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Displaying all articles tagged:
Blockbusters
hbo max
Nov. 18, 2020
Wonder Woman 1984
Will Come Out On HBO Max and in Theaters On Christmas Day
The last blockbuster of 2020 has fallen (sort of).
By
Chris Murphy
the future
Oct. 6, 2020
The Fate of American Movie Theaters Looks Terribly Bleak
Theater owners across the country explain how they’re going to survive 2020: “It’s a darker time now than when theaters were initially closed.”
By
Mike Sampson
box office
Sept. 22, 2020
The Problem With Calling
Tenet
a Flop
In the midst of a pandemic, nobody wants to use the F word. Yet Christopher Nolan’s movie is coming to be viewed as a theatrical misfire nonetheless.
By
Chris Lee
movies
Feb. 4, 2019
The Matrix
Taught Superheroes to Fly
It laid the template for the gritty, gravity-defying, self-seriously cerebral modern blockbuster.
By
Adam Sternbergh
May 23, 2018
How
A Quiet Place
Defied All Odds to Become a Blockbuster
“The movie was risky on every level.”
By
Chris Lee
how movies are made now
Oct. 4, 2017
The Dos and Don’ts of Writing a Blockbuster for China
A Hollywood executive with expertise in the Chinese market outlines what works — and what doesn’t — in scripts that appeal overseas.
By
David Marchese
running time
July 19, 2017
The Dark Tower
Will Be the Rarest of All Gifts: A 90-Minute Summer Blockbuster
That’s half an hour shorter than this summer’s average tentpole film.
By
Kevin Lincoln
blockbusters
Oct. 15, 2015
How Are Movies Going to Credit All Those Blockbuster Writers Rooms?
The current shared-universe storytelling model is clashing with WGA rules.
By
Nate Jones
blockbusters
May 19, 2015
Simon Pegg: Nerd Culture Won, and Now It’s Dumbing Us Down
“We’ve been infantilized by our own taste.”
By
Nate Jones
blockbusters
May 19, 2015
The Force Awakens
Is Trying Not to Be a Bloated Blockbuster
According to screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan, who adds we might see Lando Calrissian in another
Star Wars
movie.
By
Sean Fitz-Gerald
movies
Aug. 4, 2013
Damon Lindelof on Blockbuster Screenwriting
“We live in a commercial world, where you’ve gotta come up with ‘trailer moments.’”
By
Scott Brown
movies
June 30, 2013
David Edelstein and Producer Lynda Obst on Hollywood’s Blockbuster Problem
“A studio would rather invest $250 million in one film than make a whole bunch of really interesting, deeply personal projects.”
By
David Edelstein
May 22, 2013
‘SNL’s Colin Jost Dreams Up Several Silly Movie Sequels for ‘The New […]
SNL’s co-head writer Colin Jost has a funny new piece in The New Yorker today in which he previewed this summer’s unlikely movie sequels, […]
By
Bradford Evans
box office gold
Dec. 30, 2012
Django Unchained
Outperforms
Les Misérables
on Opening Weekend
Meanwhile
The Hobbit
hits $200 million.
By
Andre Tartar
summer movies
July 24, 2012
See Solid Proof That Every 3-D Summer Blockbuster Is the Same
Case closed. Any questions?
By
Eliot Glazer
blockbusters
Apr. 7, 2010
Get Acquainted With Tony Stark’s Underlings
A new ‘Iron Man 2’ video takes us inside Stark Industries.
By
Amos Barshad
trailer mix
Mar. 8, 2010
Iron Man 2
Trailer: It’s Been Too Long, Mickey Rourke
This thing looks great.
By
Amos Barshad
blockbusters
Nov. 29, 2009
Call of Duty
Franchise Continues to Make Hollywood Look Silly
People love their video games.
By
Adam K. Raymond
blockbusters
Nov. 12, 2009
Thanks To
Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
, Video Game Industry Takes Hollywood Out To The Woodshed
James Cameron’s self-bestowed title as “King of the World” is officially in jeopardy.
By
Mark Graham
blockbusters
Sept. 15, 2009
Dan Brown Book Party Conspicuously Unmysterious
“A woman I have never met but a woman whom I love deeply: Janet Maslin of the New York ‘Times.’”
By
Boris Kachka
blockbusters
July 15, 2009
Millions of Harry Potter Fans Are Really Cranky Today
’Harry Potter 6’ raked in $22.2 million at midnight screenings last night.
By
Mark Graham
blockbusters
June 25, 2009
Michael Bay Laughing All the Way to the Bank
’Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’ grossed $55 million at the box office yesterday.
By
Mark Graham