‘Solo’ trailer breakdown: Why we have a bad feeling about this Star Wars spin-off

The full 90-second teaser trailer for Solo: A Star Wars Story is finally here, and it has us wondering whether the spin-off movie needs to change its name.
Now we’ve seen and heard Alden Ehrenreich in the role of young Han Solo, rumors from the set t…

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15 times I yelled ‘NOPE’ while my favorite TV character died from a house fire on ‘This is Us’

Warning: Spoilers for the “Super Bowl Sunday” episode of This Is Us ahead.
Well, Jack Pearson didn’t burn to death in a house fire in Sunday’s episode of This Is Us, but he did die because of the house fire. And it was devastating.
From the first mom…

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Yes, it’s weird that the Han Solo spinoff doesn’t have a trailer yet

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As of today, we’re less than four months away from the next Star Wars movie. But you’d never know it from the marketing campaign – or, rather, the total lack thereof.

To date, we’ve seen next to nothing from Solo: no trailer, no teaser, no poster, not even an official image, unless you count that behind-the-scenes promo pic from the first week of shooting. 

That’s freaking weird, any way you slice it – but whether that’s bad is another question entirely. For one thing, Disney may have their own reasons for holding off on promoting Solo, which we’ll get to in a second. For another, a clumsy marketing campaign doesn’t always signal a terrible movie, just as a strong marketing campaign doesn’t always deliver a great one.  Read more…

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‘Black Panther’ sabotage campaign highlights how useless the Rotten Tomatoes audience score really is

Black Panther isn’t opening for another couple of weeks, but one group of self-described “fanboys” is already preparing to be Mad Online.
A campaign is underway to “Give Black Panther a Rotten Audience Score on Rotten Tomatoes,” with about 5,500 thou…

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