Fourteen years is a long time between installments within a film franchise and, for most, it would be too much to overcome. Audiences have relatively short memories and many once-bankable intellectual properties have been met with apathy and disinterest after waiting too long to return to theaters. Scream, Terminator, and Alien all struggled and ultimately... Continue Reading →
Original US release date: May 30, 2003 Production budget: $94,000,000 Worldwide gross: $940,335,536 I've been a Pixar fan as long as most everyone else has been: since the beginning. Still, in spite of that, I somehow missed seeing Finding Nemo in the theaters upon its original release. I still don't really recall how that happened. I've... Continue Reading →
For the second time in 2017, Pixar is back with a new animated feature, this time in the form of Coco. Earlier this summer, Cars 3 underperformed, at best, likely resulting in a rare financial loss for the studio. Pixar's reputation has seemingly been tarnished a bit in the eyes of audiences, as 2015's The Good Dinosaur... Continue Reading →
I went to Charlotte and then Florida for 12 days but now I'm back and ready to play catch-up with the movies that came out while I was gone. I'm starting with the first big release that I hadn't gotten to catch, Pixar's Cars 3. The Cars franchise is a bit of an anomaly for Pixar. The... Continue Reading →
Original US release date: November 22, 1995 Production budget: $30,000,000 Worldwide gross: $373,554,033 The lasting impact that Toy Story had on the film industry can not possibly be overstated. A first of its kind, there had never been a feature-length computer-animated film of any sort until November 22, 1995, when Toy Story hit theaters and... Continue Reading →
If anyone were to ask me what the greatest film trilogy of all-time is, I might give an unexpected answer. In my mind, it's not Star Wars. It's not The Godfather. It's not Indiana Jones. Or Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy. Nor is it Spider-Man. Or Back to the Future. No, no. I feel that the... Continue Reading →
The Movie March! 