OCTOBER 13, 2023

Taylor Swift Stumbled When She Didn't Consider Theater Fallout with Last-Minute 'Eras' Showtimes The damage isn't permanent, but she did something that even Tom Cruise and James Cameron would never attempt.  By Tom Brueggemann

'Lessons in Chemistry' Is Too Exasperating, Even for Comfort Food Brie Larson's Apple TV+ adaptation of Bonnie Garmus' bestselling novel can't balance its saccharine love story with so many "surprises."  By Ben Travers	'Sound of Freedom' Started a Human Trafficking Conversation, but Survivors Say It's the Wrong One Movies like "Taken" also created misconceptions, but this surprise hit caused previously unseen levels of harassment and political impact fo … By Brian Welk

'Rick and Morty' Season 7 Is Hardly Genius - Unless One of These New Sound-Alikes Is a Woman Adult Swim still won't reveal the names of the two performers taking over after Justin Roiland's ousting. With two episodes that indicate a … By Alison Foreman	Steven Soderbergh's Gamble Resulted in Eddie Alcazar's 'Divinity,' One of 2023's Best-Looking Movies For writer-director Alcazar and cinematographer Danny Hiele, creative freedom meant 16mm black-and-white reversal film.  By Jim Hemphill

	Where to Watch This Week's New Movies, from 'Anatomy of a Fall' to 'Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour' This week at the box office: the year's most unexpected double feature?  By Kate Erbland
	What Guillermo del Toro Learned Shadowing William Friedkin on His Final Film One Oscar-winning director explains what he learned from another as Guillermo del Toro talks about watching William Friedkin work on "The Ca … By Jim Hemphill
	Shiny New 'Suits'? A No-Brainer Only Delayed by the Writers Strike The old USA Network legal drama has been all the rage thanks to the Netflix algorithm. With the WGA strike behind him, creator Aaron Korsh c … By Tony Maglio
	Bebe Glazer Was the Best Character on 'Frasier' To paraphrase Bebe herself (on the topic of smoking), "I love everything about her."  By Mark Peikert
	Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos Says SAG-AFTRA Proposed a 'Levy' on Subscribers That Was a 'Bridge Too Far' Talks to end the actors strike broke down last night. At least one studio head says this is the reason why.  By Brian Welk