Nowadays, it seems like everyone is talking about Brad Bird. The writer/director – whose new film Tomorrowland hits theaters on Friday – has been buzzed about lately for reasons unrelated to his highly anticipated latest project, which – as its name implies – is inspired by the Walt Disney World attraction of the same name. After years of speculaton, Bird recently confirmed that a sequel to his own beloved Pixar animated film The Incredibles will finally be his next project, after years of fan demand and speculation. However, the more intriguing (and potentially exciting) news to drop recently is in regards to the filmmaker’s possible involvement in another franchise: a little something known as Star Wars.
Now that the Academy Awards have come and gone (and we’ve had the chance to catch up with most of this year’s Best Picture nominated films), the time has finally come to unveil the list of our 10 favorite films released in 2014. Continue reading Crooked Table’s 10 Favorite Films of 2014→
The last couple of years have firmly established that – when it comes to big-budget superhero epics – Marvel Studios, Warner Bros. and Fox all have a solid handle of how to translate their respective franchises into multibillion-dollar returns. Only Sony, which is still smarting from the disappointing performance of The Amazing Spider-Man 2, has been left out in the cold. That film was intended to jumpstart a new wave of Spidey flicks, but now the series is stuck in perpetual limbo with all previous plans either put on indefinite hold or cancelled outright. Continue reading Now Playing: Should Sony Embrace a Spider-Man Multiverse?→
