In Hooked on Hollywood: Discoveries from a Lifetime of Film Fandom, film critic/historian Leonard Maltin takes us on a time machine back to Hollywood’s Golden Era. Maltin has been writing about film for many years–dating back to when he contributed to Film Fan Monthly. In fact, some of the pieces in the book originally appeared there or his newsletter. Divided into four sections, it wouldn’t be unfair to call this book a time machine of…
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The Sky Is Falling: How Vampires, Zombies, Androids, and Superheroes Made America Great for Extremism by Peter Biskind makes for some fascinating reading. Peter Biskind has a good grasp on what he’s talking about. Make no mistake that popular culture somehow finds a way to influence our political culture. Other times, it’s vice versa (cough Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith cough). In any event, Biskind goes through Hollywood’s history in under 300 pages. In using…
"Gift Idea: The Sky is Falling by Peter Biskind"
Broad City star Abbi Jacobson may draw on her experiences from taking a post-breakup road trip but the comedian gets honest with herself in the process. There’s no joke that breakups can serve as an inspiration for new material. Sometimes, the end result is a song (see Swift, Taylor). With Abbi Jacobson, the end result is a new book in which she finds herself in a vulnerable position. There’s nothing wrong with feeling vulnerable as…
"Gift Idea: I Might Regret This by Abbi Jacobson"
Written by Ron Backer, Baseball Goes to the Movies (Applause Theatre & Cinema Books) is a look at the sport in film going all the way back to beginning of when motion pictures didn’t have any sound. There have been some other books to examine baseball and film but most of those were released over 20 years ago. Given the number of baseball films released since the early 1990s, an update feels necessary. In this…
"Baseball Goes to the Movies is A Must-Have For Baseball/Movie Lovers"
There’s been many movie or television books released, be it biographies, memoirs, etc. Here’s a few that I recommend. Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick If you follow Kendrick on Twitter or are a fan of her work in general, this is a must-own book. The actress writes about her life both in and out of the spotlight. These candid stories give us an inside look at Kendrick’s life with an upbringing that led her…
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The Librarians, recently renewed for their fourth season, has spun off into a trilogy of books written by Greg Cox. It started with 2016’s The Librarians and The Lost Lamp. This book flashes back between 2006 and present day. With Flynn Carsen off doing who knows what, the flashbacks are the only way to keep the Librarian involved. Given the title, it’s an easy guess to say that there’s a focus on Aladdin’s lamp. The…
"The Librarians spins off into book trilogy"