What makes a cliché a cliché? Certainly the repeated use of ideas, concepts or expressions until the original intent or effect is rendered impotent is how clichés are forged. But why are certain storytelling elements used over and over again? It is a matter of intellectual versus emotional storytelling. The cliché is a natural outgrowth [...]
With the approaching release of the new “Karate Kid” movie starring Jaden Smith (Will Smith’s boy) and Jackie Chan, many fans of the original 1984 film find themselves wondering whatever happened to the first karate kid, Ralph Macchio. Well, he’s actually done quite a bit of work since the mid 80s starring most recently in [...]
We recently reported on Will Smith’s comments at the London premiere of Seven Pounds about his desires to play Barack Obama if a film were ever to be made about the President-Elect’s life and rise to prominence. Since then, there has been speculation that Spike Lee, noted director of the films Inside Man, Malcolm X, [...]
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