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Will Movie Budgets Ever Reach an Upper Limit?
From 1988 to 2007, there were 14 times that a new film became the most expensive film ever made up to that point, not adjusting for inflation. That’s impressive considering that from 1946 to 1987, only eight films succeeded in … Continue reading
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Tagged action movies, film budget, films, movies, science fiction, summer movies, tentpole films
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10 Unsung Heroes Who Saved Star Wars
Star Wars didn’t become a cultural phenomenon by magic. Plenty of amazing films fail to find an audience and are only appreciated long after the fact, like It’s a Wonderful Life, Blade Runner, The Shawshank Redemption, and John Carpenter’s The … Continue reading
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Tagged films, george lucas, movies, science fiction, star wars, unsung heroes
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Movie Matchups: Star Trek Generations through Star Trek (2009) vs. The Karate Kid Films
Last week I did a massive comparison of the first six Star Trek films and the Rocky series. Even though those two series seemed to have nothing in common on the surface, they turned out to have numerous similarities when … Continue reading
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Tagged action movies, china, films, karate kid, movie review, movies, science fiction, star trek
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Movie Matchups: The Original Star Trek Films vs. The Rocky Films
Let’s go where no Star Trek comparison has ever gone before: the Rocky series. I love both of these film series. It was actually a delight when I realized that they both charted an identical course that led to extremely … Continue reading
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Tagged films, movie review, movies, rocky, science fiction, star trek
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Movie Matchups: Watchmen vs. The Incredibles
The Incredibles feels like someone dared Brad Bird to make a PG version of Watchmen. 1986’s Watchmen is quite possibly the most influential graphic novel of all time, so it’s no surprise that a film that both parodies and glorifies … Continue reading
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Tagged action movies, comic books, films, incredibles, movie review, movies, parody, pixar, relationships, science fiction, watchmen
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Iron Man 3 Is What Iron Man 2 Should Have Been
It was with some trepidation that I went to see Iron Man 3 this past weekend. I’ve made no secret of my disdain for Iron Man 2, which I compared to RoboCop 2 last year. In fact, my first review … Continue reading
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Tagged action movies, comic books, films, iron man, movie review, movies, robert downey jr, science fiction, sequels, trilogy
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10 Films That Contradict the Endings of the Books They’re Based on
My article “10 Films That Barely Resemble the Books They’re Based on” was a huge hit a few weeks ago, receiving more comments than any of my other articles. One commenter, who went by the initials HJ, said, “I’d like … Continue reading
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Tagged action movies, books, film endings, films, movie review, movies, movies based on books
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Famous Filmmakers with Ironic Initials
Today I’m going to do something completely different. Normally I write a thousand-word article providing a fun twist on movies. This time I’m going to use very few words and rely mainly on images and a few letters to provide … Continue reading
10 Films That Barely Resemble the Books They’re Based on
Adapting a book into a film is hard, which is why some filmmakers just say “Forget it,” and make their own movie while paying lip service to the source material. Sometimes this cavalier attitude leads to some surprisingly amazing films. … Continue reading
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Tagged books, films, movie review, movies, movies based on books, science fiction
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Forgotten Film Gems: Wrongfully Accused
Wrongfully Accused is a criminally underrated film. Made in 1998, at the tail end of the golden age of movie parodies, it is a hilarious film that pokes fun at The Fugitive, Mission: Impossible, The Usual Suspects, and many other … Continue reading
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Tagged comedy, films, funny, humor, leslie nielsen, movie review, movies, parody, puns
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