Michael Sragow, Author at Cleveland Scene

The Hollywood Monologues

Julia Sweeney Explains It All for You.

David Cronenberg proves that reality games can be adult fun.

The fine novel The Hi-Lo Country is transformed into a so-so movie.

Indie filmmaker turns off 19 out of 20, plus the audience.

EDtv beats The Truman Show, but you still may feel the urge to channel-surf.

A buddy-buddy-buddy-buddy movie barrels through the seamy side of swingin’ England.

This melodramatic soap opera lacks the genuineness of the book.

The General adroitly animates real-life Irish crime boss Martin Cahill.

Excessive reverence knocks October Sky way off course.

Even Bill Murray’s antics can’t rescue this self-important comedy.

Robert Towne, the best screenwriter in the business, is back with a bio of Olympic runner Steve Prefontaine.

Hollywood mainstream in the slipstream: Hits, misses, remakes, and blasts from the past.