Summary

Credit where credit’s due: For a film that should never have been made or released in the first place, “ Matchbox: The Movie ” is somehow arriving at just the right time. Impeccably positioned as a potential harbinger of what’s to come, this bland and frictionless Skydance production — debuting on Apple TV a few short days after “Flyboys” star David Ellison finalized an $111 billion deal to consolidate what’s left of Hollywood under his control — is a perfect crystallization of our new god-king’s taste in cinema.

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