John Carter

WTF Happened to John Carter?

Posted 5 years ago

WTF Happened To This Movie? – The JoBlo series that looks at troubled movie productions, box-office failures, and bizarre and surprising creative decisions! It took a century for Edgar Rice Burroughs’ classic pulp hero John Carter (played by Taylor Kitsch)...

The UnPopular Opinion: John Carter

Posted 7 years ago

Alex Welcome back to The UnPopular Opinion! The UnPopular Opinion features different takes on films that either I hated, but that the majority of film fans loved or vice versa. We have always hoped this column will promote constructive and geek fueled discussion. Now, with...

Top 10 Lovable Horror Movie Monsters!

Posted 9 years ago

Speak up friends, how many of you already watch Bong Joon-Ho’s OKJA on Netflix over the past day or two? If you did, what’d you think? Is it up to the sterling South Korean director’s standards? Jake Either way, there’s...

Top 10 Biggest Box Office Bombs of All Time

Posted 9 years ago

Guy Ritchie’s KING ARTHUR: LEGEND OF THE SWORD opened to an awful $14.7 million this past weekend and set up the $175 million budget to be wholly out of reach at the domestic box office. While the worldwide totals may...

Top 10 Movies That Looked Bad But Turned Out Great

Posted 9 years ago

Sometimes, trailers do a pisspoor job of marketing a film. The movie may seem generic or wholly different than the finished product. Sometimes, a story just seems so bad that you have no desire to even watch it. Then, word...

Top 10 Fan Favorite Movies That Need Sequels

Posted 10 years ago

Sequels are not always a good thing. Often, they are nowhere near as good as the original but when done right they can be as good if not better. We are in an era full of unwanted franchises, there are...

Top 10 Projects Peter Jackson Should Make Next

Posted 11 years ago

THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES brings to an end Peter Jackson’s telling of THE LORD OF THE RINGS saga. What comes next for the director is unknown, but he has several projects in development that he could...

Disney gives up John Carter rights, author’s estate plans to make a new film

Posted 12 years ago

It looks like Disney has officially given up all hope of making up their losses on Andrew Stanton‘s criminally underrated JOHN CARTER. After failing to recoup the $200 million budget on the mis-marketed science fiction throwback, Disney has allowed the...

Taylor Kitsch said the script for John Carter 2 was “f*cking awesome”

Posted 12 years ago

While JOHN CARTER may have been a commercial and critical disappointment, the Andrew Stanton adventure movie has grown on fans since it hit Blu-ray, myself included. Set to be a franchise starter for Disney, JOHN CARTER instead faded into infamy....

The UnPopular Opinion: John Carter

Posted 13 years ago

Alex THE UNPOPULAR OPINION is an ongoing column featuring different takes on films that either the writer HATED, but that the majority of film fans LOVED, or that the writer LOVED, but that most others LOATHED. We’re hoping this column...

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