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Showing posts with label blockbusters. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blockbusters. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Franchises, Fandom, and Film Criticism

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It is hard for me to write about films of which I am not a fan. I can do it, and sometimes I have produced good analytical papers by doin...
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Sunday, June 4, 2017

Review: Wonder Woman (2017)

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Wonder Woman is a big-budget superhero movie, and despite a couple of clever comments Diana (Gal Gadot) makes near the end about heroes ...
Sunday, March 12, 2017

Review: Kong Skull Island (2017)

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Bearing in mind that I am the guy who re-watches The Lost World more often than I do the original Jurassic Park , I saw Kong Skull Islan...
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Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Periodizing the Blockbuster Era

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The above diagram schematizes some of the factors influencing the transition from the Hollywood Renaissance period (1967-1980) to the ea...
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Thursday, May 19, 2016

Film Reviews Are Subjective

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FUCK THE TOMATOMETER! Assigning numbers to creative works, even factory assembled ones like movies, is stupid. Reviews of cultural pro...
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Sunday, May 8, 2016

Review: Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)

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One of my favorite bits from The Force Awakens . I have written before about Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens , J.J. Abrams...
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I am an Associate Professor of Film Studies in upstate New York. I have been a role-playing gamer since the early 1980's when I got my first "Dungeons and Dragons" boxed set as a fifth grader. I have been a cinephile for as long as I can remember.
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