‘Inside Out 2’ soared to infinity and beyond, nabbing $154 million domestic and $294 million worldwide in its global theatrical launch. That’s good, right? We’re all in agreement that it’s great news for the box office and the multiplexes. However, if Bob Iger and friends are to capitalize on this, they have to -- to quote my favorite Disney animated film -- make the right choices and (say it with me now) keep moving forward!
In terms of the written word…
Jeremy Fuster dissected the shocking “Sony buys the Alamo Drafthouse” news.
Ryan’s latest “Tales from the Box Office” marks the 30th anniversary of The Lion King, which (I’d argue) represented a high-water mark for the entire Walt Disney Animation empire that was never really surpassed on a commercial and pop culture level, save for maybe Frozen 19.5 years later.
Lisa explains, ten years later, that if you thought that the mid-2010s DreamWorks movies were a lot less dramatic after the one-two punch of Kung Fu Panda 2 and How to Train Your Dragon 2, you weren’t imagining things. I always talk about how, when reviewing a kids’ movie, my “It’s awesome, epic, heartwrenching and spectacular!” rave for HTTYD2 was probably more of a pan for parents just wanting to take their kids to a movie than my “Uh… it’s fine, whatever.” indifferent critique of Planes: Fire and Rescue later that summer.
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Jeremy Fuster - TheWrap
Lisa Laman - Looper, Cultress and Autostraddle
Ryan C. Scott - SlashFilm and Fangoria
Wish was not kneecapped by D+. It was released Thanksgiving weekend 2023 and didn't arrive on D+ until April 4 2024.
Well since this is a safe space, I’m going to have to go ahead and be real: I’m not surprised Dune 84 made close to Dune 1 domestically adjusted for inflation because, I actually think Lynch did a better job capturing the feel and atmosphere of Dune overall than Denis. “It’s super weird and off putting” the critics say. Uh yeah, that’s Dune everyone. Denis was too literal. The drinking of the water of life sequence should have been a 20 min stargate sequence set to Pink Floyd’s echoes. After Dune part 2 I had to go to my fav Prinicipal Skinner quote/stock response for a middling adaptation. “Oh, a little sterile.. no real insight.”
Ha! I don't love DUNE 2021 and I don't hate DUNE 1984. I still argue that a big reason wh DUNE 2021 worked is that 25 years of deep-dive fantasy storytelling/political melodrama (Lord of the Rings, Avatar, Hunger Games, Game of Thrones, Aquaman, the Star Wars prequels, etc.) have made DUNE much easier to understand and accept at face value for the mainstream consumers now versus the early 1980s.