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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...

FANTASTIC FEST 2025: Highlights From The World’s Largest Genre Festival

Cinema Scholars highlights some of our favorite films from Fantastic Fest 2025. The week-long film festival takes place annually at the flagship Alamo Drafthouse...

JOLT (2021) – A Cinema Scholars Review of Beckinsales’ Latest

Introduction Despite the seemingly endless array of action/thriller titles that have filled marquees for decades, most of these films can generally be broken down into...

JOE BELL (2021) – A Review Of The New Mark Wahlberg Drama

Introduction Hindsight can be a double-edged sword. On one side, knowledge gained from life events teaches people how to make better decisions going forward. On...

Richard Pryor And Gene Wilder: An Illusion Of Friendship

Introduction From the mid-1970s through the 1980s, Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor teamed up four times (Silver Streak (1976), Stir Crazy (1980), See No Evil,...

The Beverly Hills Hotel: Hideaway to the Stars

The Beverly Hills Hotel is a legendary locale with a long history of Hollywood glitz and glamor.  A kaleidoscope where celebrities mesh into a...