Matt Singer

New York

Managing Editor and Critic at ScreenCrush

Editor/critic at https://t.co/FNXBQAv1On. Member, @nyfcc. Author of Opposable Thumbs and upcoming book on Hollywood comedies of the 2000s.

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Articles

The 10 Best Movie Trailers of the Last 10 Years

1 week ago | popcrush.com | Matt Singer

Trailers aren’t built to last. They’re advertisements; they’re placeholders. Once the film they’re designed to promote premieres, a trailer serve no further purpose. Why watch the trailer when you can watch the real thing? At that point, a trailer becomes a cinematic appendix; present but without a clearly designed purpose. Still, we live in a world where pretty much every trailer lives forever online, available whenever and wherever on YouTube.
I Ate Everything Burger King’s ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ Menu

1 week ago | screencrush.com | Matt Singer

Today I will discover the hidden world ... inside my large intestines. That’s because I’m about to venture forth on an epic culinary quest. It will take me all the way to a mystic land populated by Vikings and ruled by a just and righteous king who has prepared a succulent feast of victuals roasted by the infernal breath of dragons. Translation: I’m eating everything on the new How to Train Your Dragon menu at Burger King. I might have fudged the mystic land part a little.
The 10 Worst Sequels of the Last 10 Years

1 week ago | screencrush.com | Matt Singer

No kind of Hollywood movie is more beloved and more reviled than a sequel. People say they’re sick of rehashes of the same stories and characters; they bemoan the lack of originality in film and pine for the good ol’ days when the studios put more resources into creating new intellectual properties instead of repeatedly strip mining the same old ones. That’s what they say.
There's Now a 24/7 '90s and 2000s Disney Nostalgia Channel

1 week ago | 929nin.com | Matt Singer

The "new" millennium is now 25 years old. Old being the key word there. We are all so old. The dude who drinks from the Holy Grail from the end of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade looks at all of us and thinks to himself, "Well, at least I'm not that bad."We are all so old in fact, that films and TV shows of the '90s and 2000s are now prime nostalgia targets. Just look at the monster box-office grosses of the new Lilo & Stitch remake for proof of that.
The Final Reckoning' Was Originally Shot With a Totally Different Storyline

1 week ago | 929nin.com | Matt Singer

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning took a lot of reckoning with to get to its final version. On the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Christopher McQuarrie revealed the extent to which the eighth (and possibly final) Mission: Impossible changed during the editing process - namely a lot. After listening to fans' feedback about the previous Mission: Impossible, Dead Reckoning Part One, McQuarrie says he and producer/star Tom Cruise "pivoted and deconstructed [ The Final Reckoning].
There’s Now a 24/7 ’90s and 2000s Disney Nostalgia Channel

1 week ago | screencrush.com | Matt Singer

The “new” millennium is now 25 years old. Old being the key word there. We are all so old. The dude who drinks from the Holy Grail from the end of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade looks at all of us and thinks to himself, “Well, at least I’m not that bad.”We are all so old in fact, that films and TV shows of the ’90s and 2000s are now prime nostalgia targets. Just look at the monster box-office grosses of the new Lilo & Stitch remake for proof of that.
‘Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning’ Was Originally Shot With a Totally Different Storyline

1 week ago | screencrush.com | Matt Singer

Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning took a lot of reckoning with to get to its final version. On the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Christopher McQuarrie revealed the extent to which the eighth (and possibly final) Mission: Impossible changed during the editing process — namely a lot. After listening to fans’ feedback about the previous Mission: Impossible, Dead Reckoning Part One, McQuarrie says he and producer/star Tom Cruise “pivoted and deconstructed [The Final Reckoning].
‘Captain America: Brave New World’ Is Now on Streaming

1 week ago | screencrush.com | Matt Singer

Captain America has arrived at a brave new world: Streaming on Disney+. The fourth Captain America feature — and the first starring Anthony Mackie in the title role — is now available for streaming. In Captain America: Brave New World, Mackie’s Sam Wilson finds himself in the crosshairs of the new President of the United States, Thunderbolt Ross (Harrison Ford). Ross wants Cap to work for him, and to assemble a new group of Avengers that operates as an official extension of the U.S. government.
The 10 Best Movie Trailers of the Last 10 Years

1 week ago | 929nin.com | Matt Singer

Trailers aren't built to last. They're advertisements; they're placeholders. Once the film they're designed to promote premieres, a trailer serve no further purpose. Why watch the trailer when you can watch the real thing? At that point, a trailer becomes a cinematic appendix; present but without a clearly designed purpose. Still, we live in a world where pretty much every trailer lives forever online, available whenever and wherever on YouTube.
Two Franchises, One Sequel

1 week ago | screencrush.com | Matt Singer

“Two branches, one tree.” That’s the mantra of the karate and kung fu masters in Karate Kid: Legends. They repeat the phrase ad nauseum, as if reciting it enough will eventually explain the combination of two totally distinct iterations of thisfranchise: The 1984 and 2010 Karate Kids. When the latter first opened in theaters 15 years ago, it was presented as a reboot. How else to explain it cribbing the first movie’s story beat for beat?