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English author A. A. Milne had moderate success as a novelist but gained the highest level of notoriety in 1926 when he first published Winnie-the-Pooh. The rest, folks, is history. Disney has put up some good works over the decades but interest seemed to have trailed off over the last quarter century. Marc Forster, known …
It’s no coincidence that the Mission: Impossible franchise really took off, in terms of widely agreed upon quality from both the critics and the fans, when Christopher McQuarrie was hired on to direct the Tom Cruise-led espionage action adventure. The McQuarrie/Cruise symbiotic cinematic cohesiveness began ten years ago with Valkyrie (2008) which starred Cruise and …
If you’ve been keeping up with the ongoings in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, there’s A LOT most of you may still be processing. One of those questions, and rightfully so, might be, “where the heck is Ant-Man?” Now that you’ve had a little time to breathe and collect your thoughts, at one lingering question will …
Everyday, people go through the motions and sidestep minor obstacles that come their way. Sometimes the challenges faced seem insurmountable, even by the most optimistic of people. The story of Tami Oldham and Richard Sharp is not one that is widely known in most circles. It is the unknown that will make Adrift that much …
Going away from the traditional sequels/prequels still feels pretty weird in the world of Star Wars. Granted, the first time Disney took a chance by going off-book and released Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016), audiences were both amazed and pleasantly surprised at this bold new direction. Solo: A Star Wars Story is the …
It took Ryan Reynolds ten whole years of begging, pleading and scheming before Twentieth Century Fox FINALLY gave in and greenlit the project that Reynolds had been so passionate about. Deadpool (2016) went on to amass an astounding almost $800 million worldwide, becoming the top grossing R-rated ever! And against a miniscule budget of under …
Disney is second to none when it comes to the revenue realized from their ingenious intellectual properties. It’s no coincidence that two highest grossing movie franchises belong to Disney. Star Wars currently sits at #2 with another chapter unfolding in less than a month. Above that franchise, and with quite a comfortable margin, is none …
We’ve gotten used to video games becoming the inspiration for movies. The 1986 arcade game, Rampage, pitted three larger than life creatures against military forces while laying waste to the surrounding landscapes. Many quarters were spent feeding players’ appetites for destruction. The game found its way to home consoles with its most popular version being …
Less than a handful of times has Steven Spielberg missed his intended mark when it comes to the movies he has directed over his illustrious career. Even when it came to movies that critics panned such as Hook, it would appear that audiences connected with them in a positive way. When it comes to orchestrating …
Transformers, Godzilla, King Kong. These have been some of the larger than life entities that have taken a giant bite out of the box worldwide box office in the past several years. I mention “worldwide” because for some reason or another, these large-sized characters seem to resonate more so with international audiences than they do …
