And what about the horror thriller “The Invisible Man,” one of the most mercilessly tense films I’ve seen in the past decade? It got released right before lockdown and made $144 million globally, a staggering haul for a medium-budgeted genre picture whose biggest star was Elisabeth Moss. Who knows what it would’ve made if it had … Read more
One of the most depressing movie industry stories of the pandemic was the way Pixar, long the most beloved and acclaimed animation studio in the business, saw its movies go from theatrical events to straight-to-streaming content on Disney+. Now, it was not a bad thing that people could watch these movies at home, especially during a pandemic. … Read more
When COVID-19 took root, you almost knew there would be movies made to cash in on the panic and fear of the pandemic. They came — of course — and the better films to come from that initial period chose to focus on the human element. Isolation, loneliness, that kind of thing. Understandably, most steered … Read more