question of the day: Are midnight Thursday movie openings here to stay?
Or are they a temporary symptom of Hollywood’s struggle to keep audiences engaged?
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question of the day: Are classic pulp novels too dated to make faithful transfers to the big screen?
John Carter doesn’t work, but with some updating and shifts in emphasis, the Victorian Sherlock Holmes and War of the Worlds have made recent — and very successful — transfers to the big screen. Has entertainment moved on too much for popcorn crowds to care about classic pulp presented classically?
question of the day: With so many expensive movies sinking this year, will Hollywood step back from the blockbuster?
Or will the industry double-down and take even bigger gambles with $500 million movies in coming years?
LOL (trailer)
Apparently a truly terrible film that even Miley Cyrus’s fans wouldn’t come out for it in the U.S…
yeah: women like superhero movies (and other adventures in social networking)
What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…
question of the day: Are superhero films popular because our real leaders have failed us?
If it isn’t a failure of faith in our leaders that has made superhero films so popular in recent years, just what is it about this moment that has caused a resurgence in superheroes’ popularity?
question of the day: How big can a movie get? (Or: How huge will Avengers open in North America?)
What would it take for a movie to have a $200 million opening? Will it ever happen?
Titanic 3D movie review: a human story
I had just begun my career as a film critic when Titanic was first released in late 1997. So I missed it, back then, what it was about James Cameron’s magnificent movie that was (and still is) so extraordinary.
The Hunger Games is unleashing the sexists (and other adventures in social networking)
What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…
cool viral video for Alien prequel Prometheus… (and other adventures in social networking)
What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…
