Tag: Jason Bateman
REVIEW: Air (2023)
It’s been seven years since Ben Affleck directed a movie (or seven years since a movie he directed was released, to be more accurate), and Air shows us what we’ve been missing. This movie is excellent, a relentless, endlessly human, and distinctly American story about people who broke the rules ...
Read MoreArrested Development to be Removed from Netflix
Jed | Hollywood Scholar | Feb 13, 2023 | 0
Arrested Development has had a tenuous relationship with quality and renewal since its initial cancellation by 20th Century Fox in 2006. In 2012, the then near-virgin production studio at Netflix acquired the rights and attempted to revive the show for subsequent 4th and 5th seasons. With each seaso...
Read MoreAir Trailer Laces Up
The Super Bowl is coming up soon, but a different sport is making internet waves today. Amazon Studios has released a trailer for Air, its upcoming dramatization of Nike’s relationship with Michael Jordan. Air stars Matt Damon as Sonny Vaccaro, a Nike salesman who stumbles on an idea to save the f...
Read MoreREVIEW: Zootopia (2016)
“Life isn’t some cartoon musical where you sing a little song and all your insipid dreams magically come true. So let it go.” Disney’s Zootopia went through a lot of versions and changes before making it to the big screen. Director Byron Howard (Bolt, Tangled) originally pitched six ...
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