The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
starring Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, Ben Barnes, and Will Poulter written by Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, and Michael Petroni & directed by Michael Apted Rated PG for some frightening...
View ArticleLost at Sea: Walden Media and Narnia-Adaptation-as-Shipwreck
To understand how Michael Apted’s Voyage of the Dawn Treader strays so badly off-course it is necessary to understand what makes C. S. Lewis’s book a consistent favorite for many Narnia fans. The...
View ArticleCars 2
starring Larry the Cable Guy, Owen Wilson, Michael Caine, and Emily Mortimer written by Ben Queen & directed by John Lasseter and Brad Lewis Rated G. 62% When billionaire oil tycoon Sir Miles...
View ArticleHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
starring Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson and Ralph Fiennes written by Steve Kloves and directed by David Yates Rated PG-13 for some sequences of intense action violence and frightening...
View ArticleFranchise Files: Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
The original1968 Planet of the Apes doesn’t seem like an obvious candidate for a sequel, at least until you learn that it actually made quite a bit of money. Certainly, sequels have been brought to the...
View ArticleFranchise Files: Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
It’s difficult to say just why Escape from the Planet of the Apes, rushed out a mere year after the previous installment, works so well. Maybe it seems better mainly by comparison with Beneath the...
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