By Scott Kirwin – Cross posted at TheRazor I’ll admit I used to be a Trekkie. I grew up watching reruns of Star Trek and had a Starship Enterprise model hanging from my bedroom ceiling. When the movies came out I saw them in the theater. When Star Trek Next [Read More]
By: Mike McDaniel Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) Director: James Gunn Writers: James Gunn, Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning Cast: Chris Pratt: Peter Quill/Starlord Zoe Saldana: Gamora Dave Bautista: Drax Vin Diesel: Voice of Baby Groot Bradley Cooper: Voice of Rocket Michael Rooker: Yondu Karen Gillan: Nebula Pom [Read More]
‘Wonder Woman’ is the epic story of a man, a woman, a dog and a piano. Okay, you can forget the part about the dog and the piano. I wrote that before I saw the movie. I’m going to try to do this without any spoilers, but let me start [Read More]
Not the North Atlantic Treaty Organization although there’s some doubt about whether there’s a future for that, either. The other NATO. The National Association of Theater Owners. Movie theaters are having a bad time. Here’s what happened at their most recent convention as reported at The Verge: Studio after studio [Read More]
By Scott Kirwin In the early 1980s I attended a Jesuit-run high school, and in my junior year was assigned the book “A Clockwork Orange” by Anthony Burgess. After reading the book I saw the movie, directed by Stanley Kubrick in 1971 starring Malcolm McDowell in a role I would [Read More]
I will attempt to do this with as few spoilers as possible, but for those of you who expect some glimpse of nudity in your R rated movies, the only bit comes in a bit of a false start, where the movie seems to begin, but we see Ryan Reynolds [Read More]
by Robert J. Avrech During Hollywood’s Golden Age, the studios, through newspapers, fan magazines, and trade publications, published photos of their stars celebrating Christmas. In this way, Hollywood—though founded by poor immigrant Jews—assured its vast audience that the motion picture industry was in harmony with Christian America. My wife and [Read More]
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) Director: Gareth Edwards Written by: Chris Weitz and Tony Gilroy (story and screenplay), John Knoll and Gary Whitta (story), based on characters created by George Lucas Felicity Jones: Jyn Erso Mads Mikkelson: Galen Erso Diego Luna: Cassian Andor Alan Tudyk (voice only): K-2SO Donnie Yen: Chirrut Imwe Forest Whitaker: Saw Gerrera [Read More]
By: Mike McDaniel Doctor Strange (2016) Director: Scott Derrickson Writers: John Spaihts, Scott Derrickson, C. Robert Cargill Based on the Marvel Comics by Steve Ditko Benedict Cumberbatch: Dr. Stephen Strange Chiwetel Ehiofor: Mordo Rachel Adams: Dr. Christine Palmer Benedict Wong: Wong Tilda Swinton: The Ancient One Benjamin Bratt: Jonathan Pangborn Mads Mikkelsen: Kaecilius Here’s the brief Marvel Bio on Dr. Strange: To [Read More]
by Robert J. Avrech Zero Motivation, (2014) Israel. Zohar (Dana Ivgy) and Daffi (Nelly Tagar) are two young Israeli soldiers serving on a remote army base. Stuck in the Human Resources Division, the girls are bored pencil-pushers who spend their days playing video games, singing pop songs, flirting with handsome [Read More]
A review of that rare combination, a compelling film about an American hero. [Read More]
In her disarmingly modest, and revealing autobiography, On the Other Hand, film actress Fay Wray (September 15, 1907–August 8, 2004), best known for her role as Ann Darrow in the classic film King Kong, unveils her life in a lovely, impressionist style that is at the same time sharply focused. [Read More]
by Robert J. Avrech In her modest, jewel of an autobiography, On the Other Hand, film actress Fay Wray (September 15, 1907–August 8, 2004), best known for her role as Ann Darrow in the classic film King Kong, unveils the confusing threads of her life in Hollywood in a lovely, [Read More]
by Robert J. Avrech Actress Fay Wray achieved screen immortality as Ann Darrow, the girl in King Kong’s paw, the beauty who tamed the raging beast. For most of us growing up after Hollywood’s Golden Age, Fay Wray (b. Vina Fay Wray; September 15, 1907 – August 8, 2004) was [Read More]
by Robert J. Avrech Between 1919 and 1921, Gloria Swanson starred in a series of wildly popular films for director Cecile B. De Mille in which the iconography of Hollywood glamour was formally codified. The titles of these films carry the whiff of scandal and decadence: Don’t Change Your Husband [Read More]
by Robert J. Avrech Part I can be found here. We continue our analysis of The Battle of Algiers, one of the most influential propaganda films of the 20th century. We rely on Alistair Horne’s, Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962 , the most thorough and accurate history of that war yet [Read More]
by Robert J. Avrech Movies are the most powerful tools of social and political propaganda the world has ever known. Consider: America wins wars only when Hollywood supports the conflict and puts itself squarely behind America’s efforts. During World War II, every studio in Hollywood backed the Allied effort against [Read More]
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