Star Wars, Wolverine, MoviePass, Netflix, Millennials, Lady Bird, Rotten Tomatoes

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🗓️ 12 December 2017

⏱️ 26 minutes

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On the December 12, 2017 episode of /Film Daily, Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film Senior writer Ben Pearson and /Film writers Chris Evangelista and Hoai-Tran Bui to discuss the latest news, including Star Wars: The Last Jedi reviews and box office tracking, what the Disney-Fox deal might mean for Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, Some interesting stats from MoviePass and Netflix, reclining seats are apparently bringing Millennials to the movies again, and Lady Bird has been dethroned as the best-reviewed movie of all time on Rotten Tomatoes. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast and all the popular podcast apps (here is the RSS URL if you need it). In the News: ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Review Round-Up: Rian Johnson Delivers in a Huge Way ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Tracking For a Sky-High $425 Million Worldwide Opening The Disney-Fox Deal Won’t Bring Hugh Jackman Out of Wolverine Retirement MoviePass Accounted For Over 10% of Opening Weekend Ticket Sales For Some Movies Netflix Releases Binge Stats for The Past Year, Puts Some Customers on Blast For Their Choices Millennials Are Still Going to the Movies This Holiday Season, Enjoy Reclining Seats (and Avocado Toast) ‘Lady Bird’ Lost Its Perfect 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, Thanks to One Reviewer You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm.com. /Film Daily is published every weekday, bringing you the most exciting news from the world of movies and television as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast and all the popular podcast apps (RSS). We’re still very much experimenting with this podcast, please feel free to send your feedback to us at [email protected]. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes and spread the word! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo. Our Sponsors: * Check out Express VPN: expressvpn.com/SLASHFILM Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to slash film daily for December 12th 2017.
0:05.0	On today's episode we're going to be diving into a bunch of news including the first
0:09.4	reviews of Star Wars Last Jedi, box office tracking, the Disney Fox deal, what will it hold for Wolverine
0:18.4	and the return of Hugh Jackman?
0:21.0	We also are going to be talking about movie pass and how it has accounted for over 10% of the opening weekend ticket sales for some movies.
0:29.0	Netflix has released some binge stats that are worth chatting about and word that millennials are still
0:36.7	going to the movies and why.
0:39.8	And lastly, we'll talk about Lady Bird, has been dethroned as the best reviewed film of all time
0:46.6	on Rotten Tomatoes.
0:48.4	This is Peter Sorata.
0:49.2	And joining me on today's podcast is Slash Film Senior senior writer Ben Pearson.
0:53.0	Hey, what's up?
0:54.0	And slash film writers Chris Evangelista.
0:57.0	Hello.
0:58.0	And why Tran Bowie.
1:00.0	Hey everyone.
1:01.0	We have a full house here today guys, but let's just jump into the news.
1:06.2	You know, it's Star Wars Week, it's finally here. I feel like this is the week I've been waiting
1:10.4	for, you know, this whole year and I don't know what to do with myself now that
1:14.9	it's actually here and what comes next I don't know but the reviews have hit this
1:21.5	morning we talked about general reactions yesterday.
1:24.0	Ben you kind of did a roundup for the site, but you actually saw the film last night,
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