This piece was originally published on Lewton Bus. What do you do when you’re asked to make a sequel to the last pirate movie anyone would ever make? During production on the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie, there was a very real sense that the creative team behind it had conned a major studio … Continue reading The Last Pirate Movies Ever Made: Revisiting PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN
The Walt Disney Studios live action panel at the 2015 D23 Expo was something of a mess. For months Disney has been positioning this panel as a big deal, announcing that Marvel Studios would be abandoning their long-held position of supremacy in Comic-Con’s Hall H and that the Star Wars panel at SDCC would be … Continue reading D23: Excitement, Confusion, and Disappointment from Disney Live Action (With Thoughts on STAR WARS Land)
Update: I have written a more recent, more comprehensive article covering the entire Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy. I recommend reading that one first. “I think it’d be rather exciting to meet a pirate.” Part 1: An Unlikely Phenomenon Pirates of the Caribbean. This is, perhaps, one of the oddest pop culture touchstones we have. … Continue reading Pirates of the Caribbean Retrospective – Part One: The Curse of the Black Pearl
I still can’t get over just how good of a year 2012 was for movies. It seems unlikely that we’ll have another year like this for quite some time, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t still some films worth looking forward to in 2013. Here are the ten movies I am most excited for in … Continue reading Top 10 Most Anticipated Movies of 2013
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