How original are 2017's summer blockbuster movies?
It’s time for my annual look at what blockbuster movies are coming out this summer, and seeing how original they are. Criteria The Oriental Theater in Milwaukee. My criteria for “
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Walter Cronkite in cartoons
Today’s Google Doodle is of Walter Cronkite, in honor of what would’ve been his 100th birthday. Cronkite was for Baby Boomers and older Gen Xers the top TV news
Hillary Clinton in cartoons
Last week, I looked at how Donald Trump‘s been portrayed in comics and animation. This week, I’ll look at depictions of the main other 2016 presidential election front-runner, Hillary
How original are 2016's summer blockbuster movies?
It’s time once again to take a look at this summer’s blockbuster films, and see how they’ll rank on the basis of originality. That’s as
Donald Trump in cartoons
Donald Trump, 1980s business and pop cultural icon, for some reason’s managed to linger in the public pop cultural landscape since that decade. Mostly helped by his 2000s reality show “
A look back over summer 2015's blockbuster movies
The summer movie season’s now over. Therefore, it’s time to look back over this summer’s blockbuster movie fare, and see what original fare did well and what
How original are 2015's summer blockbuster movies?
Once again, I thought it’s time to look at this year’s upcoming summer blockbuster films, and to rank them based on the originality criteria laid down by Jay Sherman
A look back over summer 2014's blockbuster movies
It’s time again to look back at what blockbuster films this summer did well or lousy at the box office. I’ve broken them out by “success,” “
The "Jay Sherman Test" and 2014's summer blockbuster movies
Repeating a theme from the previous few summers, I thought I’d look at 2014’s summer movie slate, and see which ones pass Jay Sherman of “The Critic”
A look back over summer 2013's blockbuster movies
While it’s a week before Labor Day weekend, with next weekend only opening one major film (“Getaway”), I think I can get away with looking back over how well