A collection of essays that look in detail at some of the principal genres, cycles and trends in Hollywood's output during the last two decades pf the 20th century. The collection focuses on animated feature films, teenpics, biopics, comedies, Shakespeare adaptations, and female-oriented dramas, as well as blockbusters, westerns, gangster films, horror films, war films and neo-noir. Films covered include: "The Quick and The Dead"; "Sense and Sensibility"; "The Grifters"; "When Harry Met Sally"; and "Malcolm X".