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IT Chapter Two: 116M

Just like 2014.

January January 13 - The Upside (6/10) & A Dog’s Way Home (3/10) January 18 - Glass (7/10) January 29 - A Star is Born (9.5/10) February February 2 - How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (9.5/10)

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse December 7, 7:00 PM, 85% full in a 244 seat auditorium AMC Tysons Corner 16, VA Trailers A Dogs Way Home - some laughs The audience loved it. Tons of laughter from the audience at a lot of scenes. “Awws” at the Stan Lee cameo. Huge applause at the end. Nothing but smiling faces and hugely positive responses from people exiting the theater. This movie will blow up and it’s gonna be huge.

Got back from the early screening, and this film is just magnificent. If you loved the trailers and have been excited for this movie, you’re going to love it. It’s everything you want and more. I just got out and I’m already itching to see it again. Also this movie is going to be huge. Nothing but smiling faces and positive responses from people exiting the theater.

1. Ralph Breaks the Internet - 16.3 million 2. The Grinch - 12.6 million 3. Creed II - 11.1 million 4. Fantastic Beasts - 7 million 5. Bohemian Rhapsody - 5.6 million 6. Instant Family - 4.4 million 7. Green Book - 3.9 million 8. Hannah Grace 2.6 million 9. Widows - 2.5 million 10. Schindler - 1.8 million

Got tickets for this tonight. Hyped!

Mission: Impossible - Fallout August 4, 6:00 PM, 75% full AMC Starplex Loudoun 11, VA Trailers: Operation Finale Mile 22 The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (murmurs) The Girl In The Spider’s Web The Predator Glass (interested chatter) Godzilla: King of the Monsters (“Eleven!”) Bumblebee (murmurs) Overlord Laughs and some good reactions to some of the more surprising moments. The Meg August 11, 7:00 PM, 60% full AMC Starplex Loudoun 11, VA Trailers: Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2 Creed II Hunter Killer (what is this?) The Predator Overlord The House With a Clock In It’s Walls (laughs) Venom (laughs) The Nun (some jumps at the end) Godzilla: King of the Monsters (murmurs) Not much reaction besides a couple of laughs.

Had a blast. A bit bored the first act but once it gets going, it gets going. B/B-

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom June 25, 6:00 PM, 80% full in a auditorium around 80 seats AMC Starplex Loudoun 11, VA Trailers: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Mission: Impossible - Fallout Creed II Mile 22 Ant-Man and the Wasp (laughs) The Darkest Minds The Meg (laughs) Skyscraper The Grinch (laughs) Laughing and shitz. The Incredibles 2 June 26, 5:30 PM, 70% full in 70 seat auditorium AMC Starplex Loudoun 11, VA Trailers: Bumblebee How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (laughs) The Grinch (laughs) Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation Smallfoot Ant-Man and the Wasp Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2 (laughs) Laughing at a lot of jokes, nothing else besides that. Ant-Man and the Wasp IMAX 3D July 11, 1:30 PM, 1% full (just me!) in a 350 something seat auditorium Regal Fox Stadium 16 & IMAX Trailers: Alpha Mission: Impossible - Fallout The Meg How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World Bohemian Rhapsody Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald Dumbo I laughed at a lot of the jokes. Won’t You Be My Neighbor? July 11, 4:10 PM, 5% full in a 114 seat auditorium Regal Fox Stadium 16 & IMAX Trailers: Eighth Grade A Star is Born Penguins Mama Mia! Here We Go Again! Johnny English Strikes Again (laughs) The Grinch Laughter throughout the movie and crying. Seee ittttt!

1. Hereditary (5/5) 2. Incredibles 2 (4.5/5) 3. Annihilation (4.5/5) 4. Avengers: Infinity War (4.5/5) 5. Deadpool 2 (4.5/5) 6. Isle of Dogs (4.5/5) 7. A Quiet Place (4/5) 8. Game Night (4/5) 9. Unsane (4/5) 10. Ready Player One (3.5/5) 11. Black Panther (3.5/5) 12. Maze Runner: The Death Cure (3/5) 13. Tomb Raider (2.5/5) 14. The Cloverfield Paradox (1.5/5) 15. Rampage (1/5) 16. You Were Never Really Here (1/5) 17. The 15:17 to Paris (0.5/5) 18. Truth or Dare (0/5) 19. The Hurricane Heist (0/5)

One of the most unsettling and disturbing movies I’ve ever seen. Everything in the film was there for a reason, and there were no shock value moments for the sake of shock value. Possibly my favorite film of the year so far.

Hereditary June 19, 1:15 PM, 5% full in a auditorium with around 80 seats. Regal Fox Stadium 16 & IMAX, VA Trailers: (arrived late and missed a few of them) The Little Stranger Serenity The First Purge The Meg Audience was kind of annoying for the first 10-20 minutes or so with some people clucking at certain points, but once THAT scene happened, everybody started to shut the fuck up, and it was pure silence for the remainder of the film. What a miracle.

Loved it! A

Incredibles 2 IMAX June 16, 1:30 PM, 30% full in 351 seat auditorium Regal Fox Stadium 16 & IMAX Trailers: Bumblebee Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2 (laughs, someone clapped at the end) Alpha Pandas (lots of awws) How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (murmurs, laughs) Ant-Man and the Wasp (murmurs, laughs) Bao was really well received from the audience. Lots of people said they really liked it. For the movie itself, everyone seemed invested, tons of laughs and even applause at certain moments. Applause at the end.

Deadpool 2 May 19, 4:30 PM, 80% full AMC Starplex Loudoun 11, VA Trailers: Hotel Artemis Mission: Impossible - Fallout The Equalizer 2 The First Purge Tag (laughs) The Predator Bohemian Rhapsody (chatter) Sorry to Bother You (laughs) The Happytime Murders (huge laughs at the end) People laughed and stuff. Exactly what you’d expect with an audience watching a movie like this.

Ready Player One April 1, 3:45 PM, 65% full AMC Starplex Loudoun 11, VA Trailers: A Quiet Place 10 second ad (chatter) The Spy Who Dumped Me (laughs) Avengers: Infinity War (excited chatter) Mission: Impossible - Fallout (murmurs) The House With a Clock In It’s Walls Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse The Darkest Minds Ocean’s 8 Rampage (chatter) Laughs throughout and chatter at some of the references. A Quiet Place April 7, 3:15 PM, 80% full AMC Starplex Loudoun 11, VA Trailers: Traffik Sicario 2: Day of the Soldado Hereditary (gasps) The Darkest Minds Truth or Dare (chatter) Tag (laughs) Action Point (laughs) Mission: Impossible - Fallout (murmurs) Rampage April 14, 12:00 PM, 10% full AMC Starplex Loudoun 11, VA I missed all of the trailers. Chuckles here and there but pretty silent otherwise. Avengers: Infinity War April 28, 6:00 PM, 100% full Regal Fox Stadium 16 & IMAX, VA Trailers: Deadpool 2 (laughs) Mission: Impossible - Fallout (murmurs) Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (chatter) Ocean’s 8 Adrift The Incredibles 2 (excited murmurs) Solo: A Star Wars Story (chatter) Lively audience. Huge laughs throughout, and even cheering at certain points and gasps when the credits started to roll.

1. Avengers: Infinity War - A+ 2. Annihilation - A 3. A Quiet Place - A- 4. Ready Player One - A- 5. Black Panther - B+ 6. Game Night - B+ 7. Maze Runner: The Death Cure 8. Tomb Raider - C+ 9. The Cloverfield Paradox - D 10. Rampage - D 11. The Hurricane Heist - D-

Wow. Marvel wasn’t fucking around with this one.

At my school pep rally, after the national anthem, somebody used Bluetooth and got into the school speakers and played the soviet union national anthem (earrape edition), and it went on for like a minute before they turned it off.

1. Annihilation - A 2. Black Panther - B+ 3. Game Night - B+ 4. Maze Runner: The Death Cure - B- 5. Tomb Raider - C+ 6. The Cloverfield Paradox - D 7. The Hurricane Heist - D-

Tomb Raider March 17, 6:15 PM, 70% full AMC Starplex Loudoun 11, VA Trailers Solo: A Star Wars Story - murmurs Adrift A Quiet Place - murmurs Breaking In Venom Deadpool 2 - laughs Rampage Ready Player One Dead silence throughout the whole thing.

Pacific Rim: Uprising - 18.7M Sherlock Gnomes - 13M Paul: Apostle of Christ - 4M Unsane - 2M

1. Annihilation - A 2. Black Panther - B+ 3. Game Night - B+ 4. Maze Runner: The Death Cure - B- 5. Tomb Raider - C+ 6. The Cloverfield Paradox - D

It’s watchable but very forgettable. C+