It’s pop quiz time! Indiana Jones, The Mummy, National Treasure: What do these movies all have in common? Well, they all feature historians, of course! Or, in the case of Indiana Jones, archeologists. For the purpose of this article, he gets to be included; after all, archeologists aren’t completely removed from the field of history. […]
Continue readingWith the recent success of The Whale, Brendan Fraser has been thrust back into the spotlight. If you are unfamiliar, Brendan was one of the major action stars of the late ’90s-early 2000s, starring in titles like The Mummy and George of the Jungle. Fraser has been a part of many stellar films, and below […]
Continue readingBrendan Fraser quickly gained popularity and prominence as an actor when he started acting in the early 1990s. He began in films including School Ties, George of the Jungle, Gods and Monsters, and The Mummy, alongside famous stars such as Matt Damon, Ian McKellen, and Rachel Weisz. However, his career took a toll and massively […]
Continue readingThere was a time when it seemed like you could set your watch to a new Brendan Fraser hit movie coming out every couple of years. But after a great run in the 1990s, the star of “George of the Jungle” and “The Mummy” had a curious box office disaster appear out of nowhere.Heading into […]
Continue readingAaron and Adam Nee’s “The Lost City” recently made an unexpectedly large splash in theaters, earning over 170 million worldwide and generally pleasing critics. The film is about a romance author (Sandra Bullock) who only turned to writing archeology-themed smut when her interest and skill in genuine archeology was stymied by the death of her […]
Continue readingIt feels like only yesterday that Universal Pictures announced their plans for a new “Dark Universe” franchise of horror reboots, breathing new life into the classic monster movies that helped solidify the studio as a megapower in the 1930s. Universal was so sure that this was going to be their next big thing, they even […]
Continue readingWhen it comes to recent Hollywood franchise failures, there’s none worse than Universal‘s short-lived Dark Universe and the film that sank it, Alex Kurtzman‘s 2017 film, “The Mummy.” And what a disaster that movie was. Critics reviled the film, audiences chose to keep going to “Wonder Woman” and the latest “Pirates Of The Caribbean” movie […]
Continue readingThe moon is really having its moment in the sun right now on streaming services. Not only are True Believers looking forward to Marvel Studios’ “Moon Knight” on Disney+, but Zack Snyder’s “Rebel Moon” is currently in the works over at Netflix. Previously conceived as a “Star Wars” film inspired by Akira Kurosawa’s “Seven Samurai,” […]
Continue readingIn an exclusive newsbreak, Deadline has announced that the upcoming “Batgirl” movie has added Ivory Aquino to the cast, and those who speculated the character calling for “Alanna” was actually for the comic book character Alysia Yeoh have been proven correct. Aquino joins the cast which includes Leslie Grace (“In the Heights“), J.K. Simmons (“Spider-Man: […]
Continue readingWhat can $200 million get you these days? How about an ultra-glossy, ultra-derivate action-adventure designed solely to launch a franchise? Netflix reportedly paid a small fortune for “Red Notice,” a new globe-hopping blockbuster featuring mega-stars Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds, and Gal Gadot, and they didn’t get their money’s worth. “Red Notice” is art by algorithm; a […]
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