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The box office legacy of Jurassic Park, 20 years later... 11 Jun 2013 | 06:00 pm
It would be all too easy to detail the ways in which Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park was a game changer in the realm of summer blockbusters and major-studio releases in general. Its June 1993 releas...
The box office legacy of Jurassic Park, 20 years later... 11 Jun 2013 | 06:00 pm
It would be all too easy to detail the ways in which Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park was a game changer in the realm of summer blockbusters and major-studio releases in general. Its June 1993 releas...
Can Fox And Dreamworks Combined Challenge Disney's Animation Empire? 23 Apr 2013 | 06:30 pm
During the summer of 2013, there will be six animated (or live-action/animated hybrid) entries. At a glance, it would seem like healthy competition as each of the major current players are offering a...
How much Star Wars is too much Star Wars? 19 Apr 2013 | 06:18 pm
Disney announced two days ago that their new plans, having previously purchased Lucasfilm for $4 billion, aren't just to make a new trilogy of Star Wars episodes, nor even to make a few spin-off films...
How much Star Wars is too much Star Wars? 19 Apr 2013 | 06:18 pm
Disney announced two days ago that their new plans, having previously purchased Lucasfilm for $4 billion, aren't just to make a new trilogy of Star Wars episodes, nor even to make a few spin-off films...
Real Tragedy vs. Reel Tragedy: A History of Films Released in the Shadow of Non-Fiction Horror 18 Apr 2013 | 06:16 pm
For much of the last six months, many hardcore Star Trek fans have been somewhat annoyed that the upcoming Star Trek Into Darkness has been marketed as a somewhat generic grim-n-gritty 'dark sequel' f...
Real Tragedy vs. Reel Tragedy: A History of Films Released in the Shadow of Non-Fiction Horror 18 Apr 2013 | 06:16 pm
For much of the last six months, many hardcore Star Trek fans have been somewhat annoyed that the upcoming Star Trek Into Darkness has been marketed as a somewhat generic grim-n-gritty 'dark sequel' f...
Paramount And MGM Did Everything Right With 'G.I. Joe: Retaliation' (Except Make A Good Movie). 18 Apr 2013 | 10:25 am
It's no secret that I didn't much care of G.I. Joe: Retaliation when I saw it at the All-Media screening just under two weeks ago. Heck, I'm one of maybe ten critics on the planet who actually preferr...
Why Guillermo del Toro's 'Pacific Rim' Will Be a Bigger Hit if Summer 2013 is an Artistic Failure... 17 Apr 2013 | 06:23 pm
As I mentioned last week, the success of Guillermo del Toro's large-scale monsters vs. robots action tale Pacific Rim is at least partially predicated on how well-received the previous two months of s...
Why Guillermo del Toro's 'Pacific Rim' Will Be a Bigger Hit if Summer 2013 is an Artistic Failure... 17 Apr 2013 | 06:23 pm
As I mentioned last week, the success of Guillermo del Toro's large-scale monsters vs. robots action tale Pacific Rim is at least partially predicated on how well-received the previous two months of s...
