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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).
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Suicide Squad’s redeemable sociopaths make the mayhem enjoyable

SR Staley August 7, 2021

The plot of the James Gunn’s 2021 version of the movie Suicide Squad is thin….

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Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard is all fun parody

SR Staley July 7, 2021

Everything about Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard is a spoof of the action movie genre. This includes…

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i am ALL GIRLS is a crime thriller carrying a dark message

SR Staley May 31, 2021

i am ALL GIRLS (2021) is a dark thriller from South African which dives deep…

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Nobody is ridiculous, well crafted, high-octane entertainment

SR Staley March 28, 2021

Perhaps the most surprising part of watching the action movie Nobody (2021) was how much…

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John Wick 3 is nonstop, production value action

SR Staley March 28, 2021

Review originally posted on Facebook, May 18, 2019. Reposted with minor stylistic edits, March 27,…

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Da 5 Bloods Provides Glimpse into African American Experience in Vietnam

SR Staley March 16, 2021

Spike Lee didn’t find major award gold in 2020. But his provocative drama Da 5…

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Dwarfism, little people, and St. Nic, Inc.

SR Staley December 30, 2020

Little people, or people with dwarfism, figure prominently in the award winning action novel St. Nic, Inc. for an important reason.

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I Am Woman reminds us of the progress we’ve made

SR Staley November 18, 2020

I Am Woman (2019) is the kind of movie that reminds us how far we’ve…

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Quick Links: Just Mercy, Brave New World, The Dawn Patrol (1938), Created Equal, and The Stand at Paxton County

SR Staley October 1, 2020

Quick reviews of five dramas, Just Mercy, The Dawn Patrol, Brave New World, Created Equal, and The Stand at Paxton County

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Jackie Robison, 42, World War II, and the battle against racism

SR Staley September 27, 2020

The movie 42 is about breaking the color barrier in more than baseball

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