Building on the continuing tropes that director Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli often reflect upon in the cores of their … More
Category: Film
‘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
‘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
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
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
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
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
Critique: ‘Doom’ (2005)
Hollywood films adapted from video games tend to have one thing in common: the production teams for the film frequently … More
Hollywood Genres: Thrillers
In the opening of his 1936 article, ‘Why Thrillers Thrive’, Alfred Hitchcock wrote: Why do we go to the pictures? … More
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
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
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