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☆ 'M3GAN' does what it needs to as a horror film — but gets one thing wrong
  + stars: | 2023-01-07 | by ( Jason Bailey | Jason Bailey Is A Film Critic | Film Historian | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +7 min
The most chilling moment in Gerard Johnstone’s new horror film, “M3GAN,” comes early. Its wildly popular — and immediately viral — trailer seems to give away the entire story, beat by beat, but what it can’t convey is the picture’s delightfully oddball tone, which is poised at a peculiar juncture of slasher horror and self-aware satire. Gemma, dressed in flannels, so you know she’s an antisocial nerd, has developed M3GAN, short for Model 3 Generative ANdroid. As a character, M3GAN is a marvel of design, combining body actor (Amie Donald), voice (Jenna Davis), animatronics, makeup and special effects. (“Humanity kills every day, just to make its existence more bearable,” M3GAN cackles, presumably after doing some online reading about Apple and Foxconn’s Longhua facility.)
☆ 2022's box-office hits like Top Gun, Wakanda Forever and Avatar proved moviegoing didn't die
  + stars: | 2022-12-27 | by ( Jason Bailey | Jason Bailey Is A Film Critic | Film Historian | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +5 min
It’s not that theatrical film exhibition was in a particularly good place before the pandemic. Yet the astounding box-office figures of 2022 tell a different story: Movie theaters didn’t become obsolete. It offered up the best of the moviegoing experience: spectacle, plus quality, plus rewatchability. But best of all, the hunger for the overly familiar was not the only story to be told this year. But if the pandemic-era absence of theatrical releases proved one thing, it’s that people love going to the movies, really love it, and not just to see Marvel movies.
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