Stephen Macaulay, Author at Book and Film Globe

Labor Day

Labor Movies For Labor Day

September 4, 2023September 4, 2023 Stephen Macaulay 0 Comments Al Pacino, Blue Collar, Danny DeVito, Harvey Keitel, Hoffa, Jack Nicholson, Justified: City Primeval, Norma Rae, Paul Schrader, Richard Pryor, Robert DeNiro, SAG-AFTRA, Sally Field, The Irishman, WGA, WGA Strike, Yaphen Kotto

If you’re not yet supporting the Hollywood strikes, these films will get you on the worker’s side

Barbie

Will ‘Barbie’ Actually Break Gender Disparity?

August 21, 2023August 21, 2023 Stephen Macaulay 0 Comments Anna Boden, Barbie, Captain Marvel, Greta Gerwig, Patty Jenkins, Ryan Fleck, USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, Wonder Woman

New USC Annenberg study shows women are still not getting their due in Hollywood

SAG

You May Be Surprised at What SAG Actors Can Still Do

July 18, 2023July 24, 2023 Stephen Macaulay 0 Comments Network Code, SAG-AFTRA, Soap opera

Soap operas, jingles, and other unusual loopholes in strike prohibitions

Strike

What Could the Studios Possibly Gain From the Hollywood Strike?

July 13, 2023July 19, 2023 Stephen Macaulay 0 Comments Angelina Jolie, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Lara Croft, M. Night Shyamalan, Nashville Film Institute, Rise of the Machines, SAG-AFTRA, Terminator, Unbreakable, WGA

Writers and actors are a relatively small percentage of any film’s budget, so pleas of poverty from executives ring hollow

Justified

Rust Belt Raylan

July 10, 2023July 14, 2023 Stephen Macaulay 0 Comments Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Boyd Holbrook, City Primeval, Elmore Leonard, High Noon, Justified, Timothy Olyphant

‘Justified: City Primeval’ brings back Raylan Givens and brings us Elmore Leonard’s Detroit

car

When the Car is the Star

June 6, 2023June 9, 2023 Stephen Macaulay 0 Comments Bullitt, Dean Jones, Goldfinger, Ian Fleming, James Bond, Lindsay Lohan, Ridley Scott, Steve McQueen, The Fast and the Furious, The Italian Job, The Love Bug, Thelma and Louise, Vin Diesel

With a new ‘Transformers’ movie this week, we look back on the most memorable cars in film history

Will Moviegoers Really Pay a “Premium” For Better Seats?

April 6, 2023April 10, 2023 Stephen Macaulay 0 Comments AMC Theaters, Sightline

The economics of premium pricing, coming soon to a theater near you

Best Picture

Which Best Picture Do People Actually Still Like?

March 8, 2023March 12, 2023 Stephen Macaulay 1 Comment Bob Fosse, Cabaret, Citizen Kane, Forrest Gump, Francis Ford Coppola, Gone With The Wind, How Green Was My Valley, James Cameron, John Avildsen, John Ford, Rain Man, Robert Zemeckis, Rocky, Sylvester Stallone, The Godfather, The Silence of the Lambs, Titanic, Tom Cruise

Movies are like a box of chocolates

Barney

FILM TELEVISION

The Barney Reboot

February 15, 2023 Stephen Macaulay 0 Comments Barbie, Barney, Greta Gerwig, Hot Wheels, J.J. Abrams, Margot Robbie, Mattel, Wishbone

He loves me, he loves you, he will be in movies too. The Mattel Films master plan begins to take shape.

Bacharach

CREATORS Remembrance

Burt Bacharach Changed Music in Movies Forever

February 13, 2023February 15, 2023 Stephen Macaulay 0 Comments Arthur, B.J. Thomas, Burt Bacharach, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, What's New Pussycat

The man who created the soundtrack for a generation passed away last week

FILM TELEVISION

Barry Diller On the Demise of Hollywood

February 9, 2023February 15, 2023 Stephen Macaulay 0 Comments Avatar, Barry Diller, Firing Line, Margaret Hoover

“It’s truly finished. It’s never coming back.”

Theaters

Why Movie Theaters Are Closing

February 8, 2023February 10, 2023 Stephen Macaulay 1 Comment AMC, Martin Scorsese, Regal Cinemas, Sightline, Top Gun Maverick

Let us count the ways

Maybe This Is The Year Popular Movies Win Oscars Again

January 20, 2023January 24, 2023 Stephen Macaulay 0 Comments 1917, Academy Awards, Avatar The Way of Water, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, E.T., Gladiator, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Top Gun Maverick, Wakanda Forever

Won’t the Academy think of the people who only see one or two movies a year?

Movies

Coffee, Tea, or Movies?

January 4, 2023 Stephen Macaulay 0 Comments Dune, Godzilla Vs. Kong, Howdy Chicago, Southwest Airlines, Spirit Airlines, The Lost World

A history of airborne theaters

Harry Styles

The Year of Harry Styles, Actor

December 27, 2022December 30, 2022 Stephen Macaulay 0 Comments Christopher Nolan, David Bowie, Don't Worry Darling, Dunkirk, Elvis Presley, Eternals, Harry Styles, James Corden, lady gaga, My Policeman, Rogers Daltrey

Elvis is back in the building, and a brief history of pop stars in film

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