INFLATION IS ILLUSORY, TRANSITORY, A HIGH-CLASS PROBLEM, AND OVER ALREADY:

BUT OTHER THAN THAT, HOW DID YOU ENJOY THE SHOW? Hollywood Out of Ideas, Money, Jobs.

I understand there’s a certain amount of irony in complaining that all the trailers were a sequel or a reboot before a movie that was a sequel to a sequel to a sequel to a sequel to a reboot, but usually Alamo has more varied trailer fare.

But that lack of originality, along with wokeness, the red ink carnage of the streaming wars, and the lingering effects of the most recent strikes, has led to a deep recession in Hollywood, so much so that Deadline has a regular Hollywood Contraction feature.

How bad is it? “Employment in “motion picture and sound recording” has grown nationwide, but the share of workers in LA or New York went from just under half at the beginning of 2023 to just one-third earlier this year.”

If the movies were worth going to the theater for, this wouldn’t be a problem.

WE CAN STILL FACT-CHECK YOUR A**:

Spoiler: Reuters has no desire to be a credible news outlet.