Tag: Space Jam
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‘Air’: Everything We Know so Far About Ben Affleck’s Nike Film
The sport of basketball has a rich and vibrant history in cinema history, but it’s a bit difficult to believe that we haven’t seen a proper biopic that centers around one of the biggest stars ever to play the sport, Michael Jordan. Not that we’d ever try to discount Space Jam (1996), where the NBA…
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Best Family & Kids Movies on HBO Max Right Now (January 2023)
When it comes to movies that the whole family can enjoy, there’s a plethora of options both live-action and animated on HBO Max. Home to timeless favorites such as the Harry Potter series, the works of Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki, or those treasured films of your youth such as Space Jam, HBO Max has…
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Space Jam: The Sequels That Never Happened
If you grew up in the 1990s, there’s a high chance that Space Jam was one of the films you watched religiously. I was one of those people and I can tell you that a large part of the appeal laid in its concept. Take one of the biggest athletes in the world – in…
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Ivan Reitman Remembered by Paul Feig, Kumail Nanjiani, Seth Green: ‘All of Us in Comedy Owe Him So Very Much’
The comedy community and “Ghostbusters” fans everywhere are remembering Ivan Reitman, who died Saturday at 75. Actors and filmmakers, including several people who worked closely with Reitman, paid tribute to the Canadian director and producer who directed the megahit “Ghostbusters” and helped ignite the movie careers of comedians including Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd.Reitman also…
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Ivan Reitman, Legendary Director Of Ghostbusters And Producer Of Animal House, Has Died At 75
Ivan Reitman, the legendary director of “Ghostbusters” and “Stripes” and producer of “National Lampoon’s Animal House” and “Space Jam,” has died unexpectedly at 75 in his home in Montecito, California, according to The Associated Press.A statement from Ivan Reitman’s children, filmmaker Jason Reitman and daughters Catherine Reitman and Caroline Reitman confirmed the filmmaker’s passing:”Our family…
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The Michael Myers Vs Pinhead Crossover We Never Got To See
Crossover stories have excited audiences for generations, with “The Jetsons” meeting “The Flintstones,” Abbott and Costello meeting the Universal monsters, Godzilla coming to blows with other kaiju monsters, and even the NBA meeting the “Looney Tunes” with “Space Jam.” The world of comic books frequently featured crossover issues, which eventually led to the cinematic universes…
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There’s A Teddy Ruxpin Movie In The Works, Because We Really Do Live In The Weirdest Timeline
The dead are rising, friends. “Space Jam” was recently exhumed by the studio suits at Warner Bros.; our Good Guy friend to the end Chucky got a new re-imagining in 2019 with “Child’s Play” (same title as Don Mancini’s 1988 original) and a SyFy series to drop in October of 2021; “Masters of the Universe”…
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It’s Shyamalan Vs. G.I. Joe As Old & Snake Eyes Open
This week sees two new wide releases hit theaters, Snake Eyes and Old, and after last week’s expectations-smashing debut for Space Jam: A New Legacy, we feel like anything could happen at the box office. Many expect the top spot to be taken by Snake Eyes, the latest entry in the G.I. Joe franchise, but…
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‘Space Jam’ Shocks ‘Black Widow’ With A Slam-Dunk $31.7 Million
Superheroes aren’t usually caught napping. Nor are box-office prognosticators. But neither party saw this weekend’s surprising slam dunk at the multiplex coming. All early projections had Marvel’s Scarlett Johansson-led tentpole, Black Widow, repeating in the top spot for a second straight weekend. But NBA legend LeBron James and a bunch of double-dribbling Looney Tunes characters…