Peter Suderman
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4 successful video game series produced 4 unsuccessful movie adaptations. What gives?
Even the best streaming experience can’t compete with the benefits of physical media.
The new standalone film could have built out the Star Wars movie universe. Instead, it just reinforced what was already there.
Damien Chazelle’s screenplay is a testament to the power of specificity among spectacle.
It’s less a game you play than a place you visit.
The show’s lack of broader context is great for fan theories but bad for story.
Science fiction concepts are all over blockbuster filmmaking right now, but Arrival’s willingness to engage deeply with those ideas is still rare.
The special effects in Marvel’s latest are cool to look at, but they’re also rooted in film and comics history.
The latest entry in the video game franchise blurs the line between history and entertainment to unusual, unsettling ends.
Cruise built his career the way Marvel built its cinematic universe: using big-name directors in the service of canny brand management.