Movies have long since become one of the most expensive luxuries that people enjoy, with many having budgets of millions of dollars. From elaborate sets to expensive digital effects, high-budget blockbuster film making always give movie studios, producers, and investors a nervous sweat. Especially since movie cost doesn’t guarantee financial success. But what ones cost …
First released in 2001 by Dreamworks, Shrek (Mike Myers) has become a cultural classic. It’s one of my favorite animated movies, and I don’t know how many times I’ve watched it. With beautiful animation, lovable characters, and a story that keeps you engaged all through, the Shrek films are never dull. One of the best …
After the first Trolls films came out in 2016, it was so widely received that we got Trolls: World Tour only four years later, in 2020. Both are now huge successes on Netflix. Even though the second movie did not do as well as the first, both captured the hearts of nearly everyone who watched them. …
One of the greatest western films to ever grace this earth, Tombstone (1993) has well-earned the title of “One-liners: the movie.” The movie is based on real-life legends of the old Wild West, including the three brothers Wyatt Earp (Kurt Russell), Deputy United States Marshal Virgil Earp (Sam Elliott), and Morgan Earp (Bill Paxton), and …
One of the most beloved animated films of the last ten years, Frozen 2 (2019), continues the adventures of snow Queen Elsa (Idina Menzel) and Princess Anna (Kristen Bell). The movie starts with King Agnarr – King of Arendelle – telling young Anna and Elsa a bedtime story. It’s the story of the enchanted forest, …
When Despicable Me was released in 2010, we were exposed to some of the cutest little bad guys ever, Minions. These lovable little yellow guys have one goal: to serve the meanest, the baddest, and only the best of all bad guys. From the Tyrannosaurus Rex to the ancient caveman to the worst dictators known …
The Star Wars films are some of the most iconic films of all time. Their enduring success led to the creation of the summer blockbuster trilogy as we know them today. The original Star Wars trilogy laid the groundwork for some of the most successful film franchises in history. Without Star Wars, we wouldn’t have …
In the late 1990s, I took a road trip around Australia for several months. And every motel, hotel, or campsite I checked into showed Independence Day (1996) on television. Because of this, it’s one of the sci-fi movies I’ve seen the most, and I thought it would be fun to create a list of the …
George Lucas loves funny sidekicks, from C3P0 to the Ewoks and Salacious B. Crumb to the Porg. And Star Wars fans always hate them. I think it’s fair to say that no character is more hated in the entire galaxy far away than the Gungan with the pseudo-Caribbean accent Jar Jar Binks (voiced by Ahmed …
