Daily Archives: June 30, 2019

Netflixable? Spanish com with a little rom might succeed “Despite Everything” (“A pesar de todo”)

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In a previous life in newspapering, I’d often profile stand-up comics, sometimes hanging out with them between sets at a local club. They’d give ruthless, off-the-record play-by-play commentary on the other comics as they went through their routines. And when … Continue reading →

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Box Office: “Toy Story 4” $57, “Annabelle” $20, “Yesterday” “just $17, you know what I mean?”

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Actually, $17 means The Beatles musical outperformed projections, which had it only scaring up $14 million on its opening weekend. No “Lonely Hearts Club Band” laments for that one, indifferent reviews or not. “Annabelle Comes Home” hit its mark of … Continue reading →

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Mark Rylance quits Royal Shakespeare Co. Over BP ties

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An Oscar winner is protesting big oil’s involvement with Britain’s most esteemed theatre company. He doesn’t just play men of principle on stage and screen. https://t.co/KNjIydsMw7

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Preview, “Hobbs & Shaw” make their final pitch

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The trailwrs to this one have delighted from the first, which aired during the Super Bowl? Am I remembering that right? They changed their release date, moving into Jason Statham Territory — August, shark movie season. Still looks like fun.

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