The process of excitement for us filmgoers is normally the same. We hear about a film in development that appeals to us, especially if it’s the next entry in a popular franchise, and then we patiently wait for, or perhaps anxiously anticipate all that comes next: director, screenwriter and casting announcements, set photos and promotional …
Box Office Sabermetrics is a weekly column that will attempt to apply the statistical analysis Sabermetrics, used in Baseball, to the box office results each weekend. Universal Studios is having a great year. In fact they’re having a year where they are having the biggest box office returns this year by a long shot – …
Summer 2015 had a lot to offer, a lot to lose sleep over, and a lot to learn from. It gave us hope that the next summer could be even better, and that Hollywood blockbusters still have some life in them yet. Before back to school this month, here are nine lessons we took away …
In the modern era of filmmaking, ushered in when Steven Spielberg accidentally created the summer blockbuster with Jaws, cinema has become increasingly linked with nostalgia. For example, the early films of Spielberg and George Lucas were inspired by their childhood love of 40’s and 50’s adventure serials, yet directors from the next generation (most notably …
Does Hollywood try to remake/sequelize/franchise-extend every single one of its successful movies? Sometimes it feels that way, but there’s a little more nuance to studio practices than that. If you’re looking for meaning in this summer’s blockbuster season – not always easy – you could call it Dr. JurassicMax or How Hollywood Learned to Stop …
Colin Trevorrow’s Jurassic World is closing in on $1 billion at the worldwide box office and it’s fairly easy to see why: people like dinosaurs, adults like their childhoods more, and kids, who like dinosaurs even more than everyone else, need an adult (in other words an extra ticket-purchaser) to get into the theatre thanks …
Jurassic World is fine. Massive blockbuster earnings aside, it’s neither contrived enough to feel like another lesser sequel nor original enough to stray too far from Spielberg’s 1993 original. That uneasy cradle — between ingenuity and brand loyalty — is where tentpole franchises and their music have come to rest. With Furious 7, Atlantic Records threw …
Real comedy still happens on late night, we can prove it. If you like Conan comedy gold, Fallon friendliness, cutesy Corden, list-making Letterman, kneedy Kimmel, and all the rest, I hope you’ll enjoy this column too. Since Dave retired and the Summer weekly talk-show break eased into Summer talk-show down time, mostly occupied by a few …
By the time ‘Jurassic World’ reaches its gloriously-daffy climactic battle, you’ve lost all interest in the computer-generated nonsense and pointless sub-plots.
It seems like Steven Spielberg is happy with the first product that he and director Colin Trevorrow worked on as the acclaimed director is set to re-team with the man in charge of Jurassic World. The Hollywood Reporter reported on Friday that Trevorrow is set to direct Intelligent Life for Spielberg’s Dreamworks. The film also …
It seems like fans won’t have to wait until June to get a chance to see what Jurassic World will be like. The film, fresh off their new trailer debut during the Super Bowl, has also released a brand new, interactive website that allows fans to explore the park that will be overrun by dinosaurs …
While we’re still waiting on the actual story of how Burt Macklin – FBI was actually the one to assassinate Osama bin Laden in Zero Dark Thirty, this expertly made video mash-up of the Jurassic World trailer with some of Andy Dwyer’s finest moments from Parks and Recreation should do the trick. Thanks Mom Productions …
Viral marketing for Colin Trevorrow’s Jurassic World has begun with a very cool new website that sheds a little light on some new elements in the world of Jurassic Park. It is a very in depth site for Masrani Global, a fictitious company that seems to be responsible for saving InGen and bringing the infamous park back to life. …