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February means Valentine’s Day, which means you’ll find yourself snuggling at home with your significant other, be they human or chocolate. But let’s take a break from all that mushy romance because Netflix doesn’t have much of that this month. Yes, there is a Michael Bolton Valentine’s Day special coming to Netflix just in time for the holiday, but that’s …

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Is it time for the Academy to change up which films they give those coveted Oscars to? There’s been lots of discussions about diversity needing to be more prevalent during awards season, but now Sony is shooting for some comedy inclusivity by putting Sausage Party in the running. Yep, that animated movie about food having existential crises over getting eaten (and in …

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It was another tepid week at the box office with revenues at U.S. theaters reflecting the back-to-school mentality of the country. This is simply too late in the season for big, blockbuster releases and too early for Oscar-potentials to break into the ranks. For a while that means that theaters will have too many horror films, too many low-budget comedies and …

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After three weeks on top of the revenue charts for U.S. theaters, Suicide Squad lost its grip on the top slot, earning only $12.1 million over the weekend to slip way back into the No. 2 spot. Suicide Squad was brushed aside by Don’t Breathe, the dark thriller that is four-fifth horror film and one fifth thriller — or something …

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Suicide Squad held onto first place on the revenue chart for domestic theaters for the third consecutive weekend, but the pace of sales was less than blistering with a $20.7 million take, a sharp drop from the previous weekend’s $57.8 million. Remaining in second place, Seth Rogan‘s Sausage Party managed a take of $15.3 million in domestic, about half what …

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Suicide Squad held onto the top spot on the domestic revenue charts for the second straight weekend, but is pace has slowed considerably. The vigilante squad of cosmic, superhero bad-asses took in $57.8 million and has now grossed $242.5 million overseas, pushing the grand total to $465 million. But the weekend’s receipts for the movie had a 56 percent decline from …

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When the trailer for Sausage Party first landed online, it received many laughs for being so shocking and different. Here was a computer-animated movie where the anthropomorphic characters of supermarket items are forced to comprehend their gruesome fates. The food characters experience torture and pain when being eaten, constantly cursing and speaking of sexually congregating with one another. Sure, it’s …

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