Posts tagged blockbuster
On Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Genre Reflections, and the Franchise Reboot
On Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Genre Reflections, and the Franchise Reboot

Anton explores the dinosaur franchise, its science fiction themes, and the nature of the reboot.

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Essays, Movies TodayAnton BergstromJurassic World, Jurassic Park, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Jeff Goldblum, Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, James Cromwell, Rafe Spall, Isabella Sermon, B. D. Wong, Toby Jones, Derek Connolly, Colin Trevorrow, science fiction, Gothic, adventure, action movie, blockbuster, summer, reboot, genre, diegetic reboot, clonesComment
Review: Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
Review: Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

Thanos’s quest for the Infinity Stones comes to the screen in a blockbuster entertainment that challenges the very notion and coherence of considering these as traditional cinematic stories.

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Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAnders BergstromThe Avengers, The Avengers: Age of Ultron, Avengers: Infinity War, Joe and Anthony Russo, Thanos, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel Studios, Disney, Robert Downey Jr-, Josh Brolin, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, action, summer, blockbuster, superheroComment
Roundtable: James Bond 007: Spectre (2015)
Roundtable: James Bond 007: Spectre (2015)

The 3 Brothers discuss the latest film in the Bond franchise.

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James Bond 007, RoundtablesAren Bergstromaction, Alessandro Cremona, Andrew Scott, Ben Whishaw, blockbuster, Christoph Waltz, Daniel Craig, Dave Bautista, James Bond, James Bond 007, James Bond 007 Retrospective, Jesper Christensen, Jez Butterworth, John Logan, Léa Seydoux, Monica Bellucci, Naomie Harris, Neal Purvis, Ralph Fiennes, Robert Wade, Rory Kinnear, Sam Mendes, SPECTRE, spy Comments
Roundtable: Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015)
Roundtable: Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015)

The 3 Brothers discuss the fifth and possibly best installment in the franchise.

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RoundtablesAnton Bergstromaction, action cinema, action film, action movie, Alec Baldwin, America vs- Britain, blockbuster, car chase, Casablanca, Christopher McQuarrie, female characters, fun, James Bond, Jeremy Renner, Mission: Impossible, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, motorbike chase, Rebecca Ferguson, Sean Harris, Simon Pegg, spy movie, summer, Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames Comment
Review: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
Review: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

More extravagant fun. This is both a bad and a good thing.

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Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAnton Bergstromaction, adaptation, adventure, Aidan Turner, big battle, blockbuster, Cate Blanchett, Christopher Lee, dragon, Evangeline Lilly, fantasy, Hugo Weaving, Ian McKellen, J- R- R- Tolkien, Ken Stott, Lee Pace, male bonding, Martin Freeman, Middle Earth, Orlando Bloom, Peter Jackson, quest, Richard Armitage, The Hobbit, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, video games, visualized space Comments