Defiant Success

When the lives of actors get the spotlight within fiction, what's shown has said actors trying to grapple with their personal demons b...

Many times in an actor's career, they yearn for a change of pace. The comedic actor wants to do drama. The star of countless blockbust...

Yesterday I wrote about a film that won a few Oscars, today (on the day of the Oscar ceremony, no less) I write about a director who neve...

Ah, it's that wonderful and slightly annoying time of year for moviegoers: awards season! Thankfully there are some perks to this, an...

As Stanley Kubrick had proven time and time again, he was an absolute perfectionist. With the exceptions of Peter Sellers and R. Lee Ermey...

There's something different about musicals from Hollywood's Golden Age than the select few we get nowadays. Maybe it's the cha...

Christina Wehner of her self-titled blog and Ruth of Silver Screenings  have teamed up to discuss the scientists of the silver screen . ...

If history has taught us anything, it's that you were in trouble if you weren't straight, white or male. Homophobia, racism and se...

Ah, the escapist fare of the 1940s. It didn't matter if the plot was wafer thin or racist by today's standards. All that matter wa...

To commemorate Black History Month, Wendell over at Dell on Movies is hosting a blogathon focusing on, well, black actors. Admittedly, ...