Word: star-driven
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...parody of war movies and a pinprick in the helium balloon of Hollywood egos, Tropic Thunder caps a hectic summer of action films and star-driven comedies and is designed as a blend and a semiloving critique of both genres. The picture is savvy to the max, maybe to excess; but Stiller, who also directed and co-wrote the movie, surely figures that in the blogosphere age, no film can be too inside--it's where everyone is. He's been there all his life, as the son of (Jerry) Stiller and (Anne) Meara, a comedy duo of over...
Most of the successful movies this year have been franchise or horror films, not star-driven. As someone heading a studio, someone who's a director and someone who works with these people, do you think we're in the first nonstar era of Hollywood...
...decision by Paramount to end a business relationship with an A-list star like Cruise comes as all of the major studios are sweating out the gate receipt tallies every weekend, aggressively cutting the size of star-driven production deals and all other costs, and looking for ways to mitigate financial risks. It's a reflection of just how sensitive their publicly traded corporate parents have become about any issue that could pose a threat to the bottom line. It probably wasn't lost on Paramount executives that about half of the people queried in a USA Today/Gallup poll several...
...fantasy just got a little too real. It’s one thing for men to check out Britney Spears online. It’s something else to see their 10 year old daughters turn into her. While we’re rejoicing over the demise of pop star-driven fashion, we might want to examine just who made them pop stars in the first place...
...chances that this year will be a turn towards the “small” film is highly unlikely. Even the “art” films that interest the Academy are typically star-driven character movies with established directors and sizeable budgets (like most of the above), and there are plenty of those this year to go around. Plus, bemoaning the absence of a “front-runner” is a bit silly at this point. We still have two massive biopics. We have The Phantom of the Opera. We have plenty of arty movies...