Tag: Jason Bateman

  • REVIEW: Air (2023)

    REVIEW: Air (2023)

    It’s been seven years since Ben Affleck directed a movie (or seven years since a movie he directed was released, to be more accurate), and Air shows us what we’ve been missing. This movie is excellent, a relentless, endlessly human, and distinctly American story about people who broke the rules and changed their part of…

  • Arrested Development to be Removed from Netflix

    Arrested Development to be Removed from Netflix

    Arrested Development has had a tenuous relationship with quality and renewal since its initial cancellation by 20th Century Fox in 2006. In 2012, the then near-virgin production studio at Netflix acquired the rights and attempted to revive the show for subsequent 4th and 5th seasons. With each season’s release, rumors of cancellation abounded, drawing out…

  • Air Trailer Laces Up

    Air Trailer Laces Up

    The Super Bowl is coming up soon, but a different sport is making internet waves today. Amazon Studios has released a trailer for Air, its upcoming dramatization of Nike’s relationship with Michael Jordan. Air stars Matt Damon as Sonny Vaccaro, a Nike salesman who stumbles on an idea to save the failing company by signing…

  • REVIEW: Zootopia (2016)

    REVIEW: Zootopia (2016)

    “Life isn’t some cartoon musical where you sing a little song and all your insipid dreams magically come true. So let it go.” Disney’s Zootopia went through a lot of versions and changes before making it to the big screen. Director Byron Howard (Bolt, Tangled) originally pitched six different stories to Disney and Pixar’s chief…