John Lopez is a Grantland contributor and a writer/filmmaker living in Los Angeles. @ jedgarlopez Columns Podcasts Video Columns August 11, 2014 Box office Summer Box Office Winners and Losers: Talking Raccoons, Failing Megastars, and the Unstoppable Michael Bay Filed under Hollywood Prospectus August 4, 2014 Movies How ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ Cherry-Bombed the Box Office and Made Off With All of Our Money Filed under Hollywood Prospectus July 23, 2014 Movies Q&A: ‘Happy Christmas’ Director Joe Swanberg on Corrupting Anna Kendrick, Shooting on Film, and Making Peace With Mumblecore Filed under Hollywood Prospectus July 21, 2014 TV ‘The Leftovers’ Despair-o-meter: Ranking the 10 Most Depressing Moments So Far Filed under Hollywood Prospectus July 8, 2014 Movies Four Lessons From This Year’s Disastrous Fourth of July Box Office Filed under Hollywood Prospectus June 23, 2014 Movies Dissecting ‘Third Person,’ ‘Crash,’ and the Paul Haggis School of Melodrama Filed under Hollywood Prospectus May 28, 2014 Adam Sandler Did ‘Blended’ Bombing Finally Blow Up the Adam Sandler Empire? Filed under Hollywood Prospectus May 13, 2014 Movies Spidey vs. Seth: How ‘Neighbors’ Buried ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ at the Box Office Filed under Hollywood Prospectus May 8, 2014 Movies Q&A: ‘Neighbors’ Director Nick Stoller on Seth Rogen, Zac Efron, and Cheap Tricks With Babies Filed under Hollywood Prospectus April 10, 2014 Movies Hot Property: Let’s Turn Michael Lewis’s Best-Selling ‘Flash Boys’ Into an Award-Worthy Movie Filed under Hollywood Prospectus Load More Results Podcasts No results Videos No Results