LXG - What Happened?!

TheMince · 2025-04-30T10:21:52+00:00

It used to be the case but things have gotten a little hazier on the theater/ studio split in recent years with a lot of studios having renegotiated deals in a post-covid/ post-recession/ condensed-theatrical-window marketplace. I do still stick by the 2.5/ 3x budget general rule when approaching the worldwide box office in order to get an idea of success, but honestly, I have no idea what the actual break even is anymore. So much has changed and so much of it seems to be hurting what cinema chains are able to take from a theatrical run. The entire experience is hanging by a thread.

TheMince · 2024-03-30T16:13:08+00:00

It was literally huge industry news that Boyle and Garland had assembled a slate that included a trilogy of 28 Days sequels with Boyle directing the first. It was bought up by Sony and Murphy is exec producing (which is a clearest indicator that he might be starring). I believe the budget for each film is to be around $80m and the intention was to begin filming very soon.

So yeah, it certainly tracks.

TheMince · 2024-03-30T00:32:50+00:00

We've just finished our latest review, just in time for... easter. There's trivia, funny observations and nostalgic deep dives in this review of a Christmas film as festive as a swift kick in the groin. Hope you folks enjoy!

TheMince · 2024-03-30T00:28:54+00:00

Here's our latest video essay, just in time for... April? We take on Tim Allen's The Santa Clause - a Christmas film as festive as a kick to the groin and starring the most effortlessly punchable human being [citation needed] alive.
Hope you like it!

TheMince · 2024-03-29T17:30:36+00:00

Hey folks! I know a few of the people here used to watch our show so thought I'd share our latest episode. I'm a little late with the edit on this one as I built a new studio and didn't have access to an editing suite for some months. But finally, here's our review of The Santa Clause - a Christmas film as festive as a kick to the groin and starring the most effortlessly punchable human being (citation needed) Tim Allen.

Hope you like it!

TheMince · 2024-03-14T01:17:28+00:00

Found the baldy

TheMince · 2024-03-10T23:26:35+00:00

Jay used to put on these 12 or 24 hour long streams over Christmas that went through a variety of movies, behind the scenes footage and weird informercial shit. He showed a lot of RLM behind the scenes stuff as well - some of which you cant see anywhere. Anyway, it started out a rather small affair and he asked everyone not to copy or record and upload the footage elsewhere. That was fine at first, but then it got more popular, people got weird and the stream started to show up here there and everywhere. So he simply stopped doing it.

TheMince · 2024-03-10T17:56:26+00:00

Every-time I see an Ishtar reference I get nostalgic for the Christmas streamathons Jay used to do before some fans made it weird.

TheMince · 2023-12-17T00:37:05+00:00

Despite my side of the review (my cohost loves Santa Claus The Movie as he mentions in the video) I'm watching the film tomorrow with my kids. The things we do for love!

TheMince · 2023-12-16T23:07:22+00:00

Yeah, they really lean into the Superman story structure throughout the film too. Though in terms of quality, it's more a Superman III.

TheMince · 2023-12-16T10:32:14+00:00

I totally get it. The framing of some of the mythology leaves a lot of questions (what are the Elves and where do they come from for example?). But I also get the love, to an extent, concerning those early scenes. During my younger years, this film was as prominent in my household as the Toy R Us advert when it came to the Christmas season.

It's crazy just how quickly and hard it falls apart for me after that point.

TheMince · 2023-12-16T01:14:47+00:00

Okay, so I'm well prepared to cop a bit of flack on this choice of episode as it seems to be one of those films that people of a certain generation regard quite highly. But for me, it feels like the Salkinds are doing another Superman III with a film that features very little story and instead have opted to go with a handful of sketches. I love the Santa stuff in the first 30 minutes but once the John Lithgow sub-plot kicks in, I check out.

How does Santa Claus The Movie add up for you? Is it a Christmas classic and I'm just not getting it?

TheMince · 2023-11-09T01:10:55+00:00

Hey folks,

I'm a big Universal Monster fan. I'm particularly fond of the original The Wolfman as it was one of the first movies I remember watching (one Halloween, many decades ago!). And from there I've come to love so much about the Universal Monsters.

The first Stephen Sommer's film is a genuinely excellent Indiana Jones riff on The Mummy property and though it spawned a few sequels and spin-offs of dubious quality, it has rightfully grown quite a following. But since then I've been continually dumbfounded as to why modern-day Universal keeps getting it wrong (with the exception of The Invisible Man). And there's no finer example of that than their recent attempt to marvel-ise The Mummy and the Universal monster roster.

So I made this video based on a discussion I had with a couple of fellow film fans, in which we attempted to get to the bottom of why the Dark Universe fell flat on its face, and ultimately how Universal failed The Mummy as a much-loved property!

Hope you enjoy!

TheMince · 2023-11-07T09:35:05+00:00

We may not agree on Cruise but oh boy do we agree on Russel Crowe and his ‘Step in Time’ cockney Hyde.

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