Most of this episode discusses what went so incredibly right for Nathan Fielder’s You Can See Everything and what went only kinda-sorta okay for Legendary and Paramount’s Street Fighter. We also mourn Whalefall, raise a modest glass for Sense and Sensibility and discuss what’s “finally” a genuinely overcrowded theatrical slate packed with good, interesting and/or buzzy movies in theaters near you.
Among the topics of discourse:
* Jeremy Fuster takes a courageous stand against Lisa Laman’s uncommonly ridiculous (which for her is saying something) question of the day.
* Lisa notes the continuing trend of PG or R-rated video game adaptations performing better than PG-13 game-based adaptations.
* Scott Mendelson rants about Street Fighter for not providing an actual ending.
* Lisa tells A24 to get their s**t together on overseas distribution.
* Scott politely asks A24 to stop strong-arming movie theaters.
* Everyone mourns a weaker-than-hoped debut for Whale Fall.
* Jeremy explains why WB’s Clockwork is probably safe for now.
* Lisa raves about Warner Bros.’ 4K restoration of The Devils.
* Jeremy wonders whether a sky-high per-screen average for Netflix’s La bola negra will affect the streamer’s expansion plans for its big Oscar-season contender.
* Everyone offers opening weekend predictions for Clayface and Clara and the Sun.
* And much more!
Recommended Reading
* Scott Mendelson notes that You Can See Everything is yet another example of how you don’t need IMAX and other PLF auditoriums to get folks to show up.
* Jeremy Fuster wonders, following the high-profile dismissals of Mike DeLuca and Pam Abdy, if Hollywood will learn the wrong lessons from their big-swing strategy.
* Lisa Laman reviews The Devilsand Naza (which just got a shot in the arm with word that Neon will jump in to expand the documentary’s theatrical footprint).
* Ryan Scott’s latest unofficial “Tales from the Box Office” notes the 20th anniversary of Chris Nolan’s The Prestige, which bemusingly opened just months after 2006’s other period-piece magic flick, Neil Burger’s The Illusionist.
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* Scott Mendelson - The Outside Scoop and Puck News
* Jeremy Fuster - TheWrap
* Lisa Laman - Land of the Nerds, Dallas Observer, Pajiba, Looper, Autostraddle
* Ryan C. Scott - SlashFilm, Fangoria and Inverse
* Max Deering - Fangoria and Action For Everyone
