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Q&A with David Da Silva, Author of Martial Arts in Cinema Volume 2: The Golden Era (1988-1997) 1. What made you decide to focus specifically on the 1988-1997 period for this second volume? That decade represents the absolute explosion of martial arts into mainstream Hollywood. After the groundwork laid by Bruce Lee in the 1970s and the Hong Kong wave, you suddenly had Steven Seagal and Jean-Claude Van Damme becoming genuine box office titans. But more importantly, this era saw martial arts infiltrate every action film: whether it was Sylvester Stallone in Rambo III, Mel Gibson in Lethal Weapon, or...

Q&A with Maranee Landau, author of The Wonderful Comic Books of Kenneth Landau  1- Q- What inspired you to write about your fathers career? A- When my father passed away in July 2012, I came across artwork, letters, comic strips, and collectibles I’ve never seen before. I found diaries of my grandfather's who is a concert violinist for MGM studios, and a diary of my fathers. It took me about a year to realize that there was a story here that needed to be told. One that many people would be very interested in. When someone by the name of...

Synopsis: Ever since Twin Peaks aired on television in 1990, fans and critics have been discussing who killed Laura Palmer, what the ceiling fan means, and wondering when that gum we like is going to come back in style.But with the publication of "Twin Peaks: Through the Red Curtain", it is the cast and crew that get to do the talking about what it was like to work with David Lynch and Mark Frost on one of the most influential series of all time.On-screen stars Kyle MacLachlan, Sheryl Lee, Ray Wise, Piper Laurie, and Sherilyn Fenn join behind the scenes...

  Q&A with Joseph Malham, author of Holy Celluloid! The Vatican List of Great Films & Why They Still Matter 1.    Q: The first question many people will ask is “if the list was compiled in 1995, why are you writing about it thirty years later?” A:  A valid question and one that I asked myself many times. First, I was amazed to discover that while there were many articles and online discussions, there wasn’t a surfeit of books examining the list since it was comprised by the Vatican for the centenary of the birth of cinema. Second, these...

Thank you to Robin Raven for allowing us to reprint this interview with Ike for our blog and newsletter. 'You'll Never Be a Star': Ike Eisenmann on 'Escape to Witch Mountain,' his new memoir, and surviving child stardom Ike Eisenmann spent his childhood doing something most kids only dream about. He starred in movies and appeared on hit television shows, working alongside Hollywood legends, and became a child star in the 1970s. Best known as Tony Malone in Disney's *Escape to Witch Mountain* (1975) and its sequel *Return from Witch Mountain* (1978), Eisenmann built an impressive résumé across some of...