Douglas E. Abrams, University of Missouri School of Law, has published References to Movies in Judicial Opinions and Written Advocacy, Part II, at 75 Journal of the Missouri Bar 297 (Nov-Dec. 2019). Here is the abstract....
Santa Claus and law in the movies might seem to be a strange pairing. Yet several films, including The Santa Clause (a homeowner accidentally knocks off the jolly old elf and then must fill in for...
From The Hollywood Reporter: a look at some new movies that feature dynamic lawyers as role models for the profession, and the actors who play them. In the spotlight: Alan Alda, Ray Liotta, and...
David Barnett notes that we are now living in the month and year of Blade Runner‘s fictional “now,” and asks how much of it is real. In an article for BBC Culture, he writes in...
Paul Salmon, a professor at the University of the Sunshine Coast, discusses the image of robots at work in the Star Wars universe and the extent to which those images reflect the actual uses...
Harvard Law Professor Jack Goldsmith discusses Martin Scorsese’s new film The Irishman and the unsolved disappearance of union leader James (Jimmy) Hoffa here for the New York Review of Books. Professor Goldsmith writes in part,...
From The Hollywood Reporter, an interview with Aaron Paul and Vince Gilligan about the new “Breaking Bad” movie.
The National Jurist rounds up 10 Inspiring Movies that suggest the kinds of legal careers law students can follow to do good in the world. These films include When They See Us, RBG, and Saint Judy.
Lena Wilson examines home invasion movies in I Know Where You Lived Last Summer in this article for The New York Times. She says in part, The writer-director Jordan Peele’s latest nightmare is part...
For the BBC, Nicholas Barber discusses the meanings that we might miss in the classic film “The Wizard of Oz,” released in 1939. Those meanings include the dangers of following a popular but incompetent...
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