We saw thirty movies in 2016, which means that for two out
of every five Tuesdays we either watched a flick we’d already seen or (more
likely) we just stayed home from the cinema. Several of these films were remakes
of old favorites, like Ghostbusters, Pete’s Dragon or The Jungle Book. The
overwhelming majority were sequels, such as Captain America Civil War, X-Men
Apocalypse, Finding Dory, Star Trek Beyond, Alice through the Looking Glass, Independence
Day Resurgence, Now You See Me 2, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2, and Kung Fu Panda
3. We enjoyed them, but the films that really stood out this year were totally
unique: Hail Caesar, Eddie the Eagle, Zootopia, The BFG, Queen of Katwe, The
Light between Oceans, Miracles from Heaven, Sully, and especially Florence
Foster Jenkins. It must take courage to back a movie you don’t KNOW will do
well, but I’m so glad someone did.
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