Mildly amusing movie still juxtaposition #9. »

By Burbanked on Nov 21, 2008 in Featured, Movie Marketing 101, Movies  |  80 views  |  

Your challenge: create a movie title, high concept plot idea or one-sheet tagline in the comments below. It’s wicked fun!
If you’ve been hurtin’ for some prime Travolta action not satiated by the likes of Hairspray and Wild Hogs, you’re in luck. Bolt opens today. Knowing will explore Nicolas Cage’s creepy, paranoid, not at all overacting [...]

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Really, how important would a “story” have been to Indiana Jones V, anyway? »

By Burbanked on Nov 20, 2008 in Celebrities, Development Heck, Henry Jones Jr., Movies, Newest, Screenwriting  |  93 views  |  

Dedicated screenwriting 101 here: From an interview with Harrison Ford on the MTV Movies Blog in which the inevitability of another Indiana Jones movie is mentioned:MTV: Is the ball in George’s court at this point?

Ford: It is. That’s the process. With some general input he goes off and searches for the MacGuffin and then stumbles [...]

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More X-Men to get younger, film fans to get dumber, Hollywood to rub its collective hands in greed and avarice. »

By Burbanked on Nov 19, 2008 in Development Heck, Movies, Screenwriting  |  129 views  |  

In its never-ending effort to run its valuable properties not just right into the ground but also beat them and shred them and burn, stomp and otherwise destroy them beyond all possible recognition until suddenly they’re new and then begin the whole thing all over again, Hollywood seeks to further “leverage” its X-Men properties into [...]

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Seeking the kind and vaguely dishonest assistance of the resourceful Burbanked readership. »

By Burbanked on Nov 19, 2008 in Movies, Newest  |  121 views  |  

Okay, I need your help here. Sonny, Michael Corleone and Tom Hagen keep bringing up the fact that they want to go see Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa.How do I get out of this? I love going to the movies with my boys, opening up their minds to the great pleasures of cinema and all that, [...]

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Oops. Someone forgot to add the Funny. »

By Burbanked on Nov 14, 2008 in Movie Marketing 101, Movies, Newest, One-Sheetery  |  197 views  |  

I’m not sure how to say it nicely: This one-sheet is crap.(additional thoughts about Apatow/Sandler’s collaboration here)

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James Bond movies and the shaky-cam action aesthetic - is this progress? »

By Burbanked on Nov 13, 2008 in Movies  |  320 views  |  

You’ll find plenty of stories this week about who is the best Bond, the favorite Bond girl, villain, car or gadget. But I’d suggest that the films’ directors - and their specific talents in staging action scenes - are what will truly sustain Bond films into the future, now that Daniel Craig has made the [...]

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Tagged by the Alphabet Movie Meme: this time it’s personal. »

By Burbanked on Nov 11, 2008 in Blogging, Movies  |  195 views  |  

See, this is what the blogging mindset does to you: just because my pal Piper tagged me with this Alphabet Meme nearly a week ago - which is roughly four months in blogging years - I feel haunted and vexed and tormented to respond, despite the fact that I’ve been unable to craft an exciting, [...]

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