Peter Benchley’s classic 1974 ‘man versus beast’ blockbuster novel doubled as a scathing critique of 1970s America. Spielberg’s film made its characters likeable – and its tone into a ‘grand adventure’.
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Amid global a crisis, China rises to save the world – while Western countries descend into chaos.
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Avatar 2 is released this week - but now it’s hard to remember a single detail from the original film. Does this make it a ‘forgotbuster’?
After the first ‘Black Panther’ shattered box office expectations, some critics wondered if it marked the dawn of a new era of big-budget Black films.
Brand value is based on loyalty but also convenience and relevance.
A battle is raging between distributors with expensive blockbusters and cinemas with empty seats.
The new Black Panther film has a lot in common with medieval romance tales.
Geostorm is the newest addition to the Hollywood climate doom canon. It is terrible, which is why you should think about this genre but under no circumstances actually watch this movie.
A unique set of circumstances allowed HBO to beat Netflix to the punch.
The recently broadcast TV mini-series, “Mars”, combines fiction and nonfiction in a way that places them in balance. This kind of combination is likely to feature in more television series and films.
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Professor of Media Studies, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Brand Management, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex
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Visiting Fellow, SPRU, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex
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Senior lecturer in Screen Production and Film and Television Studies, University of Cape Town
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Associate Professor of French Studies, University of Adelaide
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Associate Lecturer in Medieval Literature, University of York
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Programme leader for film and television, University of Hertfordshire
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Assistant professor, Delft University of Technology
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PhD candidate, UNSW Sydney
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Assistant Professor of Media Studies, Wake Forest University
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Senior Teaching Fellow, University of Portsmouth
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Ph.D student at School of Humanities & Language, Faculty of Arts, Design & Architecture, UNSW Sydney
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Lecturer in Communications and Media, University of Notre Dame Australia
