To watch "John Carter" is to wonder where one might find the intuitive sense of wonderment and awe director Andrew Stanton brought to "Finding Nemo" and "Wall-E." Earth to Edgar Rice Burroughs buffs: ...

Disney's John Carter had a huge budget and classic source material. Its title, trailers, and marketing helped turn a promising sci-fi epic into a flop.

One hundred years later, John Carter of Mars and Tarzan of the Apes are still adventuring, thanks to the fertile imagination of their creator, author Edgar Rice Burroughs. Both were created in 1912, ...

While watching "John Carter," the big-budget film based on classic stories of a 19th-century Earth man transplanted to Mars, I couldn't help but think about the recent marketing for the film.