As has been the tradition now for over 4 decades, summer has been the preeminent season in which Hollywood unveils its latest slate of blockbuster extravaganzas. With summer being mostly reserved for popcorn flicks, the fall and winter months have become known as Oscar season where studios release films that are friendlier to film critics as well as members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in an effort to garner as much awards buzz as possible with the ultimate end goal of earning some recognition at the Academy Awards.
There’s a fascinating moment towards the end of Les Blank’s sublime 1982 documentary “Burden of…
If this film is any indication, perhaps it’s time to start pumping the breaks a little bit and rethink the path that this franchise has taken. If you want to continue making these films into the double digits some urgent changes need to be made in order for the franchise to continue to have wheels.
Hollywood’s latest slate of summer blockbuster extravaganzas left a sour taste in many cinemagoer’s mouths…
Tim Burton was born on August 25, 1958. As a kid growing up in Burbank, California, Burton never seemed to fit in anywhere. He was shy and introverted and making friends never came easy to him so instead of spending his time socializing with kids his own age Burton focused most of his attention on the things that interested him the most like monster movies and animation which would go on to serve as major influences on his later filmmaking career.
During the first week of July, the world of cinema lost perhaps two of its most unheralded…
