Book Reviews
BOOK REVIEW: A Trio of New Books Excavates Some Big Movies from the 1980s
Happily, there’s gold to be found on nearly every page of this engaging book.
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O Pioneers! These Picture Editors Led the Way for Women in Post-Production During the Golden Years of the Studio System
There was a small group of women who had exceptionally successful editing careers that started almost at the birth of cinema and continued for much of the 20th century.
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Just Kidding: A Generation Later, ‘Parenthood’ Still Brings It All Back Home
Though we GenXers might look back on our favorite ’80s films with some chagrin, “Parenthood” (1989) holds up.
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Book Review: How ‘The Exorcist’ Became THE Monster Horror Hit of the Early 1970s
The late filmmaker William Friedkin was fond of describing his 1973 horror masterpiece “The Exorcist” as being a meditation on “the mystery of faith.”
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Why Fox Nearly Pulled the Plug On the Original ‘Star Wars,’ the Biggest Space Epic of All Time
The lights came on… Shock. Silence. “Oh man, we’re just working on a schlock low-budget Roger Corman sci-fi,” we thought.
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Union Made: He Grew Up In Florida, But the Lure Of Filmmaking Drew This Colorist Back to California
By Doug Drake Although I grew up in the Florida Keys, I was born in San Diego at the Balboa […]
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Book Review: How Siskel & Ebert Became the Most Famous Movie Critics In America
Nostalgic fans of Siskel and Ebert may be the only readers to welcome all this detail.
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Out of Omaha: How a Childhood Movie Fascination Led to a Career
By Matt McFarland When I was g rowing up in Omaha, Nebraska, during the ’70s and ’80s, movies were […]
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‘So Glad You’re Here’: Sharing Mom’s Last Days with ‘The Incredibles’
It’s an all-time personal favorite. It was also the last movie I watched with my mom.
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BOOK REVIEW: A Deep Dive Into the Secret History of Espionage and Entertainment
By Betsy A. McLane Not all actors and writers are spies, but every spy has a bit of actor […]
