It is easy to say that Steven Spielberg is the most successful American director. Just look at the box office of the movies he’s directed. But is he the best? That’s a much trickier question….
Are Critics Irrelevant? – Episode 007
- July 2, 2014
- Tagged as: blue velvet, boogie nights, brick, children of men, contagion, donnie darko, drive, eight-legged freaks, family guy, florence + the machine, hanna, haywire, high fidelity, kingpin, minority report, napoleon dynamite, raiders of the lost ark, shutter island, splice, the american, the artist, the box, the devil wears prada, the goonies, the grey, the leftovers, the royal tenenbaums, there's something about mary, top gun, wonder boys, xena: warrior princess
With the rise of social media, computer recommendation algorithms, user reviews, and meta-review sites like Rotten Tomatoes that assemble “fresh ratings” for movies, we ask the question: “Are media critics even relevant anymore?” Subscribe! via iTunes…
Why is Raiders of the Lost Ark So Good? – Episode 006
- June 25, 2014
- Tagged as: a star is born, bound, cloud atlas, dia hard, indiana jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull, indiana jones and the temple of doom, indiana jones at the last crusade, mission impossible: ghost protocol, noah, north by northwest, pompeii, psycho, raiders of the lost ark, star wars, super 8, the french connection, the matrix, upside down
Why is Raiders of the Lost Ark so good? And why are some of the Indiana Jones sequels so bad? We look at the story, character, and plot that all align to make Raiders such a classic film…