It’s Too Bad That Audience Pictures Like Ultraman: Rising Will Barely Be Seen in Theaters | MZS

“Ultraman: Rising” is what the old-time studio bosses used to call “an audience picture”–meaning you get a lot more out of it if you see it with an audience. Especially the audience for which it was designed: in this case, young children who like watching baby creatures act like misbehaving baby humans, and adults who game for a … Read more

Netflix’s ‘Avatar’ Is Barely Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes

Well, the good news is the new live-action TV series of Avatar: The Last Airbender is getting better reviews than the last live-action adaptation of the beloved cartoon series. (That one was a film, directed by M. Night Shyamalan, released in 2010.) The bad news is the reviews for the new show, which is streaming on … Read more