Sean Mattie and I have been discussing, via email, the current fiscal/narrative conservatism that Hollywood seems to be exhibiting of late. ...

John Wayne didn't receive formal accolades for his acting ability until his 1970 performance as Marshall Reuben J. "Rooster" C...

In the mid-90s, my roommate Rich Berman introduced me to a number of wonderful geek entertainments I might otherwise have overlooked. It is...

I am a great admirer of Anne Thompson and find the majority of her coverage of Hollywood to be insightful, and to be honest "must readi...

As mentioned in a prior post, Anne Thompson commented recently, in a post about changes in the number of films the Academy will review for B...

On the 24th of June, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that Academy members would vote for Best Picture from a sele...

This is why we shouldn't judge movies we have never seen. Even if we've "seen little bits." Star Wars: Retold (by someone...

In yesterday's discussion of the origin of the Cinerati blog, it was mentioned that the first post contained "an attack on filmic c...