About this episode

The episode explores the disparity between critics and audience reception of films, focusing on Moana's box office performance and upcoming releases.

We settle our Moana box office bet and dig into why critics and audiences can see the same movie so differently. Then we look ahead to a packed slate, celebrate indie cinema community, remember Sam Neill, and put our money down on Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey. • school holiday box office context and why legs matter after July • Moana live-action numbers and what “underperform” really means • Rotten Tomatoes critic score vs audience score as a signal • upcoming relea...

People in this episode

Hosts: Brent Harbour, Ross Churchouse

Topics covered

• box office analysis
• critics vs audiences
• indie cinema
• film industry trends
• Moana live-action

Keywords

• Moana
• box office
• critics
• audiences
• Christopher Nolan
• indie cinema
• film reviews

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Moana, Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey

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