Cos' I Said So...
By Jocelyn Cosgrove
By Jocelyn Cosgrove
When I was told I was going to be the Entertainment Editor, I was speechless and extremely grateful to be able to fill a position I didn’t know I was going to be ready for. Entertainment is a section that has given me the most joy writing for, and now I have the opportunity to help the people in this section find that joy for writing.
During the shutdown, streaming services became the home of new movies that would usually be released in movie theaters. As of earlier this year, movie theaters have started opening their doors once again, giving people the opportunity to get out of their houses and to see movies in person.
As someone who loves going to a movie theater, it was a different, but nice change when movies started being released on streaming services like Disney+ and HBO Max. Movies such as “Mulan,” “Cruella,” “Raya and the Last Dragon,” “Marvel’s Black Widow,” and “The Jungle Cruise,” were all released on Disney+ for $30 when they first came out. HBO Max only had newly released movies on their platform for 31 days after the release date with no charge and will continue to do so with “Dune”, set to be released Oct. 22.
This holiday season, movies will be released only in theaters and going onto streaming platforms later on, unless it's the newest Netflix Christmas movie, “Princess Switch 3: Romancing The Star,' starring Vanessa Hudgens as three look-alike cousins, coming out Nov. 18. One newer Marvel movie coming to Disney+ on Nov. 12, “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,'' was the first Marvel movie to go to theaters without being featured on Disney+ as well. Other movies including, “Marvel’s The Eternals,” “Encanto,” “Ghostbusters: Afterlife,” “West Side Story,” and “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” will all be released in theaters before going to individual streaming services a few months after the theater release date.
There is still a pandemic going on, even if it has gotten better, but being able to go see a movie in a theater again is exciting. It is a step towards being back to normal again. While streaming services have been temporary replacements for theaters, nothing will replace going to a theater to watch a new movie with warm buttered popcorn in hand.
During the shutdown, streaming services became the home of new movies that would usually be released in movie theaters. As of earlier this year, movie theaters have started opening their doors once again, giving people the opportunity to get out of their houses and to see movies in person.
As someone who loves going to a movie theater, it was a different, but nice change when movies started being released on streaming services like Disney+ and HBO Max. Movies such as “Mulan,” “Cruella,” “Raya and the Last Dragon,” “Marvel’s Black Widow,” and “The Jungle Cruise,” were all released on Disney+ for $30 when they first came out. HBO Max only had newly released movies on their platform for 31 days after the release date with no charge and will continue to do so with “Dune”, set to be released Oct. 22.
This holiday season, movies will be released only in theaters and going onto streaming platforms later on, unless it's the newest Netflix Christmas movie, “Princess Switch 3: Romancing The Star,' starring Vanessa Hudgens as three look-alike cousins, coming out Nov. 18. One newer Marvel movie coming to Disney+ on Nov. 12, “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,'' was the first Marvel movie to go to theaters without being featured on Disney+ as well. Other movies including, “Marvel’s The Eternals,” “Encanto,” “Ghostbusters: Afterlife,” “West Side Story,” and “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” will all be released in theaters before going to individual streaming services a few months after the theater release date.
There is still a pandemic going on, even if it has gotten better, but being able to go see a movie in a theater again is exciting. It is a step towards being back to normal again. While streaming services have been temporary replacements for theaters, nothing will replace going to a theater to watch a new movie with warm buttered popcorn in hand.