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Moviegoers Tune Out Election By Going to ‘Venom: The Last Dance,’ ‘Juror #2’ and More: ‘We Need a Break Before the Storm’
People around the country are turning to the movies like ‘Venom 3’ and ‘Juror No. 2’ after voting to escape the election.
It’s 3 p.m. on Election Day, and New Yorker Hana Slevin is spending her afternoon at AMC Lincoln Square, where she can keep her phone out of sight and the fate of the free world out of mind. Plenty of people around the country are turning to the movies — their choices range from superhero sequels (“ Venom: The Last Dance “) to courtroom dramas (“Juror #2”) — to escape the relentless media chyrons and take a break from following Steve Kornacki as he obsesses over the election board. Michael Larson of Los Angeles plans to be glued to his TV as polls start to close, so he chose a matinee screening to kill some time after voting.
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