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The MoviePass Reboot Is Here. But Will Moviegoers Want It?

The MoviePass Reboot Is Here. But Will Moviegoers Want It?

The MoviePass Reboot Is Here. But Will Moviegoers Want It?

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December 7, 201811m 20s

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The year has not been kind to MoviePass, and MoviePass, in turn, has been unkind to its subscribers. Its increasingly precarious financial position—parent company Helios and Matheson, lost $137.2 million last quarter alone—has prompted increasingly onerous restrictions on its service, from draconian anti-fraud measures, to surge pricing, to restricting available movies and showtimes so severely that finding a good one can feel like hunting Bigfoot.

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