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2020 has been a rough year for many which is quite the understatement. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage much of the world, affecting the lives of the majority of the world’s population maybe for good. Staying at home more often than usual while social distancing and wearing masks, we consume media in much different ways. As a result, the film industry as we know it looks a lot different as less are watching...

Movie fans know that the month of January is consistently not great for new release films. While the big, award-baity films pick up steam and expand for audiences across the world to see, studios release the films they’re most concerned about performance for this month, as counter programming to said flashy awards titles. With some jumpy studio horror (The Grudge, The Turning), the Canadian release for a few Oscar shortlisted films (Les Miserables, Cunningham) and...