The Rise of GameStop: Michael Burry’s Influence

Will Buckner, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Introduction GameStop Corp. (GME) is an American video game, consumer electronics, and gaming merchandise retailer. Founded in 1984 as Babbage’s in Dallas, Texas, the company expanded rapidly, rebranding as GameStop in 1999. Over the years, GameStop became a prominent name in

Skydance-Paramount Merger Announced

It’s happening. David Ellison‘s Skydance Media has announced that they and its backers will invest $8 billion in a takeover of Paramount Global. Following approval on Sunday morning from a special committee of Paramount’s board of directors, a subsequent vote from the full board OK’d the plan – ending seven

TWISTERS Final Trailer

Twisters being so close to release makes me think of the original. Twister is a curious movie, in that it wouldn’t feature on many people’s lists of the greatest movies ever made, but whenever you find it on TV you just have to watch it. It is simply a damn

DESPICABLE ME 4 Takes Box Office Crown

The July 4th holiday weekend is over. While America recovers from celebrating the biggest cup of cold tea in human history, who will be celebrating success at the box office on one of the biggest movie-going weekends of the year? Illumination and Universal’s Despicable Me 4 topped the charts. A