‘Ambient Advertising’ Consumes Consumers

In a stall, on the wall. In a hole, on the pole. In a store, on the floor. There’s more, more, more … “ambient advertising.” There’s more, more, more … “ambient advertising.” By its very definition, there’s virtually no...

Family Films Make Money

Sex and violence may sell movies, but so do family values. The box office proves it. Some of 2001’s biggest financial successes were family films: “Shrek,” “Monsters, Inc.” and—despite the controversy in Christian circles—”Harry...

Arab Images in Movies Matter

“With violent conflict between Israelis and Palestinians again raging in the Middle East, their media images assume even greater weight and loom especially large,” wrote Howard Rosenberg in the Los Angeles Times. Rosenberg’s words resonate eerily...

“The Rookie”

Like other “baseball movies”—”The Natural,” “Eight Men Out,” “Field of Dreams”—”The Rookie” is only superficially about America’s game. It’s really about dreams, second chances, family and faith....