Recap
Top 15 Films of 2023 – Allen’s Picks
2023 was marked by two historic labor strikes from the writers (WGA) and actors guilds (SAG-AFTRA). The strikes put a halt on American film and television work for months, as the two unions battled with studios over wages, streaming compensation, health benefits, likeness rights, artificial…
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Top 15 Films of 2022 – Allen’s Picks
2022 proved to be a transition year for the movies. As Covid restrictions lifted and audiences returned to theaters, studios faced the challenge of deciding what films get wide releases while reserving others for streaming platforms. The result was confusion – should a person make…
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Top 15 Films of 2021 – Allen’s Picks
2021 felt like a year that was in a constant state of limbo. The Covid-19 pandemic has gripped the world for nearly two full years, and while some parts of society have started adjusting to a new way of living, it always felt like a…
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CinemaCon Days 3&4 Recap
If screenings of clips from Star Trek Into Darkness and Fast & Furious 6 weren’t cool enough, we still had two days worth of studio presentations (Disney, Sony, 20th Century Fox, and Lionsgate) at CinemaCon 2013. Generally the presentations went two ways: either the presenters would briefly mention a…
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CinemaCon Days 1&2 Recap
Two days into CinemaCon—the convention formerly known as ShoWest—the studio presentations have been full of action and surprises. CinemaCon is the yearly convention for the National Association of Theater Owners, but it has also become a platform for the major studios to showcase their upcoming…
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