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Richard Wells

I am the founder of The Rewind Zone, created in 2022. My passion for film knows no bounds! It is my goal through this medium to bring the wonders of film from a bygone era back into your lives.

Why Do My Kids Choose Home Alone Over Netflix? The Golden Era of Christmas Films (1984-1999) and Why Nothing Since Compares

Why Do My Kids Choose Home Alone Over Netflix? The Golden Era of Christmas Films (1984-1999) and Why Nothing Since Compares

My children were born in the 2010s. They have zero nostalgia for 1990. Yet they've watched Home Alone seventeen times and The Christmas Chronicles zero times. This is a deeply biased, unapologetically nostalgic love letter to the Christmas films that actually mattered.

The Perfect Frankenstein Script Was Written in 1993. Two Directors Tried to Film It. Both Failed. But One Failed Better.

The Perfect Frankenstein Script Was Written in 1993. Two Directors Tried to Film It. Both Failed. But One Failed Better.

Frank Darabont wrote the definitive Frankenstein screenplay in 1993—then watched two directors butcher it in different ways. One went too loud. One went too soft. But only one kept faith with Mary Shelley's nihilistic tragedy..

What Happened To Michele Carey? The El Dorado Star Who Shot John Wayne, Kissed Elvis, and Vanished

What Happened To Michele Carey? The El Dorado Star Who Shot John Wayne, Kissed Elvis, and Vanished

At 13, Michele Carey won gold performing at Soldier Field. At 24, she shot John Wayne in El Dorado. At 28, Wayne personally called about True Grit. At 44, she disappeared from Hollywood. For 32 years nobody knew where she went or why she left.

When Movie Magic Was Made By Hand: The Magic We've Lost

When Movie Magic Was Made By Hand: The Magic We've Lost

From The Thing to Gremlins, practical effects of the 1970s-90s created tangible magic that digital effects can't match. The perceptual realism we've lost.

Getting to Know Stephen Norrington: The Ticking, The Toil, and The Truth

Getting to Know Stephen Norrington: The Ticking, The Toil, and The Truth

"The Clock Is Ticking." Blade director Stephen Norrington on what unrelentingly propelled him to seek "Radical self-reliance," walk away from Hollywood, and detail exactly what he would magically fix on LoEG and much more.

Why Ordinary People Beat Raging Bull (And Why It Actually Deserved To)

Why Ordinary People Beat Raging Bull (And Why It Actually Deserved To)

Everyone calls Ordinary People beating Raging Bull an Oscar crime. But in 1981, Hollywood was exhausted from auteur excess, and Redford's masterful debut arrived at exactly the right moment. Here's why it actually deserved to beat Scorsese—and why history proves it.

Night Moves (1975) Cast Then and Now: Where Are They Today?

Night Moves (1975) Cast Then and Now: Where Are They Today?

Arthur Penn's 1975 neo-noir Night Moves flopped on release but became a cult classic. Gene Hackman played a private detective who couldn't see his own life falling apart. Fifty years later, we track down the cast—from Hollywood legends to tragic losses.