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What Movies Millennials Watch

I had forgotten about the New York Post’s article about how Millennials don’t watch movies from before 2000 (“exponentially more likely to have binged on films of the last 15 years than on classics from bygone eras”), largely because clickbait only lasts so long before it disappears. (Honestly, I’m more haunted by the fact that… Read More What Movies Millennials Watch

October 27, 2017October 27, 2017 Tim2 Comments

100 Exceptional American Movies in 10 Genres: 2017 Version

After finishing my last series with the grandiose title (“Better than AFI’s Top 100“), I thought I’d take a longer break from a series. “The British Film Institute’s top 100 British films turns twenty in 2019,” I said to myself. “You could catch up on those in eighteen months. Or,” I said, and this is… Read More 100 Exceptional American Movies in 10 Genres: 2017 Version

July 18, 2017April 19, 2018 Tim20 Comments

The American Blockbuster Bubble

The Hollywood Reporter recently published a Todd McCarthy article wondering, basically, about sequel fatigue. The summer, he notes, movies like Transformers: The Last Knight, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, and Cars 3 have each sputtered at the American box office. This is our fifth Transformers movie since 2007, our fifth Pirates movie since 2003, and… Read More The American Blockbuster Bubble

July 14, 2017January 3, 2018 Tim2 Comments

Baumann and Burch, Episode 36: The Triple Pronged Genre Question

In this episode of the B&B B&B, the two of us take a deep dive into the Better than AFI’s Top 100 list that Tim has spent a lot of time on in the past few months. We talk about some top choices on the list, discuss directors who are well represented, and mention a… Read More Baumann and Burch, Episode 36: The Triple Pronged Genre Question

June 25, 2017June 26, 2017 TimLeave a comment

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