Hollywood

Evolving Beauty Standards: How Cinema Reflects and Shapes Body Image Over Decades
Evolving Beauty Standards: How Cinema Reflects and Shapes Body Image Over Decades

Beauty has been the focus of the film industry since the early 20th century. We take a look at how its changed through film over time.

The Success of BARBIE And What Hollywood Should Learn From It
The Success of BARBIE And What Hollywood Should Learn From It

It’s been a long time since the world has seen a box office phenomenon quite like Barbie! Lets take a deeper look at what this might mean.

STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie Reflects On An Icon Still On The Move
STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie Reflects On An Icon Still On The Move

If “Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie” shows us anything, it’s the extinguishable spirit that has kept Michael J. Fox going for decades.

BABYLON: A Hardcore Hallucinatory Hollywood Epic
BABYLON: A Hardcore Hallucinatory Hollywood Epic

An irresistible experience loaded with vulgarity, passion, and energy, Babylon is one big party of an intoxicating cinema explosion.

HOLLYWOOD Miniseries: Style & Some Substance In Slick Netflix Drama
HOLLYWOOD Miniseries: Style & Some Substance In Slick Netflix Drama

With the talent involved and the potential of its revisionist take on Golden Age Hollywood, Netflix’s Hollywood provides minor thrills where it promised major dramatic power.

THE KOMINSKY METHOD Season 2: Finding Solace In An Existentialist Comedy
THE KOMINSKY METHOD Season 2: Finding Solace In An Existentialist Comedy

Thanks to its talented and charismatic leads, The Kaminsky Method overcomes any lack of forward narrative momentum.

ROCKING THE COUCH: An Exposé On Hollywood’s History Of Sexual Assault
ROCKING THE COUCH: An Exposé On Hollywood’s History Of Sexual Assault

Rocking the Couch charts 100 years of abuse claims in the film industry, asking how far Hollywood has come since the silent era.

A STAR IS BORN (1937): The Origin of A Star is Born
A STAR IS BORN (1937): The Birth Of A Star

The original A Star is Born remains a triumph, a powerful romance and an engaging look at the Hollywood of the era.

STAN & OLLIE: A Dignified Ode To Hollywood’s Favourite Block-Heads

For all its superficiality, there’s a warmth to Coogan and Reilly’s central partnership in Stan & Ollie that – all stiltedness noted – deserves the faint smile it leaves you with.

SCOTTY AND THE SECRET HISTORY OF HOLLYWOOD: A Story Equal Parts Salacious & Sweet
SCOTTY AND THE SECRET HISTORY OF HOLLYWOOD: A Story Equal Parts Salacious & Sweet

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood is a delightful look behind the curtain at a side of Hollywood kept so long in the dark.

Hypocritical Hollywood: Mixed Signals In The War Against Sexual Harassment And Abuse
Hypocritical Hollywood: Mixed Signals In The War Against Sexual Harassment And Abuse

It’s a tough time in Hollywood for the male elite at the minute, as their history of heinous behaviour towards women gradually becomes common knowledge.

THE DISASTER ARTIST: Almost as Fun as THE ROOM Itself
THE DISASTER ARTIST: Almost as Fun as THE ROOM Itself

The Disaster Artist is a painstakingly recreated and, above all, entertaining film about the making of Tommy Wiseau’s cult classic The Room.

Curbing The Hollywood Male Tradition (Listen To Women)
Curbing The Hollywood Male Tradition (Listen To Women)

In this in-depth analysis of the revelations of abuse of women in Hollywood, we consider how we got here, and what we can do.

The Films Are Alright: In Defense of Franchise Filmmaking
The Films Are Alright: In Defense of Franchise Filmmaking

Franchise filmmaking is, in contrast to what journalists have been saying, far from a destroyer of movies as we know it: here’s why.

WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?: The Movie That Made Bette Davis & Joan Crawford Lifelong Foes

Joan Crawford & Bette Davis’ feud is one of classic Hollywood legend; we look at What Ever Happened To Baby Jane and how they became rivals.