In Pride and Prejudice, Mr. Bingley pointedly informs his sister, Caroline: ‘I should think it more possible to get Pemberley…
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…
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…
Critique: ‘Jerry Maguire’ (1996)
There appears to be an unwritten rule in Hollywood that if you are a movie star, then you must act…
Critique: ‘Doom’ (2005)
Hollywood films adapted from video games tend to have one thing in common: the production teams for the film frequently…
Hollywood Genres: Thrillers
In the opening of his 1936 article, ‘Why Thrillers Thrive’, Alfred Hitchcock wrote: Why do we go to the pictures?…
Scene Location: ‘Havana’ (1990)
Sydney Pollack and Robert Redford argued at length with the US State Department about gaining permission to bypass their embargo…
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…
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…
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…
Scene Location: ‘Wreck of the Battleship “Maine” and Morro Castle, Havana Harbor’ (1898)
Due to the rising commercial demand for dramatic content in the new medium of film, William Paley was commissioned in…
Scene Location: ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding’ (2002)
My Big Fat Greek Wedding explores Greek American culture, and is set in Chicago, where the film was partly…
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