Articles

LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE: Pushing The Yellow Bus 20 Years Later

Introduction It’s hard to overstate the enormous impact that Little Miss Sunshine had when the film debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in 2006. It...

THE END OF OAK STREET Review: A Summer Movie From Another Time

Introduction From the moment the soundtrack starts in David Robert Mitchell’s The End of Oak Street, I felt a certain sense of nostalgia. This movie...

QUENTIN TARANTINO: What’s Next For One Of Hollywood’s Greatest Directors?

Introduction Almost 35 years into his career, Quentin Tarantino remains one of the most distinctive and influential filmmakers of the modern era. Emerging from the...

Scholars’ Spotlight: Yvonne Craig

Yvonne Joyce Craig was born in Taylorville, Illinois, on May 16, 1937. She spent most of her adolescence living in Columbus, Ohio, but in...

WORTH: A Review of the 9/11 Legal Drama

Cinema Scholars proudly presents a review of the 9/11 legal drama film Worth. Directed by Sara Colangelo and starring Michael Keaton, Amy Ryan and...

LOST: A Reopening Of The Eye – Part I

Introduction LOST. Just seeing those four bold letters elicits a reaction. It's been eleven years since the final episode of the iconic ABC television show...

Lana Turner and the Murdered Mobster

An Ending And A Beginning In 1957 Hollywood star and sex symbol, Lana Turner had just split from her 4th husband Lex Barker. The split...

MARTYR’S LANE: A Review Of The New Ghostly Feature

Director Ruth Platt gives us a slow burn supernatural drama in Martyr’s Lane. The film contains some fantastic performances by young actresses, Sienna Sayer...