“We must admit that for a long time your Hollywood movies have been better made than Chinese movies, so we watched them all,” said Zou Ping, a parcel delivery worker in his 20s, leaving a showing of “Wolf Warrior 2” in Beijing. “But now you must also admit that this movie was pretty good, and it has a Chinese hero. It feels good to be on the side of justice.”
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What’s A Snipe? If You Go To The Movies, You’ve Seen One (And You Probably Did What It Told You)
Here’s a little history of those promos and announcements that run before the trailers, like Let’s All Go to the Lobby, the classic animated short in which the singing-and-dancing popcorn, soda and candy encourage us to go buy snacks at the concession stand.
The Netflix Of Movie Theatres? New Pass Gets You In To Theatres For $10/Month
In layman’s terms, that means for just under $10 a month you can see an “unlimited” number of movies at any cinema near you, although the company clarifies that the maximum number of movies you can see per day is one.
Study: Increased Diversity On TV Shows Increases Acceptance Of Diversity
The increasing presence of racial and ethnic minority characters on comedies and dramas has been linked to a gradual decline in racial prejudice. Newly published research suggests this welcome dynamic also applies to the transgender community.
Canadians Are Still Ditching Cable TV – Only In Smaller Numbers
Canada’s biggest TV providers lost almost a quarter fewer customers in the first half of 2017 as they did the same time last year, a new report shows.
Shonda Rhimes Departure From ABC Illustrates Bleak Prospects For Traditional Network TV
Shonda Rhimes’s just-announced decision to sign with Netflix and leave ABC/Disney points to a bleak new reality for old-school broadcasters trying to hold on to big names. For some Hollywood creatives, particularly those at the peak of their careers, offers of big bucks and promises of creative autonomy aren’t enough to overcome the view that network television is now the least attractive medium in which to work. Rhimes didn’t leave just leave ABC. She left network TV.
How To Encourage Canadian Culture? Take Off The Handcuffs
“We must stop handcuffing our writers and producers by forcing them to comply with some national mandate to tell Canadian stories. We are Canadian, and our stories will inherently reflect our sense of humour, our drama and our individuality. I can’t tell you how many pitches I have been to where some development executive measures the Canadian quotient word by word like a recipe for poutine.”
New TV Shows Involving Racial History Spark Hollywood Debate About Who Can (Should) Tell History
HBO and Amazon’s dueling Civil War alt-history dramas have brought an age-old debate about art back to the cultural forefront: Who is “allowed” to tell certain stories, particularly those about marginalized communities? The question is prompting frank conversations among those in the TV industry.
Netflix Poaches Grey’s Anatomy & Scandal’s Shonda Rhimes From ABC
Why is this news? Because Rhimes is one of the biggest TV talents around – and also, Netflix locking her down to develop shows for the streaming service “is the latest twist in a battle between Disney and Netflix for entertainment-industry supremacy.”
How Watching Movies Outside In A Cemetery Became A Los Angeles Summer Thing
The whole thing started with a film club in 2002. But then, “Cinespia has sold out each of its screenings, with thousands of attendees per its 25 screenings a season over the last several years. ‘The experience of watching a classic film with 4,000 people heightens the experience, it’s something you cannot get in front of your computer at home alone.'”