Hollywood
The hopes of Hollywood riding on the opening of Tenet on Wednesday as the Christopher Nolan spy thriller tests the appetite of movie fans to return to cinemas and rescue an industry hammered by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The biggest release since schedules were torn up in March and the only one of 2020s potential summer blockbusters to make it to the screen in the holiday season.
Tenet launched in 70 countries on Wednesday ahead of the U.S. next week.
The movie has already won over some critics, but fans could be a harder sell given changes to the movie-going experience.
The actor Tom Cruise, whose Top Gun: Maverick was pulled from a release earlier this summer, donned a face mask to attend a preview showing of Tenet in London.
Great to be back in a movie theatre everybody, he said on Tuesday. I loved it.
Film critic Kaleem Aftab said Tenet, which cost AT