There's no denying that Ayn Rand and her Objectivist philosophy of "rational self-interest" have gone a long way toward shaping our culture and politics, for better or for worse. But as we learned with Atlas Shrugged Part I, even fame and influence have their limits. The movie landed on the market with a dull thud,…
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Remember when producer John Aglialoro had only four weeks to put a film based on Ayn Rand's novel Atlas Shrugged into production? He had owned the option for years, and if he didn't get a film moving by summer 2010 he was going to lose it. Aglialoro had one director hired, Stephen Polk, and a…
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Mark Steven Johnson explains why Ghost Rider sucks so bad: "It was a hard R and bleak in my opinion, Johnson says of David Goyer's early script. "But then the studio says to you, 'I'm going to let you make your movie, your vision, but you've got to make sure it's a PG-13. We've got…
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