Hasta La Creative!

The musical biography film has faltered in recent years, but that did not stop John Ridley from making “All Is by My Side,” about a pivotal juncture in the career of Jimi Hendrix.

After a series of big-budget bombs at the box office, Hollywood could learn a thing or two from economists.

The online ticket seller bought the company that runs Hollywood Movie Money, which helps studios promote DVD and Blu-ray releases with free tickets.

Of 101 films released by the six major studios in 2012, Glaad said only 14 of them contained characters that were identified as lesbian, gay or bisexual, and none that were were transgender.

In general, audiences in North America are drifting back to conventional theaters, despite exhibitors’ aggressive push to 3-D.

A look at the box-office return on investment among films of the last decade, sorted by M.P.A.A. rating.

Walt Disney Studios got more thumbs up than down from the crowd as it previewed projects like “Maleficent” and “Frozen,” the latter a likely Oscar contender.

While working on a resolution, the China Film Group has held up payments to American studios for the distribution in China of blockbusters like “Skyfall.”

Tom Rothman, previously the chairman and chief executive of Fox Filmed Entertainment, will head a venture at Sony that expects to make four films a year.

If blockbusters are your thing, settle in for this mega-epic mashup from trailer editor Vadzim Khudabets, featuring the most explosive, awe-inspiring and just plain cheesy moments from 99 different movie trailers. Check out a full list of the movies after the jump, and see the chronological edit on Khudabets's site. Via Adverve.

Featured movies:
300
300: Rise of an Empire
2012
10,000 BC
A Good Day to Die Hard
After Earth
The Amazing Spider-Man
Angels & Demons
Armageddon
Avatar
The Avengers
Batman Begins
Battleship
Broken Hill
Bunraku
Captain America: The First Avenger
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Clash of the Titans
Cloud Atlas
The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight Rises
The Divide
Dragonball Evolution
Dredd
Elysium
Ender's Game
Eragon
Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Fast & Furious
The Forbidden Kingdom
The Fountain
Getaway
Ghost Rider
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
The Golden Compass
Gravity
Green Lantern
Green Zone
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Hitman
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
I Am Legend
I Am Number Four
The Incredible Hulk
Inkheart
Jack the Giant Slayer
John Carter
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Knowing
The Last Airbender
Legion
Live Free or Die Hard
The Lone Ranger
The Lord of the Rings
The Lovely Bones
Man of Steel
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
The New World
Next
The Nutcracker
Oblivion
Pacific Rim
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Priest
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Real Steel
Resident Evil: Afterlife
Resident Evil: Extinction
Resident Evil: Retribution
The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising
Skyline
Solomon Kane
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Star Trek
Star Trek Into Darkness
Sucker Punch
Sunshine
Super 8
Takers
Terminator Salvation
Thor
Thor: The Dark World
To the Wonder
Trance
Transformers
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
The Tree of Life
TRON: Legacy
Underworld: Awakening
Upside Down
Watchmen
World War Z
Wrath of the Titans
X-Men Origins: Wolverine