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‘The Creator’ — big spectacle on a modest budget

by TYLER WILSON/Coeur Voice Contributor
| October 7, 2023 1:00 AM

With mega-budgets stalling the success of blockbusters like “Indiana Jones” and “Mission: Impossible” this year, a Congressional hearing might be necessary for writer/director Gareth Edwards to explain how he made his new sci-fi epic “The Creator” on a fraction of the budget of other, uglier movies.

Working on a budget of $80 million, “The Creator” looks like it cost three times that much...