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Binge-watching detracts from TV-viewing experience


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Valentine’s Day and the long weekend for President’s Day made last weekend perfect for bingeing. No, I don’t mean the type of bingeing where you drown your loneliness and sorrow in a box of chocolate; I mean binge-watching “House of Cards.” The highly-anticipated second season of the political drama premiered in its entirety on Netflix […]

Weekend Box Office: ‘Lego Movie’ and romantic trio lift up holiday weekend


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Despite a foursome of new releases, The Lego Movie repeated at No. 1 with a $62.5M four-day weekend, nearly outranking 2010’s Valentine’s Day ($63.1M) as the highest President’s Day Weekend on record. Its three-day weekend total of $49.85M was a slight drop from its $69.1M opening and, with two more weeks to itself, the toy […]

Romantic new releases face box office struggle


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With the most romantic day of the year falling on Friday, this weekend’s three new releases are, unsurprisingly, romances. About Last Night, starring Kevin Hart, will most likely come out on top as the only comedy. The star-studded Winter’s Tale, helmed by Academy Award-winning writer Akiva Goldsman, may not be a big draw due to […]

President’s Day weekend movie sales down


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According to TheHollywoodReporter.com, preliminary box office results show a 30% decrease from last year’s President Day Weekend. Though the reasons are unclear as to why, the performers this weekend seem to go against expectations. At number one with an estimated $21 million was the Liam Neeson thriller Unknown followed by the much buzzed about teen […]