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Warning: Though we’ve completed our greatest to keep away from spoiling something too main, please be aware this checklist does embrace just a few particular references to a number of of the listed movies that some would possibly contemplate spoiler-y.
It has been an odd couple of years for movie because the trade struggles to regain its footing within the wake of a devastating international pandemic, however there are causes to be optimistic about its future, each from a field workplace and selection standpoint. This was the yr that the blockbuster superhero franchises which have dominated for greater than a decade lastly confirmed indicators of faltering; the Marvel and DC Universe releases this yr have been principally fantastic, however just one (Spider-Man: Throughout the Spider-Verse) made our 2023 year-end checklist. There have been simply so lots of them, one after the opposite, including as much as critical superhero fatigue.
We nonetheless love our blockbusters, in fact. This was additionally the summer time of “Barbenheimer,” as audiences flocked to theaters for the unlikely pairing of Barbie and Oppenheimer, breaking just a few field workplace data within the course of. It was additionally a superb yr for smaller area of interest fare—together with two re-imaginings of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein—in addition to a brand new movie from the legendary Martin Scorsese (Killers of the Flower Moon).
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