Tag: Kristin Gore
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‘The Beanie Bubble’ Directors on Why They Don’t Care About Beanie Babies
Kristin Gore and Damian Kulash may be new to directing, but neither is a stranger to the industry. In addition to co-writer The Beanie Bubble with author Zac Bissonnette, Gore has also written for Saturday Night Live, Futurama, and The Oscars. Kulash has directed over 20 music videos for Ok Go and has credits on…
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‘The Beanie Bubble’ Is Not Actually About Beanie Babies
This summer, “Barbie” has revived the box office, making nearly $500 million worldwide in its first week. Earlier this year, “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” surpassed the billion-dollar mark. If those two success are any indication, it seems that nostalgia sells — particularly nostalgia for classic toys and characters to which moviegoers have a personal…
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‘The Beanie Bubble’ Review: Elizabeth Banks Carries Conventional Biopic
This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the film being covered here wouldn’t exist.The so-called year of the “brand” movie continues and after the varying successes of films like Air, BlackBerry, Flamin’ Hot, and Tetris, we now have The Beanie…
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‘The Beanie Bubble’ Review: Zach Galifianakis Leads a Modest Comedy About History’s Biggest Toy Craze
As cute and understuffed as the plushies alluded to by its title, Kristin Gore and Damian Kulash, Jr.’s “The Beanie Bubble” is a dramatic comedy born from the collision between two different fads: The Beanie Baby mania of the late ’90s, and the corporate biopic craze of the early 2020s.Like “Air,” “Barbie,” “Blackberry,” and “Tetris”…