by Scott Holleran | Aug 29, 2019 | MOVIES
With China’s future in fragile balance especially in the protesters’ flickering lights of Hong Kong, that the childlike innocence with which the boy bounds into his throne completes the circle as the fallen, old emperor dares to bound out like a son of heaven on... 
by Scott Holleran | May 26, 2019 | MOVIES
As the Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight film turns 50, Scott Holleran explores the reasons for the controversial box-office hit and the impact of its legacy. Jon Voight stars as the handsome young Texan hustler who goes seedy before he goes straight — it’s hinted that... 
by Scott Holleran | May 10, 2019 | MOVIES
My first experience of this movie was probably on television, probably in fragments. It made an impression but the movie ranged into my memory as a series of scenes disembodied from the whole work. For example, I remember watching the burning of Atlanta and certain,... 
by Scott Holleran | Feb 3, 2019 | MOVIES
A simple American story about a man and the work and woman he loves makes director Sam Wood’s biopic, authorized by Chicago White Sox pitcher Monty Stratton, a compelling and inspiring motion picture. The Stratton Story, co-starring June Allyson and James... 
by Scott Holleran | Jan 24, 2019 | MOVIES
Writer Scott Holleran met with writer and director Robert Benton during the 2018 TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood, where Benton was an honored guest, to talk about his distinguished career. This includes the two movies which TCM screened during the festival,... 
by Scott Holleran | Jul 11, 2018 | MOVIES
Two plot points serve as bookends for the plot and theme of writer and director Rawson Marshall Thurber’s Skyscraper. They’re mercifully on time and surprisingly simple yet effective. I wish the movie’s gratitude theme was layered with more... 