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...

The Hollywood Ghosts of Roxbury Drive

Introduction Roxbury Dr., which is located in Beverly Hills, was the home to many of the biggest stars in Hollywood during its Golden Age. A...

Scholars’ Spotlight: Terry Jones

Introduction Terrence Graham Parry Jones, aka Terry Jones, died at the age of 77 on January 21, 2020. This was after a long battle with...

GOLDENEYE: The Savior Of The Bond Franchise

Introduction 1989's License to Kill was not a bad movie. Like all Bond movies, it did well at the box office, grossing $160 million on...

Dean, Elvis And The 1970s Luxury Car Of The Stars

Introduction The Stutz Blackhawk was the luxury car of the elite of the entertainment industry in the 1970s and 80s. It was, for all intents and...

SHAUN OF THE DEAD (2004): A Cinema Scholars Review

Introduction Film audiences have always loved a little humor mixed in with their terror. Straightforward horror rules the genre. However, when a filmmaker strikes that...