The joy of blockbusters.

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• Slate's Summer Movies Issue III It's a sequel, but we promise it's good.
  July 6, 2009
  
• Best Weekend Never Why journalists don't account for inflation when they report box office records.
  Zachary Pincus-Roth July 6, 2009
  
• Let's Go See a Movie in the Park! I've got a better idea: Let's not.
  Juliet Lapidos July 6, 2009
  
• That Was Awesome What stuntmen think are the best stunt films of all time.
  Kevin Conley July 6, 2009
  
• The King of All Formulas The incredible true story of the man who invented the Hollywood schlock machine.
  Paul Collins July 6, 2009
  
• The Blockbusters of China Chinese people watch good movies in which people shoot one another with crossbows, not the miserable art-house fare that gets exported.
  Grady Hendrix July 6, 2009