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James Bond In Space! The Making of MOONRAKER (1979)

Good Intentions When James Bond's The Spy Who Loved Me was released in July of 1977, the plan was for Eon Productions, which made the...

Director Adam Wingard Returns To His Horror Roots With ONSLAUGHT

Cinema Scholars reviews Adam Wingard's new sci-fi horror film Onslaught. The film stars Adria Arjona, Dan Stevens, Rebecca Hall, Reginald VelJohnson. A24 is releasing...

PLURIBUS: The Best Show On TV Is Coming Back For Season Two!

Introduction When Apple TV premiered Vince Gilligan’s Pluribus on November 7, 2025, the streamer suddenly had a new calling card. The nine-episode first season became...

DOCTOR WHO: THE MOVIE (1996): A 30 Year Reflection On The Doctor’s Attempted Revival

Introduction Thirty years ago, on May 14, 1996, a blue box materialized in a place it had rarely frequented: the gleaming, high-budget landscape of American...

SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959): A Critical Analysis

Introduction Some Like It Hot (1959) is a comedy film by famed director Billy Wilder, who also directed titles such as Double Indemnity (1944) and...

THE ADVENTURES OF CLIFF BOOTH: The Latest On QT and Fincher’s New Sequel!

Introduction The buzz around The Adventures of Cliff Booth is real. This standalone sequel to Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood (2019) brings back...

Scholars’ Spotlight: James Coburn

Early Years James Harrison Coburn III was born on August 31, 1928, in the sparsely populated town of Laurel, Nebraska. When his father's Ford dealership...

The Astonishing Life and Tragic Death of Carole Landis

Early Years Frances Lillian Mary Ridste was born in Fairchild. Wisconsin on New Year's Day in 1919. Shortly after her birth, her father, a railroad...