You regularly hear filmmakers talk about how difficult it is to secure financing for an independent film, so you have to wonder how on earth Luc Besson managed to wrangle $223 million to produce Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, especially when a lot of people were predicting a box office bomb from a mile away.
Recommended Videos The comic book adaptation isn’t just the most expensive European movie ever made, it’s also the costliest indie in history, so there was a lot riding on Valerian‘s shaky shoulders. Read More...
It might seem old-fashioned, but a lot of people like it when their superhero movies are about the character in question. Sure, ensemble adventures like Guardians of the Galaxy and Avengers are highlights, but if you’re a fan of Spider-Man and you go to watch the latest flick about Peter Parker but it ends up basically being about Dr. Strange, you’re entitled to feel a little bit upset. And, as it appears from a still from The Flash, DC hasn’t really figured this out. Read More...
Movies about movies are always a tough nut to crack, with the line between self-aware and self-indulgent getting increasingly blurred as the fourth wall threatens to crumble. We’ve seen the good, the bad, and the ugly emerge from the highly specific subgenre, but Martin McDonagh’s Seven Psychopaths might just be one of the most underrated.
Recommended Videos Despite winning strong notices from critics and an enthusiastic reception from audiences – especially when you take respective Rotten Tomatoes scores of 83 and 71 percent into account – the black comedy crime caper that threw a multitude of genres into its melting pot didn’t quite catch fire at the box office, nor did it make an awards season splash even remotely comparable to the writer and director’s In Bruges, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, or The Banshees of Inisherin. Read More...
