Star Wars – Where the Long Tail Ends

Still Watching the Skies: Episode 96 “Krull”

Cody, Robert, and Nat quest for meaning and reasons in viewing 1983’s KRULL. KRULL opened July 29, 1983, just over 2 months after RETURN OF THE JEDI, and clearly had some hopes of being the next STAR WARS. Those hopes were dashed as KRULL earned only $16.9 million at the box office compared to an […]

Kurosawa, In Order #18 – The Hidden Fortress

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THE HIDDEN FORTRESS (1958) Kurosawa had signed a three picture deal with Toho Studios and Throne of Blood and The Lower Depths were box office disappointments, so for his third movie Kurosawa turned to more commercial grounds, a big, sweeping samurai film. But The Hidden Fortress bears little similarity to Seven Samurai, and even less

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