Top Five Things in the Musical Grease that are Really Bad Now but Were just Good Fun back Then
Grease: Great musical film, or greatest musical? OK, maybe there are better ones, but there was nothing better for a 1970s tween. And it’s still just as fun to watch today. But… Read More
Top Five Recent Movies Featuring Allegories of the Class System
Hollywood, a world defined by high-finance ventures, vulgarly luxurious lifestyles, ferocious competition, and cynical demographic pandering, is also the source of much fuss about social injustice. Wealthy producers pat themselves on the… Read More
Favorite Movies of the Top Five Presidential Candidates
Enjoy this one now. Someone's bound to drop out soon!… Read More
“Little Naomi: The Great Gatsby (Baz Luhrmann)” by Susan de Sola
Susan de Sola is an American poet living in Amsterdam. Her poems have appeared in The Hudson Review, The Hopkins Review, Ambit, River Styx, and many other venues. She holds a… Read More
Top Five Differences Between the Book and Film 12 Years a Slave
Whenever I see a film that has been adapted from a non-fiction book, I become curious to see how things have changed in the process, if it's a faithful adaptation or if… Read More