Our series looking at movies that took the blockbuster genre into the realms of excess. By John J. Joex While working my way through the films that have had the dubious distinction of appearing in our Blockbuster Overload column, several filmmakers have had the equally dubious honor of showing up multiple times. So as not [...]
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Blockbuster Overload: Looking at Some of the Big Repeat Offenders of Blockbuster Excess
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Blockbuster Overload: Avatar
Our ongoing series looking at movies that took the blockbuster genre into the realms of excess. Note that these reviews may contain spoilers. By John J. Joex Rating: 2 ½ out of 5 Stars When I began the Blockbuster Overload column several months ago, the first film that I covered was Return of the Jedi [...]
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Blockbuster Overload: Alice in Wonderland (2010)
Our ongoing series looking at movies that took the blockbuster genre into the realms of excess. Note that these reviews may contain spoilers. By John J. Joex Rating: 2 ½ out of 5 Stars At first blush, one might think that for an updated version of Lewis Carroll’s beloved Alice in Wonderland what better pairing [...]
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Blockbuster Overload: 2012
Our ongoing series looking at movies that took the blockbuster genre into the realms of excess. Note that these reviews may contain spoilers. By John J. Joex Rating: 1 ½ out of 5 Stars Roland Emmerich has made a career out of destroying Earth or just delivering rampaging mayhem with such movies as Independence Day, [...]
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Blockbuster Overload: Transformers
Our ongoing series looking at movies that took the blockbuster genre into the realms of excess. Note that these reviews may contain spoilers. By John J. Joex Rating: 2 ½ out of 5 Stars In 2007, we received the big screen treatment of the of the Transformers franchise courtesy of over-the-top blockbuster purveyor Michael Bay. [...]
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Blockbuster Overload: The Fantastic Four
Our ongoing series looking at movies that took the blockbuster genre into the realms of excess. Note that these reviews may contain spoilers. By John J. Joex The Fantastic Four Rating: 2 out of 5 Stars Rise of the Silver Surfer Rating: 2 ½ out of 5 Stars In the early 00’s The X-Men and [...]
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Blockbuster Overload: War of the Worlds (2005)
Our ongoing series looking at movies that took the blockbuster genre into the realms of excess. Note that these reviews may contain spoilers. By John J. Joex Rating: 1 out of 5 Stars War of the Worlds is of course H.G. Wells’ infamous alien invasion novel and a seminal work of Science Fiction literature. It [...]
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Blockbuster Overload: Planet of the Apes (2001)
Our ongoing series looking at movies that took the blockbuster genre into the realms of excess. Note that these reviews may contain spoilers. By John J. Joex Rating: 1 out of 5 Stars This 2001 reboot of the Planet of the Apes series was directed by visionary director Tim Burton who previously worked on such [...]
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Blockbuster Overload: The Star Wars Prequel Trilogy
Our ongoing series looking at movies that took the blockbuster genre into the realms of excess. Note that these reviews may contain spoilers. By John J. Joex The Phantom Menace Rating: 1 ½ out of 5 Stars The Attack of the Clones Rating: 2 out of 5 Stars The Revenge of the Sith Rating: 2 [...]
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Blockbuster Overload: Batman & Robin
Our ongoing series looking at movies that took the blockbuster genre into the realms of excess. Note that these reviews may contain spoilers. By John J. Joex Rating: 1 out of 5 Stars This was the fourth Batman movie in the big screen franchise that began with Tim Burton’s re-introduction of the character to the [...]
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