Confederates in Hollywood
It would not surprise me to learn that John Wayne played more Confederate veterans in…
Disney Byways: Americana
1958 was an interesting year for Disney. In addition to last week’s Native American Double…
No Worst List
I’ve written before on why I don’t do a Best of the Year list. That…
Hollywood Reunions of 1997
In 1995, the graduating class of Blair High School in Pasadena, California, voted me Most…
The Monster Inside Us
When I took the AP English exam in 1995, one of the essay questions was…
How to Clip Show
As long as there will be a need to fill a time slot in the…
This Is Not the Populism You’re Looking For
Someone once tried to convince me that the IMDb Top 250 could not be an…
The Academy and Mr. Spielberg
When I initially heard about The Post, my reaction was to wonder how the Academy…
The Meryl Streep Thing
It’s been a while since I’ve written one of my lengthy explanations of why I…
More Than a Mummy
A friend of mine recently took his kid to his first stage show. It was…