As legendary Hollywood mogul Samuel Goldwyn once said, “If you want to send a message, call Western Union.” These days, a slew of pricey movies set against the backdrop of the Middle East/Afghanistan cauldron and that project distaste for the U.S. are falling flat at the box office. More such films are in the pipeline, and so worried film distributors are crafting marketing … [Read more...] about Hollywood Stumbles in Foreign Affairs
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Mystery Trailer for “Cloverfield’
Paramount Pictures’ unconventional cinema trailer that is attached to its “Transformers” blockbuster got moviegoers talking the next day around the water coolers at work, according to “USA Today.” The trailer, which doesn’t name the film (“Cloverfield”), presents a rooftop party populated by yuppies in urban Manhattan in documentary style that is disrupted by fireballs in … [Read more...] about Mystery Trailer for “Cloverfield’