Ideas

Here are some ideas we're working on:

1. What makes a movie so bad it's good, and what makes a movie just plain bad?

2. Why do people like Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino, who basically never have to act again, choose so many barking dogs to appear in? Do they really need the money that much to open up that restaurant in TriBeCa? How do they square with the utter shit that is the inevitable result? (File under: Bruce Willis, Laurence Olivier, Dustin Hoffmann, and dozens of others whose names did NOT linger on after they chose the dogs. Harrison Ford? Still A-list? That is up for debate.)

3. What is the future of blockbusters -- the traditional moneymakers for the Hollywood suits? Are VR platforms like Oculus Rift going to propagate to the movies scene to the point that there will no longer be "theaters" where everyone watches one screen, or a "screening room," where everyone slouches in couches with their personal VR headsets, tripping out on immersive-reality moviemaking?

I foresee the latter within ten years. You read it here first