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Updating mine after having seen Holdovers, Zone of Interest, and Bottoms. 1. Killers of the Flower Moon 2. Barbie 3. Oppenheimer 4. Poor Things 5. Maestro 6. Boy and the Heron 7. Saltburn 8. Elemental 9. Air 10. The Holdovers 11. Bottoms 12. The Hunger Games 13. The Iron Claw 14. The Creator 15. Talk to Me 16. Across the Spider-verse 17. Priscilla 18. The Zone of Interest 19. Dungeons & Dragons 20. The Killer 21. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol III 22. Napoleon 23. Gran Turismo 24. Ferrari 25. Thanksgiving

The years since Michael's death have only lent credence to the pedophile rumors. For example, he was on the Epstein logs. His most ardent fans will never accept that. Question is, how many ardent fans are left?

Is that a joke?

Most hated critic right there. He never fails.

Furiosa is less likely given the prequel nature of it. Beetlejuice 2 may prove good but it's highly doubtful it ends up a major awards contender given Burton's track record at the Oscars and the comedic nature of it. Unless it's a Barbie-level triumph, just not happening

They're originals. If they make 100 mil domestic I'd consider that a success.

What is it then?

Function of a lack of product.

I tend to think Dune is a good test movie. Those who find it boring aren't much for movies. It's not like it's some talky Oscar bait sorta thing, plenty of action & thrills throughout.

So what's happened to the market since last summer? Dune oughta be tracking at 60 mil at least. Lisa Frankenstein would've done well on streaming. If they wanted theatrical they needed bigger stars.

So strange how Color Purple ended up performing like a Madea movie

1. Killers of the Flower Moon 2. Barbie 3. Oppenheimer 4. Poor Things 5. Maestro 6. The Boy and the Heron 7. Saltburn 8. Elemental 9. Air 10. Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes 11. The Iron Claw 12. The Creator 13. Talk to Me 14. Across the Spider-verse 15. Priscilla 16. Dungeons & Dragons 17. The Killer 18. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol III 19. Napoleon 20. Gran Turismo 21. Ferrari 23. Thanksgiving 23. TMNT 24. Evil Dead Rise 25. MI: Dead Reckoning

You forgot La La Land, The Big Short, and Drive becoming a cult sensation

Suicide Squad was a big hit. Unless you mean because the movie sucked.

It'd be nice have to have two masculine, old school epics battling it out at the Oscars again instead of yet another A24/Neon/Searchlight year.

Guess it depends on what you mean by "mainstream popularity." People have known who she is since Suicide Squad. That just doesn't always translate to box office draw on her name alone.

He's a good writer but a bit of a pretentious twat.

As far as I'm concerned Marvel fans don't care about maturity. The most mature stories (Civil War, F&WS) in the MCU have gotten a mixed response from the fanbase.

That one and Blonde.

This is the first Netflix movie I'm watching in theaters, so that tracks.

I loved it too, and I think Butler has a good shot at a nomination. I worry the movie itself may not make it into Best Picture noms, as Hanks' performance alone brings it down a notch.

I'm a fan. It's not fantastic or anything, but the pure form of it is better than 80% of Marvel movies.

They're saving it for next year because of reshoots and needing to perfect the edit. Next Goal Wins could easily win him back some of that adoration.

Yeah, it's like a C or C+ An F would be one of the worst of the last decade. It's heavily flawed, but not an F movie.

I don't trust test screenings. Link?