In the mediocre yet fun James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever, series archvillain Ernst Stavro Blofeld auctions a laser weapon…
The best movie made about Hollywood is The Bad and the Beautiful. Vincente Minnelli’s 1952 classic depicts the passion of…
Until the other day, I was unfamiliar with the work of Rob Tregenza, a Kansas-born, UCLA-educated filmmaker who has written,…
In the second act of “Waiting for Godot” Vladimir and Estragon have it out in an insult contest. They go…
In the early Sixties, the left side had human credibility. They seemed authentic, concerned about ordinary people, the sovereigns of…
Charles Dickens’s landmark publication A Christmas Carol (1843), the story of Ebenezer Scrooge the miserly misanthrope who is transformed by…
Gladiator II (2024) is the next installment in failed historical fiction, disappointingly delivered by the director who once brought us…
For ten years, half of them in this magazine, I have rung the death knell for Hollywoke. Earlier this month,…
Every year the number of Christmas movies increases. One-hundred and nine new movies were produced for the 2024 season, with…
