You can’t, as they say, argue with success, and there’s no doubt that J. K. Rowling’s success has been phenomenal. She is now a very rich woman and that’s before she has finished the series. Not only has her boy hero made her rich, he has also given her the chance to tell the BBC […]
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MJ Robinson: The Blair Witch Project: An Allegory
The Blair Witch Project marks a watershed moment in cyber-hype. In the same way that Jaws revolutionized distribution by blasting into saturation bookings in 1975, this “little” film redefined “synergy” by synthesizing film, video and the Internet. Movie websites can no longer contain merely interviews with the cast and crew and hotlinks to Blockbuster. In […]
Steve Fellner: Inspiration
No movie biography has disturbed me more than Ed Harris’ Pollock. My dislike for the movie centers around one key scene: the moment Jackson Pollock finds his Inspiration. It’s the scene that attempts to show Pollock’s discovery of his Action paintings. The Big Moment of Discovery. This is the Moment: Pollock is doing one of […]
Marion Wrenn: Editor’s Introduction
I. In the days after the tragedies of 9/11, some of us sought refuge in movie theaters. In fact, one theater in the frozen section of lower Manhattan opened its doors to shell-shocked patrons and offered free soda and popcorn and movies. God bless a film like Rat Race in days like these. But as […]