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ROCKY (1976): Still The Champ Fifty Years Later

Introduction Fifty years have passed since a modest, low-budget film about a down-and-out Philadelphia club fighter first flickered across screens. Rocky, released in 1976, remains...

SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY Review: The Heart Of Spider-Man

Introduction Spider-Man has been the everyman of the Marvel Universe since his first appearance in Amazing Fantasy #15 in 1962. The Fantastic Four may be...

Scholars’ Spotlight: Paul Thomas Anderson

Introduction Since his first feature hit theaters in 1996, Paul Thomas Anderson has built a body of work that stands apart from most of what...

James Bond on Horseback: The Making of THE WILD WILD WEST (1965-69)

Two of the most popular genres in television in the mid-1960s were spies and Westerns. So it made perfect sense to combine the pair...

A Dress For Flying: The Glamour And Tragedy Of Marilyn Monroe

Introduction Dr. Marcus Morris, a practicing clinical psychologist in the UK, writes a Substack blog about the psychology of celebrity and stardom. He uses the...

COBWEB: An Interview With The Director And Star Of The New Horror/Thriller

Cinema Scholars interviews the director and star of Cobweb, Samuel Bodin and Woody Norman. Cobweb will be in theaters on July 21. Introduction By their very...