ANG LEE Talks on the Art of Transnational Cinema - Harvard University Symposium

Most Hollywood Movies Fail to Pass the Bechdel Test --- even the Oscar Nominated Ones (The Bechdel What?!) Hint - Women in Movies

The Bechdel Test analyzes movies according to the importance of its female characters. The test involves only three questions -

1. Are there at least two (2) female characters in the movie with actual names?
2. Do these women talk to each other?
3. Do these women talk to each other about other than a man?

The Bechdel Test when applied to Oscar nominated films reveal revealing results.
Watch now.

Marvel Busts "Good Playdate Theory" via April Blockbuster Captain America : The Winter Soldier

If you put out a good movie... you can put out any time of the year"

- Kevin Feige
Marvel Studios President for Production
"Captain America" Producer

Hollywood Blockbuster Screenplay 101

Screenwriters of Captain America The Winter Soldier Share Insights on Screenplay Development in Marvel

Film Value Analysis - Captain America: The Winter's Soldier is More Valuable than Thor: The Dark World

UPDATE


As our patented #FilmValueAnalysis on "Captain America The Winter Soldier" unfolds, major Hollywood box-office experts are now asking --- "WHY?" 

Post by Box Office Mojo.

The Motley Fool, on its most recent feature on Captain America The Winter Soldier practically echoed our early analysis on the much improved value of the film compared to its predecessor.  
  
"Captain America is no longer a second-tier hero

Not long ago, the idea of a Captain America movie surpassing $800 million in global box office take would have been laughed at by industry prognosticators. Now, it's looking like Captain America: The Winter Soldier will do just that. The movie's incredible success could also threaten big projects from rival studios." - The Motley Fool

"Captain America - The Winter Soldier" is beating "Thor - The Dark World" on the per day gross, in complete synch with our #FilmValueAnalysis forecast using our patented Star Value Rating System.

Captain America Beating Thor on Per Day Gross ---- as Predicted by #FilmValueAnalysis

Thor 2 opened in November, and thanks to the boost of brand recognition from The Avengers, hit $85.7 million domestically on opening weekend. Captain America: The Winter Soldier, already having broke advanced ticket sales records for the month of April, is on track to potentially beat that number – an interesting switch since the original Thor outsold Captain America: The First Avenger two years ago (both opened summer 2011).

- Screenrant.com

#FilmValueAnalysis - "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" is More Valuable than "Thor: The Dark World" 

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"Captain America" is generally seen as the least flashy of most major Marvel superhero characters but this "weakness" could be its biggest asset, at least as far as the second film installment based on the Cap concerned.

Studio created buzz for the upcoming Chris Evans-starrer may comparatively be less than that spun for "Thor: The Dark World" basically due to the higher, "heavenly" expectations that studios have for the latter than for this all-American hero movie but in the end, the BETTER final product should deliver the better results.

To put it more bluntly, after seeing the film, we conclude that Captain America: The Winter Soldier is the better movie than the more expensive "Thor: The Dark World", thus we are giving it more of our patented Film Value Analysis points.

In short, Captain America 2 should fly higher than Thor 2, particularly in the all-important box-office tally. "Thor: The Dark World" has a lifetime gross of $206,314,559 according boxofficemojo.com. Our analysis on "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" as having a higher film value strongly suggests that in the end, "Captain America 2" will have a higher lifetime gross than "Thor 2." It may have a lower opening weekend but it would eventually prove to have "longer and stronger legs" at the tills.

- Ramon E. Bayron
Hollywood Value Analyst

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NOAH (Russell Crowe) Box-Office Analysis by Hollywood Value Drowns Major Hollywood Experts' Expectations

UPDATE - Several Islamic countries have banned "NOAH" from being shown in their territories for being "un-Islamic." The predominantly Moslem countries that "NOAH" will not be allowed to "sail on screen" include Malaysia, Indonesia, United Arab Emirates and Egypt.

How will this latest development affect the overall global box-office gross of "NOAH?" Keep posted.


Hollywood experts once again differed with Hollywood Value in forecasting the opening weekend box-office fortune a major Hollywood release - NOAH starring Russell Crowe.

Variety, Box-Office.com, Box-OfficeMojo.com, RopeofSilicon.com and Hollywood Value - who got it closest to the actual gross?

Find out!

Stan Lee (Still) Fights Disney Over Spider-Man

The world knows that Stan Lee created Spider-Man, now a mega-billion dollar multi-media franchise. Yet somewhere along the way, Disney got into the picture and now claims to own the copyright to the web-swinging hero. But Stan Lee isn't afraid of the Mouse and continues to chase this claim in court.

Read the updated details here Stan Lee versus Disney over "Spidey"