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Jaws and the rule of diminishing sequel returns
"The blockbuster franchise starts out terrifying before becoming confused and mystifying..."
ideas, history, culture.
Movies
On the big & small screen
Benjamin Daniels
- Feb 20
- 3 min
Grease is a massive hit, until the sequel
"Camp, silly, ridiculous and highly entertaining; an all-singing and some dancing trip down nostalgia lane..."
Benjamin Daniels
- Nov 4, 2021
- 3 min
Baffling, but brilliant from 2001 to 2010.
"A druggy, confusing, visually splendid mediation on humanity, the nature of the universe, life, and all that stuff..."
Benjamin Daniels
- Sep 9, 2021
- 3 min
Silly and exploitative, The Omen is a shocker
"Ominous twaddle as the devil walks amongst us, causing all sorts of trouble in a guilty pleasure of a movie series..."
Benjamin Daniels
- Jul 22, 2021
- 3 min
Fasten your seatbelts for Airport
"Danger in the air as a bomb, a mid-air collision, an ocean crash-landing and a missile attack bring all kinds of trouble..."
Benjamin Daniels
- Jun 4, 2021
- 4 min
The original Star Wars franchise is something of a hit
"George Lucas comes up with an era-defining smash, followed by a fantastic sequel and then, er, Return of the Jedi..."
Freddy Finger
- Apr 16, 2021
- 3 min
Star Trek is uneven but entertaining first time out
"Set your faces to stunned and suck in those bellies, because it’s time to beam into the original Star Trek movie franchise!..."
Allen Therisa
- Feb 22, 2021
- 3 min
Beware The Muppets
"Whether The Muppets can survive the Disney 'mistreatment' charge is yet to be seen..."
Benjamin Daniels
- Feb 19, 2021
- 4 min
Historical editing
"It is, modern cultural nervousness aside, an exaggerated crowd-pleaser of a motion picture, and a knowing..."