Does anyone else find it weird that we’ve had three imaginary-friend movies this year, one released every other month since March?

First out of the gate came from the horror genre: Imaginary.

Then May saw the family-friendly IF, which stands for…Imaginary Friend.

And this month, Netflix unleashed the anime movie The Imaginary unto the world.

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And while we’re on the topic of coincidental overlaps at the movies…

This year’s big July 4 releases were MaXXXine — named after the titular character — and Despicable Me 4.

The name of the Will Ferrell-voiced villain in the latter?

Maxime. 

What’re the odds! 

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AND, in both Maxxxine and ANOTHER July 4 release — Netflix’s Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F — Kevin Bacon is cast to harken back to the 1980s, as an emblematic representation of that decade’s cinema.

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One more MaXXXine-related overlap:

2024, the year of horror movies where the horror happens while the characters are on a set shooting a movie or TV show: The Exorcism, Late Night with the Devil, and MaXXXine.