Earl Pomerantz: Just Thinking...

I have frequently mentioned what I believe to be the dominant theme of American movies.   “Somebody wants something, and they get it.” I s...

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On the fifth day of our Hawaiian holiday, I walk into the hotel’s open dining area for breakfast. As the hostess escorts me to my table, I ...

Okay. I realize that people standing neck deep in a snowdrift are not going to be sympathetic to the disappointing weather conditions of Ha...

I tried really hard not to go there. Where? A luxury hotel on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, our family’s destination of choice for roughly t...

“You’re so disciplined!” “You’re so inflexible!” You see what that is? The exact same behavior triggering contrasting responses, one ad...

The following is the second part of my interview with Mel Brooks, forty years ago. He’s discussing the movie business. “A producer can do s...