Steven Soderbergh’s Contagion is an eerie reminder of 2020—fear, social distancing and death all around—despite being released nine years before the Covid pandemic gripped the world. Unlike most films about epidemics that simply create chaos and run with it, Soderbergh…
Before its release, many critics predicted that Titanic would be a huge box office disappointment, especially since it was the most expensive film ever made at the time. As we know, upon its release in 1997, Titanic became a box…
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It’s long been established that the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was a controlling, egomaniacal bully. Nonetheless, the man who urged the world to “Think different” and introduced the iMac, the iPod and the iPad was one of the most…
[AMAZONPRODUCTS asin=”B00GQQ77IU”]Given the monumental success of the Twilight and The Hunger Games franchises, it comes as no surprise that film studios would look to scoop up other Y.A. book series to bring to the big screen. Some recent attempts to…
With Thank You for Smoking, Juno, and Up in the Air, director Jason Reitman has proven himself adept at making clever films that tackle serious issues with a sharp sense of humor. If his last film, Young Adult, suggested Reitman…
Before its release, many critics predicted that Titanic would be a huge box office disappointment, especially since it was the most expensive film ever made at the time. As we know, upon its release in 1997, Titanic became a box…
Many are familiar with the story of Mildred Pierce as told in Michael Curtiz’s classic 1945 film starring Joan Crawford in her Oscar winning role. Though that film was based on the 1941 James M. Cain novel, many changes were…
Through the years, several films have been made about epidemics. Much of the time, the filmmakers simply create chaos and run with it. However, Contagion, the latest effort from director Steven Soderbergh does something clever: simply allow the events to…