On the Floor #8: The Star System is Broken

This week’s On the Floor tackles one of the biggest issues currently facing the film industry, the star system. With Jurassic World making a gazillion dollars and everyone cementing Chris Pratt as a new star, we take a look at the history of the star system, how we do and should determine what a star is and where we go from here. We also take ample time to shade Will Smith for his career choices. Enjoy!

April’s Foolish Oscar Predictions

Happy April Fools Day! This day is normally one of my least favorite holidays but I figured after seeing some Oscar blogs do this, that making early, ridiculuous predictions for the Oscars could be fun. Please note that I only used the bare minimum of logic for these predictions and tried to include some fun ones along the way. Enjoy!

Film Review: X-Men: Days of Future Past

Is it possible to create an engaging film, set up new mythologies, retcon and reboot an entire franchise in one film? The answer, if X-Men: Days of Future Past is any indication, is a resounding yes. Much was expected of this film. This movie had to balance a ton of X-Men actors (all but two

Oscars Best and Worst Dressed

Best and Worst Dressed: An Oscar Conversation Elsie: Let’s start off with the first person on my list- Lupita Nyong’o! Terence: So we just gon jump in then? haha I really liked Lupita’s look and I’m always happy when the winners look great…the only thing I wasn’t a big fan of was the headband Elsie: She looked great. I

What’s Next for the Oscar Nominated Actors and Directors?

Originally posted at ScottFeinberg.com Hollywood is a business of looking forward to the next thing and trying to predict what changes will come. It’s also not out of the ordinary for Oscar nominees to parlay that nomination/win into future work. So with that, let’s take a look at the next projects for the actors and

Jennifer Lawrence and David O. Russell are the New Scorsese and De Niro

Jennifer Lawrence is the biggest actress in the world right now; do you know why? It is not because she stars in two mega franchises. It is not because she has an off screen personality that makes her accessible and endearing. It’s not even because she is an Oscar winning actress at the sprite age

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