Rewind, Review, and Re-Rate: 2011’s ‘Contagion’ Is Very COVID-19 Prescient
PG-13 | 1h 46min | Action, Drama, Thriller | 9 September 2011 (USA) From a May 6, 2020, Washington Post article: “Faced with fear and uncertainty about a dangerous virus spreading quickly and potentially becoming a pandemic, many people are turning to movies and TV shows that depict a dangerous virus spreading quickly and definitely becoming a pandemic. “That’s good news for the streaming services renting out the 2011 thriller ‘Contagion’ by Steven Soderbergh, which on Thursday [April 30, 2020] was the eighth most popular movie in the United States on iTunes. The movie is currently the second most popular film in the Warner Bros. catalog, up from 270th last year. Its newfound popularity coincides with the novel coronavirus being diagnosed in more people around the world and across the country.”…
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Rewind, Review, and Re-Rate: 2011’s ‘Contagion’ Is Very COVID-19 Prescient
PG-13 | 1h 46min | Action, Drama, Thriller | 9 September 2011 (USA) From a May 6, 2020, Washington Post article: “Faced with fear and uncertainty about a dangerous virus spreading quickly and potentially becoming a pandemic, many people are turning to movies and TV shows that depict a dangerous virus spreading quickly and definitely becoming a pandemic. “That’s good news for the streaming services renting out the 2011 thriller ‘Contagion’ by Steven Soderbergh, which on Thursday [April 30, 2020] was the eighth most popular movie in the United States on iTunes. The movie is currently the second most popular film in the Warner Bros. catalog, up from 270th last year. Its newfound popularity coincides with the novel coronavirus being diagnosed in more people around the world and across the country.”…