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From Marlowe To Rockford: A Progression To An Iconic Character

Introduction When I was a boy, my family moved to Los Angeles in 1972. Those were idyllic years. I loved living in Southern California. I...

WANNABE: ALL WASHED UP: A Roundtable Interview With The Mockumentary Makers

Introduction Hollywood loves comeback stories. Few, however, are quite as gloriously awkward or as hilariously self-inflicted as Wannabe: All Washed Up. Twenty years after Richard...

GAIL DAUGHTRY AND THE CELEBRITY SEX PASS Review: This Is What They Mean By A Crime Against Film

Introduction The concept of the celebrity sex pass was popularized on an episode of Friends. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, a celebrity...

ZOOTOPIA 2 Review: I’m A S-s-s-Snake

Introduction Here’s my biggest issue with the world in which Zootopia takes place. If all of the animals have evolved to higher intelligence and become...

Scholars’ Spotlight: Lon Chaney

Early Years Leonidas Frank Chaney was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on April Fool's Day in 1883. Both of Chaney's parents were deaf, and they...

THE PLANET OF THE APES (1968) – Or How I Went Bananas Over Movies!

Introduction October 1973 in Los Angeles, California, that’s the moment I truly fell in love with movies. I was nine years old, sitting in front...

THE THING WITH FEATHERS Takes to Wing

Introduction Dylan Southern’s The Thing with Feathers is an adaptation of Max Porter’s 2015 novel Grief is the Thing with Feathers, so now that you...

THE RUNNING MAN (2025) Review: That’s THIS Year!

Introduction The Running Man is one of the most appropriately timed movies I’ve ever seen, as my son is currently studying dystopian novels in his...