FACT CHECK: “The Fall Guy” Failed to Become a Blockbuster. Can It Succeed as a Sleeper Hit?

BY BENNETT CAMPBELL FERGUSON @bcfonfilm

Judging by the social media meltdown over May’s weak box office, you’d think some moviegoers had never heard of a flop. No one expects logic from Film Twitter, but cries that “The Fall Guy,” “IF,” and “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” herald The End of Moviegoing As We Know It have been particularly histrionic.

“FURIOSA” REVIEW: Mythic Form Competes With Cinematic Function in George Miller’s Latest Mad Max Saga

BY BENNETT CAMPBELL FERGUSON @bcfonfilm

There is a moment in George Miller’s “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” when a dog with a prosthetic leg lumbers onto the screen. At first, the sight is pitiable—who hurt this poor creature?—but that’s before you spy what Miller’s roving fur baby has in its mouth: a human limb.