The Best Picture field for 1975's Academy Awards included the eventual winner One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, the year's by
far biggest blockbuster Jaws,
Not exact matches
This is honestly better than all the
big Hollywood
blockbusters that have been released so
far this summer.
But what continues to surprise and impress me (beyond the exciting action, the fantastic costumes, and the impressive special effects) is that unlike other
big budget
blockbusters and fantasy series, The Hunger Games movies, so
far, always manage to make me cry.
We'd be remiss in not mentioning the
biggest movie story of the year so
far, Joss Whedon «s «The Avengers,» which isn't just the third
biggest movie of all time at this point, but also a tremendously entertaining summer
blockbuster, one of the better examples of the form in recent years.
«The latest
big - screen iteration of the
blockbuster video game isn't a film for the ages, but it's actually pretty good fun; an old - fashioned treasure - island adventure tale gilded in circa - 2018 wokeness (Lara Croft's breasts no longer command a lead supporting role) and anchored by an Oscar - winning actress
far more gifted than the story requires.
Here's everything you need to know about the next
big blockbuster from
far,
far away.
This week we conclude our pick of the 50 best films of the 2010s thus
far, and looking down the list I notice we haven't included too many
blockbusters or
big budget hits.
I thought «The Hangover» was a great night at the movies, and a
far better investment of my money than any of the
big FX
blockbusters (only one of which I've found interesting enough to see and then I didn't even like it — «Star Trek»).
A showcase of ravishing production design, Spielberg's reintroduction to
blockbuster fare finds a director who has stepped away from his bread and butter for
far too long, chomping at the bit to prove his magical eye for
big screen cinema in a way that no one else can gracefully imitate.
Director Ryan Coogler's all - black cast
far surpasses previous paltry offerings to the black and brown people whose dollars and pounds turn films into
blockbusters, yet who rarely see themselves represented with any depth or diversity on the
big screen.
With both summer
blockbusters and
big time fall previews of some huge titles, July's Episode 38 of Qore travels from the deserts of Journey to the
far reaches of the Ratchet & Clank universe.
Tomorrow, pick between a
big screening of a Hollywood
blockbuster (Ridley Scott's The Martian at MoMA), or a panel discussion parsing Robert Frank's The Americans (
Further Down the Line at Lisa Cooley).