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Box Office Weekend: Apocalypse at the Box Office
Memorial Day weekend is usually the kick-off of the summer blockbuster season, but considering the hype leading up to it, X-Men: Apocalypse did not draw the crowds that have been appearing for other Marvel-based ventures. At an estimated $80 million, it brought in less than X-Men: Days of Future Past did Memorial Day weekend of 2014 (in fact, its four-day total was less than the three-day total of...[Read More]
Movie Review: Love & Friendship
About halfway through the latest Jane Austen film adaptation, Love & Friendship, I realized this film was not made for me. As I listened to audience members chuckle at lines that seemed too cheesy or dated to me, I knew this would be an example of others enjoying a film much more than I did. There were certainly moments of Love & Friendship I enjoyed, but it just felt like I was stuck in a...[Read More]
Movie Review: The Lobster
Having not seen Greek writer/director Yorgos Lanthimos’ critically lauded 2009 film Dogtooth, I legitimately had no expectations going into his latest film. Upon leaving the theater I was glad I knew nothing, because it only enhanced the strange and hypnotic, fever-dream-like viewing experience that was The Lobster. The film is set not so far in the future, where everyone without a partner is forc...[Read More]