It’s official. John Williams will score the music for the upcoming Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens. Williams, as you may know, has composed every Star Wars movie soundtrack, as well as the iconic movie scores for Jaws, Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones, E.T., and many others. But what you may not know is that Williams’s inspiration for the Star Wars […]
“Imagination is a force that can actually manifest a reality.” – James Cameron
Equality and respect… The final frontier. It’s no secret that J.J. Abrams’s reboot of the Star Trek series has caught some flak for its representation of women. Not only did many viewers and critics believe the importance of the reboot’s female characters was downplayed—their roles reduced to simply supporting the white, male leads—but Star Trek: Into Darkness also featured a […]
C.B. McCullough Loves Sequels… Sometimes Sequels: the double-edged sword of the film industry. Like all movie geeks, I love a good sequel, and I hate, hate, hate a bad one. It’s a pity that such a vast majority of Part 2s fall into that second category. So what do good sequels do right, where the bad ones go […]
Picture this. A great movie is released and gains critical acclaim. It dominates the box office and leaves audiences clamoring for more. Giddy with their own success, creators comply, announcing that the next chapter is on its way! Yeah, baby! A sequel: more of what you loved—bigger, better, faster, and stronger. But somewhere along the way, […]
What does the term “great storytelling” mean to you? For many, it evokes names like Hemingway, Austen, Steinbeck, or Joyce. What probably doesn’t come to mind are titles like Star Wars, Mass Effect, Final Fantasy, Sherlock, or The Dark Knight. Literary classics, these titles are not, but I’m here to reveal a dirty little secret about all the stuff your […]
“I’m Ron Burgundy?” – Will Ferrell, as anchorman Ron Burgundy “Who typed a question mark on the teleprompter? For the last time, anything you put on that prompter, Burgundy will read!” Every time I encounter a typo in professional media, I think of this scene from Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. Never underestimate the […]
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