Blockbuster by Tom Shone (2004)

Subtitled How Hollywood Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Summer.  Written by a dry and witty Brit, this book is a response to Peter Biskind's Easy Riders, Raging Bulls and how he claimed the movie industry was ruined by the big blockbuster films. Shone takes a chronological look at the blockbuster and makes the point that maybe there's nothing wrong with fun, popular movies.