Author: SR Staley

SR Staley has one more than 11 literary awards for his fiction and nonfiction writing. He is on the full-time faculty of the College and Social Sciences and Public Policy at Florida State University as well as a film critic and research fellow at the Independent Institute in Oakland, California. His award-winning Pirate of Panther Bay series (syppublishing.com) has won awards in historical fiction, mainstream & literary fiction, young adult fiction, and reached the finals in women's fiction. His most recent book is "The Beatles and Economics: Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and the Making of a Cultural Revolution" due out in April 2020 (Routledge).

Review: Tomb Raider fails to live up to Vikendar’s strong performance

The 2018 reboot of the Tomb Raider film franchise is a serviceable action film with…

Action - Thriller, Film making, Film Reviews, Films, writing and storytelling 2018, action, adventure, alicia vikander, movie review, tomb raider

Review: Del Toro delivers a tour de force with The Shape of Water

Guillermo del Toro delivers a tour de force with The Shape of Water, a film…

Drama, Fantasy, Film making, Film Reviews, Films 2017, drama, fantasy, film review, Guillermo del Toro, movie review, The Shape of Water

Molly’s Game and the subjective interpretation of movies

Everyone once in a while, I am reminded of how subjective our interpretations of movies…

Biography - Biopic, Drama, Film making, Film Reviews, Films, writing and storytelling 2017, biography, drama, film making, Jessica Chastain, Molly's Game, movie making, movie reviews

Review: Molly’s Game gets edge from Sorkin touch

Molly’s Game is a just the kind of movie you would expect from Aaron Sorkin,…

Animated, Drama, Film Reviews, Films 2017, Aaron Sorkin, biography, drama, film review, Jessica Chastain, Molly Bloom, Molly's Game, movie review

Review: The Post spotlights The Washington Post‘s coming of age

My complete review of The Post is live at the Independent Institute. Advertised as a political…

Drama, Film Reviews, Films 2017, drama, film review, Independent Institute, Maryl Streep, movie review, Pentagon Papers, Steven Spielberg, The Post, The Washington Post, Tom Hanks

Review: The Florida Project is a brilliant look into families on the edge

My movie review of The Florida Project, a brilliant film by Sean Baker made with an…

Drama, Film making, Film Reviews, Films, Independent Institute 2017, drama, film reviews, homelessness, movie review, Sean Baker, The Florida Project

Review: The Hitman’s Bodyguard combines action, ethics, and parody to entertain

My movie review of The Hitman’s Bodyguard starring Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Salma Hayek, and French…

Action - Thriller, Film Reviews, Films, Independent Institute 2017, action, movie review, parody, Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, satire, The Hitman's Bodyguard

Review: The Dark Tower follows convention in effort to entertain

The Dark Tower, ultimately, is a convention adaptation to film of the book series by iconic…

Drama, Fantasy, Film making, Film Reviews, Films, Science Fiction 2017, drama, fantasy, film review, Matthew Mconaughey, movie review, science fiction, The Dark Tower

Review: War for the Planet of the Apes brings closure to a grand arc

I finally got around to seeing War for the Planet of the Apes. This is…

Action - Thriller, Books, Film Reviews, Films, Science Fiction 2017, action, adventure, Andy Serkis, film review, movie review, Planet of the Apes, science fiction, War for the Planet of the Apes, Woody Harrelson

Unsafe On Any Campus? earns two gold medals in literary competition!

PRESS RELEASE Lake Buena Vista, FL (8/5/2017) – The Florida Authors and Publishers Association awarded two…

Awards, Campus Sexual Assault, Sexual Assault, sexual assault prevention, Unsafe On Any Campus campus rape, campus sexual a, FAPA, Florida Authors and Publishers Association, sexual assault, Unsafe On Any Campus

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