Maeby he just didn't care.

If he did, they would have gone with Tom Cruise, Matt Damon, Russell Crowe or whoever else was A-list at the time and willing to sign on for 3+ movies. The book was the "star" in this case.

They almost certainly locked Hanks into a multi-picture commitment for the franchise when he agreed to The Da Vinci Code, which was riding the hype wave of a gazillion copies sold.

If it's edible, it's chili-able.

I always loved the opening (credits) of The Innocents (1961), one of my all-time favorites.
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The issue was the screenplay

I don't have kids but Coraline strikes me as a good "scary" movie for children. And if that's not scary enough, Legend had me hiding behind the covers as a kid. Tim Curry's Darkness, Blix, Meg Mucklebones…they still give me chills.

"There are three rules that I live by. Never get less than twelve hours sleep. Never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city. And never get involved with a woman with a tattoo of a dagger on her body. Now you stick to that and everything else is cream cheese."

I'll double-down on The Rocketeer. It's a Futurist work of art that perfectly captures the movie's sleek '30s setting.

These recent TV musicals started off unwatchable, but they're getting better. I admit I really liked a few numbers here and there:

I've never actually seen the original even though I love Tim Curry. Maybe as an experiment, I'll watch this version first to give it a fair shot.

1) Kylo was shot with a weapon that they went out of their way to show as massive powerful. He was hurt so badly, he was dripping blood through his clothes. It's impressive he was able to stand, much less fight. Rey was knocked out and then she came to while Finn kept Kylo busy.

Him and Tom Petty.

The obvious knee-jerk reaction is to rail against "forced" sequels, but there are actually EIGHT different Mary Poppins books by P.L. Travers. In fact, the second one is shamelessly titled Mary Poppins Comes Back. So…yeah.

It's an interesting look into the ways movies get made. I didn't even know Abrams knew DuVernay that well, much less showed her an early cut. And that one shot did indeed make a major impact. Pretty cool stuff.

Oy vey. Not this ridiculous argument again.

Woooooo!!!!

It could have worked, but the approach was all wrong. In the world of Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Pee-Wee isn't a comedian putting on shows; he's a real person who lives in Anytown, USA. But in the world of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, Elvira remains a performer and host of a horror TV show. That was a fatal choice.

Elvira deserved a much better movie than she got. What she needed was a straight-up absurdist take like Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, but instead she got a dull, sub-Ernest level product in 1988. Such a missed opportunity.

Maybe the best novel adaptation of all-time. Brian Helgeland's been coasting on it ever since.