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Today, Explained

The movies are back*

Today, Explained

Vox

Politics, Daily News, News

4.310.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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0:00.0

I don't know about you, but I miss the movies.

0:09.2

I miss going to the AMC or the regal to see whatever faster, furious installment has come

0:14.3

out.

0:15.3

I miss having a good cry watching the Mr. Rogers documentary at the independent East Street

0:19.7

cinema here in DC.

0:21.8

And everything in between, I miss it all.

0:24.5

But the good news is the movies are coming back.

0:27.0

And now you can risk it all to see Christopher Nolan's tenet.

0:35.0

Vox Film Critic Alissa Wilkinson is here today to tell you whether it's worth it and also

0:39.8

to delve deeper into what was lost along the way.

0:43.1

We're going to start back in March because March was the last time many of us went to

0:47.1

the movies.

0:48.1

What was it for you, Alissa?

0:49.1

I think my last movie theater was a portrait of a lady on fire.

0:54.2

What was even in theaters other than that?

0:56.5

I don't really recall.

0:57.5

March isn't typically the best time for the movies.

1:01.0

So there's the invisible man is in the theaters?

1:04.0

Oh yeah, with the mad men.

1:06.3

Yes, with Elizabeth Moss, really good movie.

1:09.1

The movie first cow had just come out, like maybe two days earlier, which is quite a

1:16.3

little guy and a cow.

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