Colin Maccabe

Want Hollywood’s conventional wisdom? Then read Blockbusters

A review of Blockbusters, by Anita Elberse. If this is what they teach you at Harvard Business School, it's no wonder the most successful CEOs didn't go there

Henry Cavill starred in last year’s American blockbuster Man of Steel, based on the DC Comic hero, Superman [Getty Images/Shutterstock/iStock/Alamy]
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  • Blockbusters: Why Big Hits — and Big Risks — Are the Future of the Entertainment Business

    Anita Elberse

    Faber, pp. 320

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