The stars of Hollywood’s golden age are famed for their good looks and timeless performances, but it was often what they did off-screen that catapulted them into the headlines. In this digital edition, we lift the curtain on some of history’s...
What accounts for the massive global popularity of action films and adventure literature? How do men and women respond to iconic screen stars such as Jackie Chan, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Steve McQueen, and Charlton Heston? Action genres have been...
This exciting collection addresses action and adventure from the silent to the contemporary period exploring diverse questions of aesthetics, industry and ideology. Action has established itself as one of the leading commercial genres of the New...