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‘The Gamechangers’ Changes Nothing But the Actual Events

Constructed from court documents and interviews with unnamed persons, the BBC’s new factual drama, The Gamechangers professes to go behind … More

Film, Online Reviews, PopMatters, Sep 2015, Television

‘The Scandalous Lady W’ Is Scandalously Derivative of Better Dramas

Figuratively speaking, I imagine that somewhere in the underground vaults of the BBC there must have been a creative team … More

Film, Online Reviews, PopMatters, Sep 2015, Television

Jane Austen: A Grand Tour of Pemberley

In Pride and Prejudice, Mr. Bingley pointedly informs his sister, Caroline: ‘I should think it more possible to get Pemberley … More

Fan Phenomena, Film, March 2015, Print Essays, Television

Critique: ‘The Hunt for Red October’ (1990)

Between 1989, when The Hunt for Red October was produced, and 1990, when the film was released, the Cold War … More

Directory of World Cinema, Directory of World Cinema: American Hollywood 2, Film, Print Reviews

Critique: ‘The Mighty Ducks’ (1992)

The Mighty Ducks is the first film in a series that spans three live-action films and a corresponding spin-off animated … More

Directory of World Cinema, Directory of World Cinema: American Hollywood 2, Film, Print Reviews

Critique: ‘Jerry Maguire’ (1996)

There appears to be an unwritten rule in Hollywood that if you are a movie star, then you must act … More

Directory of World Cinema, Directory of World Cinema: American Hollywood 2, Film, Print Reviews

Critique: ‘Doom’ (2005)

Hollywood films adapted from video games tend to have one thing in common: the production teams for the film frequently … More

Directory of World Cinema, Directory of World Cinema: American Hollywood 2, Film, Print Reviews

Hollywood Genres: Thrillers

In the opening of his 1936 article, ‘Why Thrillers Thrive’, Alfred Hitchcock wrote: Why do we go to the pictures? … More

Directory of World Cinema, Directory of World Cinema: American Hollywood 2, Film, Jan 2015, Print Essays

Scene Location: ‘Havana’ (1990)

Sydney Pollack and Robert Redford argued at length with the US State Department about gaining permission to bypass their embargo … More

Film, March 2014, Print Articles, World Film Locations, World Film Locations Havana

Scene Location: ‘Our Man in Havana’ (1959)

Filmed by a British company just after the communist victory of 1959, Our Man presents the last days of the capitalist … More

Film, March 2014, Print Articles, World Film Locations, World Film Locations Havana

Scene Location: ‘Weekend in Havana’ (1941)

As with most travelogue musicals and holiday romances to emerge from the Classic Hollywood system, Weekend in Havana was shot predominately … More

Film, March 2014, Print Articles, World Film Locations, World Film Locations Havana

Scene Location: ‘Havana Widows’ (1933)

Havana Widows is a classic pre-code comedy ‘sex film’ from the Hollywood studio system, where the titillation of the story … More

Film, March 2014, Print Articles, World Film Locations, World Film Locations Havana

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