![]() ![]() Mattel reported a 12% drop in revenue in the second quarter, including a 6% decline for the Barbie line. The film has yet to turn into a toy sales boom at the company. The benefit from the Barbie business will be offset by a decline in the Fisher-Price preschool division. ![]() Mattel expects its profit margin on the $125 million to be about 60%, DiSilvestro said. It’s become the biggest movie of 2023 globally at the box office, with close to $1.4 billion in ticket sales. The El Segundo, California-based toymaker licensed its Barbie brand to Warner Bros Discovery Inc., which made the picture. The company receives a share of both revenue and profit from the film, Chief Financial Officer Anthony DiSilvestro said at a Goldman Sachs Group Inc. expects about $125 million in revenue related to Barbie, the hit film based on the company’s popular fashion doll. It’s worth a watch and despite its more serious themes, it does everything in a way that adds to the plot rather than working for shock value.Īt this time, the only place you can find Shut In is exclusively with a Daily Wire subscription.(Bloomberg) - Mattel Inc. Additionally, some of the ways that the shots show this helps to raise fear.Īll in all, Shut In is brilliant. It doesn’t shy away from fear, and the fact that Jessica is locked in a room ups the ante times ten her fear for her kids is heightened because she has no way of knowing or seeing what happens. The message is both heartbreaking and in many places, truthful it’s also very culturally apropos. This is, without question, a top line movie. It’s not only this battle, but also her learning to be in this present and loving the people who now rely on her. To be in that present for her kids – and her. We learn, from the conversation about her past, her battles to make a choice each day to stay in the present. She’s someone with a broken wing who’s trying to make a better future. Instead this is more subtle and instead of preaching “at” us, it’s more about subtlety and showing through the journey Jessica goes through. That said, it’s not the kind that annoys as so many allegory films do. Penned by a first time writer, Melanie Toast, this story is all about symbolism. Everything in the department of acting and behind the camera is good. Caruso directs, a man who most recently directed Redeeming Love. Director of multiple fun Hollywood films ( I am Number Four, xXx), D.J. The supporting cast is also good, and even the young actress who plays Lainey is good. Rainey (who is also Andie McDowell’s daughter) is excellent as, essentially, the sole leading character who has to carry each scene given most are on her own. The film is full of performers I’m unfamiliar with, but all are good. ‘SHUT IN’: A HIGH INTENSITY BUT SLOWER PACE REDEMPTIVE THRILLER #SHUTIN #NEWMOVIES #MYSTERY #THRILLERMOVIE #THRILLER #MOVIES #NEWREVIEW Click To Tweet ![]() One of the ways it does this is by being a film rich in analogy and yes, even a moment that made me tear up. Turns out, the film is really neither and is instead a hybrid of things that works together in a way that entertains. Then, seeing the rating of the film made me pause again. I’m not a “terror” (genre) movie person and so I wasn’t sure if this would lean into that or more of the typical thriller angle. Like I said, going into this I didn’t know what to expect. FILM REVIEW | ‘BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT’: A CURIOUS & INTERESTING MYSTERY But his arrival sets into motion a series of events that forces Jess to fight for her life. When she accidentally locks herself in the kitchen pantry, she is forced to have her wayward and drug addict ex (Jake Horowitz) get her out. Between Lainey, packing up the house and trying to keep her youngest fed, Jess wants some quiet. But this morning, Jess is more than a little frustrated by the many questions her young daughter Lainey is asking. Leaving her nana’s house behind she makes plans to head to Texas where she has an aunt. Unable to afford the living conditions and also looking for a fresh start Jessica (Rainey Qualley) is packing up to leave. With a slow pace setting things up, all that I had to figure out was if it’d end up being a good watch or not. A good thriller with a good plot always is, and so checking out Shut In was a must. Thrillers that have any kind of horror associations are not my cup of tea. ![]()
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