Episode #452: ‘Michael’ with Tre’vell Anderson

MaxFunDrive is almost over! Don’t wait – ensure the future of this show at MaximumFun.org/joinmaxfilm Jaafar Jackson (son of Jermaine) dances his slouch-socked feet off in Antoine Fuqua’s new Michael Jackson biopic. And we have no less a personage than Tre’vell Anderson here to help us figure out how to feel about what was left in and what was left out. Then we’ll talk about some biopics that…

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‘Michael’ Is The Most Cynical Attempt At Biopic Myth-Making Yet

_Michael_ is a bad movie. Let’s just get that out of the way now. It is a movie designed less to tell a story than to recreate moments, ones you are probably already familiar with. It is a movie designed to give you a karaoke experience in a theater setting with other like-minded Michael Jackson fans. It is a movie designed to make the estate of a dead pop star a great deal of money, in line with…

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Why Is a High-Profile Bitcoin Biopic Planning to Use Generative AI?

There’s a sizable amount of evidence that audiences and critics alike enjoy well-made films set in the tech world. In the last 15 years, movies like The Social Network, BlackBerry and Tetris have all garnered positive reviews alongside high marks from viewers. It isn’t surprising to see that a group of high-profile filmmakers is working […]

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