Lionsgate, the distributor for the John Wick spinoff film Ballerina, has banned “critical social sentiment” for the film until June 9th while encouraging “enthusiasm” for the film on May 22nd.This Substack is reader-supported.
Nothing says “we have a good movie” like telling reviewers that they can’t say anything bad about it till weeks after they can say something good about it.
I saw a trailer for this when I went to see Mission Impossible. I’m so tired of girlbosses and the trailers baiting Keanu, while he’s likely going to be in the movie for 5 minutes. If I’m to guess this is what Lionsgate want to prevent being spread, which will affect their sales.
LMAO
I'm just surprised it wasn't the ubiquitous black lesbian girl-boss like bug-eyed Debra Wilson.
Nothing says “we have a good movie” like telling reviewers that they can’t say anything bad about it till weeks after they can say something good about it.
I saw a trailer for this when I went to see Mission Impossible. I’m so tired of girlbosses and the trailers baiting Keanu, while he’s likely going to be in the movie for 5 minutes. If I’m to guess this is what Lionsgate want to prevent being spread, which will affect their sales.
If media companies had faith in their movies, they'd let the chips fall where they may
doing this shows they have no faith in their movie.
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I wonder how the Kill Bill movies would fare if released in the modern era?