision is pending, but the recently released scene showing part of the opening of […]

today05/02/2022 6

Carpool Karaoke

‘Carpool Karaoke’ king James Corden leaving late-night show

‘Carpool Karaoke’ king James Corden leaving late-night show Via AP News: James Corden said he will be bowing out of his late-night CBS TV show next year, calling it a “good time to move on and see what else might be out there.” Corden announced his decision during the taping of Thursday’s “The Late Late Show,” which he began hosting in 2015. “When I started this journey, it was always […]

today04/29/2022 20

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