Some stories are retold over and over in new renditions. Romeo and Juliet, set in New York City with gangs,…
Quentin Tarantino just became the most reactionary major filmmaker this side of Clint Eastwood. His latest film, Once Upon a…
We hear a lot of talk these days about privilege. Privilege is the idea that some social advantage is available…
Tinsel Town is worried about American jingoism. In First Man, a 2018 movie about Neil Armstrong, the first man to…
I was a politics junkie. Always watching cable news, clicking on political websites, listening to talk radio. The operative word…
What would Walt Disney say? On July 17, 1955, actor Ronald Reagan co-hosted an ABC special celebrating the opening of…
In my struggling screenwriter days, I lived on Venice Beach, in the Morrison Apartments (named after the pre-Doors rocker who…
Hollywood used to confine its hostility toward traditional American values to the screen. It took a hard left turn half…
Hollywood wants female empowerment tales, especially those based on a true story — all except the perfect one. Here’s the…
