When George Lucas sold Lucasfilm to Disney, Kathleen Kennedy inherited the mantle that included Star Wars. Now with the first of at least five new films opening next week, Kennedy spoke at a press conference for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Since she was sitting on a panel with Harrison Ford, Gwendoline Christie, John Boyega […]
Jurassic World is the long-awaited reunion of Safety Not Guaranteed director and star Colin Trevorrow and Jake Johnson. My colleague, Courtney Howard, interviewed Trevorrow and asked him if Johnson was his Hector Elizondo, referring to Garry Marshall’s films. I had an interview with Johnson and shared Trevorrow’s answer with him. Johnson plays Lowery, a control […]
I love Jurassic World as both an allegory and a sequel. They have finally opened the dinosaur theme park John Hammond always envisioned, and why wouldn’t they continue cloning dinosaurs? Colossal failure has never stopped any corporation from proceeding. Now they get corporate sponsorship, and a competitive mandate that requires them to make bigger, scarier […]