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WILL SMITH THANKS FANS FOR ‘BIGGEST MOVIE OF MY CAREER’

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  🤵 CHAD CHILDERS July 1, 2019 ⏱️ 11:00 AM Apologies to the genie, but the topknot is not Will Smith’s “cherry on top.” In fact, it’s his most recent film  Aladdin . Smith sent out a message via Instagram thanking fans as  Aladdin  has now become his highest grossing film worldwide as an actor. That record was previously held by 1996’s summer blockbuster  Independence Day , which had amassed a staggering $511.2 million overseas and $817.4 million globally just over two decades ago. The tallies for Disney’s recent live-action remake of  Aladdin  with Smith as the scene-stealing genie have now hit $568.3 million internationally and $874.2 million worldwide. It’s not quite a clean sweep yet as domestically  Aladdin currently sits third all-time for Smith. The Guy Ritchie-directed film has made $305.9 million domestically, just a tad behind  Independence Day’s  $306.2 million, but it’s Smith’s turn in...

‘MIDSOMMAR’ REVIEW: THE HORRORS OF RELATIONSHIPS, AND ALSO BIZARRE PAGAN RITUALS

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🤵 MATT SINGER   Date : July, 01 2019  ⏱️ 08:30 AM Ari Aster makes horror movies with feeling. The human emotions they explore — grief, rage, depression — are a lot scarier than the more traditional horror elements like the witches and cultists and, in this case, bizarre pagan rituals. Honestly, his setups are sometimes so brutally intense, and the atmosphere of dread so suffocating, that the parts where all hell actually breaks loose and crazy shenanigans befall our doomed heroes can feel like a relief. That’s very much the case in  Midsommar , an outstanding depiction of a broken relationship that turns into a so-so gorefest at a solstice festival in Sweden. The stuff about this couple in decline is lacerating and painful in the best and most hilarious ways possible. The stuff about the solstice is standard horror fare made unfurled, with exceptional craft, at a snail’s pace. And the longer  Midsommar ...