Posts by Zach Baron

June 28, 2012
Summermetrics: Channing Tatum Is Here to Save Hollywood

Magic Mike and our next leading man.
June 22, 2012
Summermetrics: Pride and Presidents

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and the failures of originality.
June 21, 2012
Summermetrics: 10 Ways of Looking at a Very Bad Movie

Hollywood loves itself in the deeply silly Rock of Ages.
June 8, 2012
The Savior of Summer

Prometheus and the weirdest blockbuster franchise in history.
May 31, 2012
Summermetrics: Snow White and the Huntsman and Kristen Stewart

There is an early David Foster Wallace story called “My Appearance” about an actress whose “face and attitudes are known to something over half of the measurable population of the United States, whose name is on lips and covers and screens.” The story centers on an appearance of hers on Late Night with David Letterman. […]
May 24, 2012
Men in Black III Kicks Off the Real (Star-Powered, Sequel-Driven, Barely Average) Blockbuster Season

On Friday, Memorial Day weekend will begin, Diddy and his family will commence another long summer of wearing nothing but white, and Men in Black III will arrive in theaters, marking the true beginning of Hollywood’s blockbuster season. After the catastrophic gambles, mild misfires, and historically overwhelming successes of, respectively, John Carter, Battleship, and The […]
May 17, 2012
Sacha Baron Cohen: Requiem for a Comedian

By now, viewers who’ve been following Sacha Baron Cohen’s career over the past decade probably have a feel for his newest, The Dictator, sight unseen. Admiral General Aladeen — perhaps you’ve seen him dumping “ashes” on Ryan Seacrest, or holding the mother of Extra movie-doll Ben Lyons hostage? — as a child, with fulsome pubic […]
May 3, 2012
The Avengers: Last Summer’s Best Blockbuster

Making sense of Marvel’s mega-bet.

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