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“Madame Web” is Dakota Johnson’s most successful PG-13 debut

“Madame Web” is Dakota Johnson’s most successful PG-13 debut

The big picture Madame Webb may have had a disappointing debut, but it’s worth noting that it marks Dakota Johnson’s most successful PG-13 opening to date. The film’s failure likely ended any potential plans for a future series based on the clairvoyant superhero Madame Webb . Despite the negative reception of the film and its …

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Borderlands Movie: Exclusive Trailer Breakdown with Gearbox’s Randy Pitchford |  IGN Fan Fest 2024

Borderlands Movie: Exclusive Trailer Breakdown with Gearbox’s Randy Pitchford | IGN Fan Fest 2024

It’s been a long time coming, but the first trailer for Borderlands — director Eli Roth’s screen adaptation of the Gearbox-produced video game franchise — dropped today, and IGN was lucky enough to have Gearbox founder Randy Pitchford, who also executive produced the film, break it down for us. You can watch our breakdown with …

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Star directors buy Historic Village Theater in Los Angeles

Star directors buy Historic Village Theater in Los Angeles

With the movie-going experience under threat from streaming services and ever-improving home entertainment options, a group with a passionate interest in preserving it—three dozen filmmakers who create their works for the big screen to be enjoyed in the company of a large audience – has decided to do something about it. The group of filmmakers …

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Movie Review: Buckle Up for a Strange Journey in Ethan Cohen’s Extreme Drive-Away Dolls

Movie Review: Buckle Up for a Strange Journey in Ethan Cohen’s Extreme Drive-Away Dolls

“Drive-Away Dolls” is technically made up of old parts. Its script was written two decades ago, when references to the security details of Ralph Nader and Chelsea Clinton were current. Its curtseys are even more retro, with trippy transitions that harken back to the acid-soaked B-movies of the 1960s. There’s a mysterious, wanted briefcase, an …

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Colorful, musical movies describe brain activity in detail

Colorful, musical movies describe brain activity in detail

Complex neuroimaging data can be examined by translating it into an audiovisual format—a video with an accompanying musical soundtrack—to help interpret what’s happening in the brain when a particular behavior is performed. David Thibodeau and colleagues from Columbia University, USA, present this technique in the open access journal PLOS ONE on February 21, 2024. Examples …

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How movies contributed to the emergence of female rage

How movies contributed to the emergence of female rage

“I survive on the idea that my rage will one day be witnessed by the men who poisoned me with it in the first place.” -Mya G.Wolf. Throughout history, female rage has been a misinterpreted notion. Women who responded, or better said, stood up to the mistreatment, undervaluation and undervaluation, were only perceived as “emotional” …

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Qloo raises M to predict your favorite movies, TV shows and more

Qloo raises $25M to predict your favorite movies, TV shows and more

“/> Image Credits: piranka / Getty Images Today’s buzziest AI—GenAI—undoubtedly saves labor, generating images, emails, songs, and more in record time. But one of the more useful applications of AI in the long run may be to identify counterintuitive correlations that humans miss. Consider, for example, that people who like horror movies may be inclined …

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Madam Web star Dakota Johnson may watch critically-acclaimed movie Someday

Madam Web star Dakota Johnson may watch critically-acclaimed movie Someday

Summary Madame Webb generated intense debate on social media due to poor reviews and unfavorable comparisons to previous Sony Spider-Man films. Actress Dakota Johnson has yet to see the film and said she avoids watching her own movies as a way to take care of herself. This was explained by producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura Madame …

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