Are the Academy Awards dying?
The 98th Annual Academy Awards have come and gone, and the only issue in dispute is whether the movie industry’s [...]
Film: “Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere”
Dramatizing the life of famous musicians has become a Hollywood staple. Biopics about Ray Charles (2004), Freddie Mercury (2018), Elton [...]
Why Minnesota?
The unspoken question lurking beneath the raging conflict over ICE in Minnesota is this: Why here and not somewhere else? [...]
Film: “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple”
The movie “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple” is supposed to be a sequel to “28 Years Later,” the third [...]
Film: Sydney Sweeney as “Christy” (2025)
Twenty-eight-year-old Sydney Sweeney is fast becoming one of Hollywood’s “hottest” celebrities. Her sometime co-star Zendaya is considered more exotic and [...]
The ethics of CRISPR 2.0 use in the deaf
There’s an age-old ethical proposition: Just because you can do something, it doesn’t mean that you should. This age-old proposition [...]
The best Christmas classics (and some campiness) on film
Christmas is right around the corner! And what better way to get into the spirit of the yuletide season than [...]
Film: “John Candy: I Like Me”
Hollywood actor John Candy wasn’t a leading man, much less a major film star, but when he died prematurely at [...]
Film: “28 Years Later”
Films and TV series about zombies are all the rage these days. The extraordinary success of the cable series “The [...]
American mercenary: Eugene Hasenfus
Some Americans who volunteer to fight in foreign wars are remembered as heroes. Many others are lucky to be remembered [...]
Spike Lee and the limits of homage
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. But imitation doesn’t always live up to the standard set by the original [...]
Our beloved Marilyn
Conspiracy theories are a dime a dozen and in the light of day rarely withstand serious scrutiny. But when the [...]