Joe GeorgeJohn Cusack has enjoyed a career that any performer would envy. It’s not just his longevity but also the range of parts he’s played. From his…
Joe GeorgeEvery year, the Academy Awards recognize the best cinema has to offer. Well, they’re supposed to do that, but oftentimes, that doesn’t always happen. Oscar voters…
Joe GeorgeAlan Smithee. The scariest name in Hollywood. Those looking up Alan Smithee’s name on the internet will be impressed by the twenty-plus movies credited to him,…
Joe GeorgeSuperheroes took over pop culture in the 2000s thanks to 2002’s Spider-Man, and then The Dark Knight and Iron Man in 2008, which brought the Marvel…
Joe GeorgeSince its debut in 1966, Star Trek has given pop culture some of the greatest aliens of all time. Vulcans, Klingons, and the Borg appeal to…
Joe GeorgeNo matter how complicated they get, most movies break down into a very basic conflict: the good guy fights the bad guy until the good guy…
Joe GeorgeEver since the days of Donna Reed and Dobie Gillis, television has had a fascination with adolescents. But to people of a certain age, teen TV…
Joe GeorgeEverybody knows that the movies are made up, right? They exist to entertain and provoke, not to be realistic. Be that as it may, a surprising…
Joe GeorgeThe Third Coast. The Windy City. Sure, when people think of big cities in the movies, Los Angeles or New York leap to mind, if not…
Joe GeorgeCall him Larry Fishburne, call him Laurence Fishburne III. By any name, Laurence Fishburne remains one of the most exciting and powerful screen presences of his…