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Media Marketing and the Evolution of Narrative Structure
To no one’s surprise, the highest-grossing movie this weekend was Marvel Studio’s The Avengers, which brought in over $200 million in the U.S. While nothing is ever certain in Hollywood — even a big-budget, effects-laden production can underperform (as Marvel … Continue reading
Lyrical Resonance, Reinterpretation, and Renewal
Bruce Springsteen, March 29, 2012 In the introduction to his song Jack of All Trades last Thursday at Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center, Bruce Springsteen noted — as he had on previous nights — that the song was penned before the explosion of … Continue reading
Seeing Is Believing – or Is It the Other Way Around?
The essays in Errol Morris’s recent book Believing Is Seeing (Observations on the Mysteries of Photography) explore a series of mysteries, each based on one or more photographs. Writer and documentary filmmaker (The Thin Blue Line, The Fog of War, … Continue reading
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Joe Simon and the Great American Hero
Before Captain America was the star of last summer’s blockbuster movie, he was a comic book superhero. The man who co-created the character over 70 years ago, comic book writer and artist Joe Simon, passed away this past Wednesday in … Continue reading
The Legacy of Jerry Robinson
Batman is now big business. The character starred in motion pictures that generated the highest domestic box office grosses in two separate years: 1989 (Batman) and 2008 (The Dark Knight). Batman has been reinterpreted over the decades — from Adam … Continue reading
‘Margin Call’: Quiet Desperation
This commentary on the film Margin Call contains significant details about its plot. You may want to see the film before reading it. Economic thriller Margin Call is, in many ways, a difficult film to like — and that’s what … Continue reading
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Life Lessons from Bret Maverick — and My Father
Real life never seems as clever as the world of motion pictures and television. Fictional characters always look better and speak with more eloquence than the people in our daily lives. As a child of the television generation, I often … Continue reading
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‘Resurrect Dead’: Photos, Reviews, and Ongoing Mysteries
Jon Foy’s fascinating documentary film, Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles, recently ended its inaugural Philadelphia run, playing to capacity crowds. Due to the success of the initial screenings, a sixth show was added to the originally-planned five shows … Continue reading
San Diego Comic-Con 2011 in Photos
Notes from San Diego Comic-Con 2011 Each July, more than 125,000 people descend on San Diego — many sporting a costume of their favorite comic book or movie character — to attend panel sessions, participate in social activities, and see and be … Continue reading
Comic-Con Movies: From Tentpole to Shoestring
Notes from WonderCon 2011 Although the name “comic-con” is based on the event’s origins as a convention for comic book fans, the comic-con has morphed into a broad survey of popular culture. Fans flock to these conventions in San Diego, … Continue reading
