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Category: Film

Taoism, Shintoism, and the Ethics of Technology: An Ecocritical Review of ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’

Building on the continuing tropes that director Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli often reflect upon in the cores of their … More

Co-written, Film, Journal, Online Essays, Resilience Journal, Sep 2015

‘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

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