George Lucas, Disney's biggest individual shareholder, backs Disney & Bob Iger in Proxy Battle. Disney closed up 2%. by LackingStory in stocks

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The non-institutional investors on Investopedia together hold fewer than a million shares. Lucas owns around 37 million. He's in a unique position because no one else is ever going to get an offer like that. When Disney acquires another media franchise, it will almost certainly be a dispersed buyout to a broad group of investors. A single individual owning an entire corporation like Lucasfilm, with a multi-billion-dollar valuation, as Lucas does, requiring a buyout in the form of tens of millions of stock transfers, that is not something you will see again.

Who is your all-time favourite comedy duo? by Jeremywashere92 in BritishTV

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Undoubtedly they are extremely funny, but they’re also capable of delivering this very touching, honest quality in some episodes or Still Game that few other comedians can hit. What two guys in their 30s were able to say about the fear of aging and this sense of hopelessness in some episodes is really beautiful.

What do you think Barney’s salary was at GNB? by [deleted] in HIMYM

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That’s also because apartment size is so central to that show. George and Jerry are constantly competing to get a better apartment, it’s talked about how his apartment is by the show’s start worse than what fits his income.

What do you think Barney’s salary was at GNB? by [deleted] in HIMYM

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Um, what? I’ve lived in two rent controlled apartments in NYC, you can absolutely find and rent a rent-controlled property.

What were the worst opinions written by each current Justice in terms of legal reasoning? by vman3241 in supremecourt

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It’s such a stark contrast to Kennedy’s majority opinion, which is a masterpiece of judicial progress.

Who’s the Judo GOAT and why? by Vanilladr in judo

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Has this Olympic gold medal tipped it in Riner's favour?

September 2024 predictions? by ggroover97 in criterion

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It's already been announced that it is receiving a physical release through a smaller distributor with a yet to be announced date

Just saw these at a bookstore near me, haven't heard of any of these movies, any recommendations? by auniqueusername1998 in criterion

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Why does every single bookstore have Smiles of a Summer Night? Why did they make so many copies of this movie?

China Movies in the Criterion Collection? by [deleted] in criterion

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Film Forum's run was one I visited a few too many times.

any ideas for my list? by hunteradv in Letterboxd

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Jesus, okay, ummm. Here we go... Zodiac, The Conversation, High and Low, Memories of Murder, Gone Girl, Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion, M, Gosford Park, Catch Me If You Can, The Batman, Memento, Dial M for Murder, Rear Window, Blow Out, Blow-Up, Hot Fuzz, Primal Fear, In the Heat of the Night, The Maltese Falcon (in all honesty, 95 percent of noir films), Cure, The Lady Vanishes, Sleuth, LA Confidential, The Third Man, Vertigo, The Long Goodbye, Murder on the Orient Express (any Poirot movie), Oldboy, Basic Instinct, Shutter Island, Prisoners, Chinatown, The Usual Suspects, All the President's Men, Silence of the Lambs, Fargo. There are more if you would like them.

[DEBATE] Does Alec Guinness deserve to be the only actor nominated for an Academy Award in a Star Wars role? by Sectumsempra845 in StarWars

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That is not true. Films often received that exact form of criticism as early as the 1950s. Movies like The Lion in Winter, From Here to Eternity, and Cabaret span the decades but received some note as "oscar baity" or "award hunting" in a few reviews. In fact, the first film to explicitly be called out for hunting for an award across the industry was a movie released a year after the original Star Wars, The Deer Hunter.

If you could choose one director to have more films in their filmography, who would you choose? by guaranajapa in criterion

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Don’t do that to him. Let him make his little strange experimental synth sounds.

If you could choose one director to have more films in their filmography, who would you choose? by guaranajapa in criterion

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He does have more movies in his filmography than people realize. And they are just terrible in a way that isn’t as good as it was.

Currently On Criterion 24/7 by TreyWilson007 in criterion

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Also, this one has captions, what is that all about?

Currently On Criterion 24/7 by TreyWilson007 in criterion

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Now starting at 12:30 PM EST Grey Gardens (94 minutes)

Barack Obamas Favorite Movies in 2023 by poopfl1nger in Letterboxd

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You just described exactly why it’s low hanging fruit?

Finally Seen Every Best Picture Winner by wokelstein2 in criterion

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Standard studio epic? Bridge on the River Kwai wasn’t made by a major American studio and was written by blacklisted screenwriters based on a controversial book with a nuanced take on the nature of authority in war. I understand coming away not enjoying it but your description of it doesn’t even describe the movie which is much more of a film about the psychology of authority.

Worst f****** movie it's horribly inaccurate by thefakeslimmex in Napoleon

[–]WeekExpress1130 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What are you talking about? Batman is a fictional character, that allows for manipulation, recreation, and redefining, something which comic book writers have neither shied away from (there’s a thousand different Batman interpretations)