[Book Review] Chaplin’s War Trilogy: An Evolving Lens in Three Dark Comedies, 1918-1947

Wes Gehring has written comprehensively on the subject of film, authoring 32 film-related books covering forties film funnymen, depression-era clowns, and award-winning biographies on James Dean, Carole Lombard, Steve McQueen, Robert Wise and Red Skelton. His 2014 book is the first in a series focusing of the subgenre of dark comedies. It examines three specific […]

The 10 Worst Copycat Films Spawned from ‘Pulp Fiction’

With the release of Reservoir Dogs in 1992, Quentin Tarantino seemingly arrived out of nowhere and immediately established himself as an up and coming talent on the rise. Utilizing a flashback-laden narrative, Tarantino’s film about the fallout of a heist gone wrong was a rather startling injection of adrenaline into the crime film genre. Little […]