By William Hume (Twitter: @Serious_George) The most fascinating contradiction about Writer/ Director/ Producer J.J. Abrams is that he’s staked his entire film career on creating mysteries that lie within established branded boundaries. The Rabbit’s Foot – Mission: Impossible III Is Cpt. John Harrison Khan? – Star Trek Into Darkness (12) Rey’s Parentage – Star Wars:…
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Star Trek, Paramount and The Pine-Bluff Variant
When Salary Talks Stall Star Trek, It’s Time for the Enterprise to Look Within and Go Where Kirk Is Gone. Star Trek Box Office: #1 BUDGET $150M, GROSS $257M/ $385M WW, NET <$235M after Publicity & Ads. #2 BUDGET $190M, GROSS $228M/ $467M WW, NET <$277M after P&A. #3 BUDGET $185M, GROSS $158M/ $343M WW, NET <$158M after P&A. Star Trek 4 talks…
Tom Cruise Is His Own Worst Enemy in the Glossy, Convoluted, Entertaining ‘Mission Impossible: Fallout’
“I got to hand it to you Hunt when they told me you were your own worst enemy I thought it was a metaphor.” – I.M.F. Director Hunley Tom Cruise is my favourite actor. His best roles are usually the ones which subvert his squeaky clean image. P.T. Anderson shaped Cruise’s early appeal as a…
Star Trek: Discovery, Antithetical to its Name, Wraps up its First Mission: Bring ‘Star Trek’ back to TV
CBS All-Access’ SECOND best show, goes where the franchise has been going for the past nine years I have to hand it to Star Trek fans, they are THE most loving and accepting fan universe in all of Nerddom & Geekery. When followers of a video game franchise or ‘Star Wars’ fans sense a change…
REVIEW: ‘The Cloverfield Paradox’ Doesn’t Know What Movie It’s In
Two Studios, Two Universes, 3 Editors, 2 Movies, All in-One ‘The Cloverfield Paradox‘ is a confusing movie. It has enough clout in front and behind the camera to become something of an event, it is big enough to advertise during the Superbowl but pulls a move out of the Sega Saturn playbook and releases the…
