Early Years and Family Edith Minturn Sedgwick was born on April 20, 1943, in Santa Barbara, California with blue blood coursing through her veins. Her paternal family, the Sedgwick’s were American aristocrats. Thier origins in the New World dated back to the Massachusetts Bay Colony of 1936. Her maternal grandfather was Henry Wheeler de Forest, […]
John Williams Plays “Indiana Jones 5” Music
The most famous of Hollywood composers, John Williams, performed at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles last night. In a surprise performance, Williams debuted the first piece of new music from the upcoming fifth “Indiana Jones” film, a track dubbed “Helena’s Theme” which ties to actress Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s character in the film. Video of the […]
SAMARITAN: A Review Of The New Stallone ‘Old Superhero’ Release
Cinema Scholars reviews the latest Sylvester Stallone action/fantasy Samaritan, now streaming on Prime. Introduction The dominance of the superhero genre in modern cinema shows little sign of wavering. Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) showed cinemagoers and studios that it was safe to go back to the theatre, while Thor: Love and Thunder and She-Hulk: Attorney-at-Law […]
Man Is A Savage Animal: Kevin Smith Confirms Tusk Sequel in the Works for 2024
With Kevin Smith promoting his latest sequel, Clerks III he’s now confirmed that talks are officially on to make a sequel to his 2014 horror flick, Tusk. The movie which was spawned from a podcast discussion continues to gain a cult following and will now see a second part.
Reel Rumbles: The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh vs The Rescuers
We’re back at it in the Great Disney Reel Rumble Retrospective! We continue on through the Bronze Age as we cover the first time Disney released two feature films in the same year. Without further ado, let’s dive in. The History of the Films While The Many Adventures of Winnie the