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Marvel Studios Class Photo and kick-off of 10th anniversary celebration

February 8, 2025 by thestakemag Leave a Comment

All your favorite movie stars on one stage.

Filed Under: Featured, Movies Tagged With: Disney, Hollywood, Marvel Cinematic Universe

Aaron Sorkin in ‘disbelief’ that Hollywood has a diversity problem

March 27, 2025 by Christopher ZF Leave a Comment

Aaron Sorkin, West Wing, Social Network

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Which is the very reason WHY Hollywood has a diversity problem.

Filed Under: Featured, Media, Movies, TV Tagged With: Aaron Sorkin, discrimination, Hollywood, News

EEOC finds systemic discrimination in Hollywood against women directors

February 17, 2025 by Christopher ZF 1 Comment

Every studio in Hollywood was cited for discrimination. Settlement talks are underway.

Filed Under: Featured, Movies Tagged With: Directing, discrimination, Equal Opportunity, Film, Hollywood

Tim Burton and the problem of metaphorical diversity

September 29, 2025 by Christopher ZF Leave a Comment

Racial diversity in films comes only by casting racially diverse actors.

Filed Under: Culture, Featured, Movies Tagged With: Equity, Fantasy, Hollywood, Horror, Joss Whedon, Peter Jackson, Racial Diversity, Sci-Fi, Tim Burton

This is how screenwriters think about women

February 11, 2025 by Christopher ZF Leave a Comment

Producer Ross Putnam makes plain what we’ve long known.

Filed Under: Featured, Movies Tagged With: Hollywood, Movie Industry, Ross Putnam, Sexism

A Way Forward: Cameron Crowe and White-Washing in Hollywood

June 3, 2025 by Christopher ZF Leave a Comment

In 2013 15% of film and tv featured female protagonists. Of that portion, 3% were Asian characters. One such role went to Emma Stone

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: Aloha, Cameron Crowe, Exodus, Exodus: Gods and Kings, Ghost in the Shell, Hollywood, race, Ridley Scott, Scarlett Johansson, White-Washing

Stanely Donen: The man who made it happen

May 8, 2025 by Christopher ZF Leave a Comment

An annotated walk through the films on one of the great directors of Hollywood Musicals

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: Audrey Hepburn, Cary Grant, Charade, Gene Kelly, Hollywood, Musicals, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Singin' in the Rain, Stanley Donen

The Stake Podcast - Charade

May 7, 2025 by Christopher ZF 1 Comment

A classic thriller comedy leads to a head-to-head debate.

Filed Under: Stake Podcast Tagged With: Alfred Hitchcock, Audrey Hepburn, Cary Grant, Charade, Comedy, Hollywood, Screwball Comedy, Stanley Donen, Suspense, Thrillers, Walter Matthau

Superhero Films are the Apex Predator of Hollywood (Apex Predators go extinct all the time)

March 4, 2025 by Christopher ZF Leave a Comment

A long metaphor for the Hollywood Studio System.

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: Film, Franchise, Hollywood, Superheroes

Is this the list that matters most? The 10 Most Profitable Films of 2014

January 14, 2025 by Christopher ZF 6 Comments

One more list to consider: Three horror movies. Two Young-Adult adaptations. Two evangelical Christian movies. A family film, a sci-fi film, and a domestic comedy

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: Academy Award, Annabelle, awards, Hollywood, Horror, Lego Movie, Lucy, Profits, Purge, The Fault in Our Stars

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