Hollywood

At the end of the day, 'Hollywood' doesn't care about telling a compelling story about interesting people, but is intent on demonstrating the importance of representation in media

Quentin Tarantino doesn’t recreate the end of the Flower Power era in “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood.”

He straps you into Doc Brown’s DeLorean and wakes you...

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“Welcome to the Jungle. Watch it bring you to your knees.”

It is fashionable to the point of cliché to liken someone’s downfall to Greek tragedy. But in...

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[1]Bruce Rux

Hollywood vs. the Aliens: The Motion Picture Industry’s Participation in UFO Disinformation [2]

Berkeley, Cal.: Frog Limited, 1997

“Not only is there...

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House of Strangers (1949)

Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Written by Philip Yordan (screenplay), Joseph L. Mankiewicz (rewrite, uncredited), & Jerome Weidman (novel)

Starring...

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Legendary Hollywood scandal magazine Confidential existed for only six years (1952–1958) before it was destroyed. But during that brief span it shook the mainstays of Jewish...

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[1]Editor’s Note:

This essay was written in 2000 and published online at a long-defunct website. It contains some good ideas and good writing, so I believe it deserves to live...

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Point of Terror [2] (1973); 88 min. Director: Alex Nicol; Writers: Peter Carpenter (story), Ernest A. Charles (screenplay); Stars: Peter Carpenter, Dyanne Thorne, Lory...

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Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans [2] (2015)

Directors: Gabriel Clarke, John McKenna

Stars: Steve McQueen, Chad McQueen, Neile Adams, John Sturges, Alan Trustman, Lee...