Zach Franz

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Zach Franz

Morning in Hollywood

On June 20, 1975, two cinematic movements were born on the fins of one mighty fish. The latter was, of course, a great white shark, and the first movement was the invention of the blockbuster. Some might argue that happened three years earlier with The Godfather, but the majority opinion still holds for Jaws. And ...

Zach Franz

A (Movie) Lover’s Lament

Blame it on the Superheroes. It wasn’t always this way, of course. Few of us were complaining when Superman swooped down to theaters in 1978, nor Batman eleven years later. Ditto Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man and several early entries in the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe, for those of you who’ve spent the recent past on Mars). ...