Son of Rambow is the most exhilarating, heart-wrenching, and surprising little movie I've watched in a long time, and I don't think that's only because it's about me. It beautifully illustrates the po…
I loved watching Inside Daisy Clover with my mom when I was little, but the only part that really stuck with me was Daisy (Natalie Wood) sticking her head in the oven. In fact, it came as a slight sho…
I've always insisted that Top Gun is a character-driven movie, or perhaps even a soundtrack-driven movie, but that may have a lot to do with the fact that, after countless viewings, I have a fairly li…
If you go to write a screenplay these days, there's no shortage of books to tell you exactly how it's done. Formula seems to be the key to success, and it's generally implied that if you deviate…
You might not think of Troma films as the classiest fare on the market, but the reality is that this studio and its motley crew of films (think The Toxic Avenger and Poultrygeist) has made a lot of mo…
Probably just about everyone who loves television or movies has toyed with the idea of working in Hollywood. For the most part, those dreams tend to be of the pipe variety as we aim ridiculously…
You've probably never heard of Adah Isaacs Menken, but this pioneering free spirit could be considered America's first true Superstar (with a capital "S"). By fearlessly defying convention, Menk…
