Pirates of the Caribbean

Margot Robbie and screenwriter Christina Hodson will hopefully bring some of that ‘Birds of Prey’ energy to their Disney spinoff.

What can Hollywood learn from the success of the new ‘Halloween’ and the failure of so many franchise reboots?

Watch a video essay that details the factors that make it impossible to remake certain movies.

Some sunken ships should stay at the bottom of the sea.

According to movies like “The Meg,” anything goes on the high seas. Turns out it’s not that simple. 

To understand why Curse of the Black Pearl was the perfect summer movie, we need to get at the heart of what a “summer movie” really is.

Everyone has a right to want to see themselves kick ass in the movies.

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