As the summer of 2014 winds down, it seems that with a couple of exceptions, it was an underwhelming and financially troubled period for the film industry. Several high profile blockbusters kind of fizzled, films that should have had guaranteed audiences flopped horrible, and ticket sales were dramatically down. And now Warner Bros. is laying off a TON of people. Bob Chipman and Ross Lincoln talk about that, about the battle between digital and traditional film being hashed out at a small Los Angeles theater, and they super turbo nerd out over whatever pops up in their heads during this look at the soon-to-be-dead summer of 2014.

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