By It is fair to say 2023 did not go the way many of us expected, perhaps especially those in the film studio conference rooms. This time last year, the prospect of Greta Gerwig’s curious dance with intellectual property opening on the same day as Christopher Nolan’s talky, three-hour biopic about
Episode 874: What Is an Oscar Movie?
The post Episode 874: What Is an Oscar Movie? appeared first on Battleship Pretension. In this episode, David and Scott Nye discuss what an Oscar movie even is these days as well as an update on Tyler’s progress. Poor Things is an Oscar movie now. What else is? Battleship Pretension
Ranking the Ten Best Scrooge Movies
In 1843, London publishers Chapman & Hall released A Christmas Carol. Written by Charles Dickens and illustrated by John Leech, it was inspired in part by Dickens’s anger at inequality in his country, especially as it affected children. Despite its aversion to the upper classes, A Christmas Carol was an
Majors Out At Marvel
Following yesterday’s verdict in the court case against him, The Hollywood Reporter indicates that Jonathan Majors has been fired from Marvel. The fall was as swift as the rise was meteoric. This comes just a few hours after a jury found Majors guilty of reckless assault in the third degree and
Producer Offers Spielberg’s “Bullitt” Update
Back in 2022 came the news that a new take on the character of no-nonsense San Francisco cop Frank Bullitt was in the works with no less than filmmaker Steven Spielberg set to direct. In addition, Bradley Cooper had closed a deal to star in the film, which would NOT
