Month: February 2023

FRIDAY AFTERNOON: Disney/Marvel Studios’ Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania is headed to being the third highest opening for Presidents Day weekend as well as February. While 4-day estimates are wild between $115M-$125M, today is shaping up to be around $44M (that includes last night’s $17.5M) for a 3-day at $100M at 4,345 theaters. These are
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Aptly named for the acidic smell of deteriorating film, Vinegar Syndrome made an auspicious debut in 2013 with its inaugural release, The Lost Films of Herschell Gordon Lewis. In the decade since, they have unearthed, restored, and distributed hundreds of cult, exploitation, horror, action, and adult films. Popping in a new Vinegar Syndrome disc is
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Achieving product-market fit (PMF) arguably ranks as both the No. 1 strategic objective and the biggest challenge for early-stage founders. Hitting this critical milestone tells you — and any investors you hope to attract — that there’s consistent, enthusiastic demand for your product. Everyone defines PMF differently, and that fact alone makes finding yours a
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Caroline Polachek, photo by Aidan Zamiri News 8 New Albums You Should Listen to Now: Caroline Polachek, Skrillex, Animal Collective’s Avey Tare, and More Also stream new releases from Screaming Females, Nappy Nina, Runnner, Mioclono, and Hellripper By Jazz Monroe, Evan Minsker, and Madison Bloom February 17, 2023 Facebook Twitter Facebook Twitter With so much
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Believe it or not, Ninjala has been available exclusively on the Nintendo Switch for almost a couple of years now. Since then, the multiplayer free-to-play action game has been receiving additional content on occasion, including collaborations with other franchises. Well, the latest example of this has been announced. The official Ninjala Twitter account has announced
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Up next from Jennifer Reeder (V/H/S/94, Night’s End, Knives and Skin) is the horror movie Perpetrator, which follows Jonny (Kiah McKirnan), an impulsive teenage girl living in a town where young women continue to go missing and revolves around the power she’s forced to unlock to survive. Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thrillers, and the
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No matter how you slice it, buildings are serious climate change drivers. Every component of the so-called built environment — from off-site materials production and construction to electricity and maintenance — comes at a steep environmental cost. The sector is responsible for nearly 40% of energy-related greenhouse gas emissions globally, according to the International Energy
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The HarperCollins Union, which represents 250 employees, just announced that they’ve voted to ratify the contract negotiated with publishing giant HarperCollins and will return to work on February 21. This comes about a week after a tentative agreement was announced, and a strike that has lasted since November 10, 2022. The agreement includes an increase
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By Howard Bloom According to a headline from England’s Daily Mail, “American adults now spend more time watching Netflix and other digital platforms than viewing traditional TV for the first time ever.”   The information for this story and a dozen others like it come from a press release put out on the morning of February
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Fleet Foxes, photo by Shervin Lainez News Fleet Foxes Announce 2023 Tour of North America New shows in support of Shore take place in June, July, and August By Matthew Strauss February 16, 2023 Facebook Twitter Facebook Twitter Fleet Foxes have announced more concerts in support of their 2020 album, Shore. The tour dates are
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Remember when big AAA franchises had more than one entry per console generation? A time when gameplay and UI’s weren’t polished to the nth degree? Games were a bit more rough and ready but arguably more enjoyable compared to the live-service-always-online-updates-every-two-weeks-with-time-limited-events-free-to-play-battle-pass-season-pass we seem to have nowadays? I certainly do, and it seems the developers of
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Fresh off last year’s Bodies Bodies Bodies, Rachel Sennott has joined the cast of Mimi Cave‘s (Fresh) new movie Holland, Michigan, Deadline first reported this afternoon. Lennon Parham (Minx), Isaac Krasner (Power Book III: Raising Kanan) and Jeff Pope (Interview with the Vampire) have also signed on this week, joining the previously announced Nicole Kidman, Gael García Bernal, Jude Hill and
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Universal/DreamWorks Animation’s Puss in Boots: The Last Wish had a happy Valentine’s Day, swashbuckling to a new global milestone. The spinoff sequel crossed $400M with Tuesday’s numbers bringing the worldwide kitty to $401.5M. The split is $160.1M domestic and $241.4M at the international box office.  The Oscar nominated pic from directors Joel Crawford and Januel
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