California Literary Review

Dan Fields

Dan Fields is a graduate of Northwestern University with a degree in Film. He has written for the California Literary Review since 2010.He is also co-founder and animator for Fields Point Pictures, and the frontman of Houston-based folk band Polecat Rodeo.Google+, Twitter

Stories By Dan Fields

Movies

Movie Review: Beautiful Creatures
By Dan FieldsJanuary 26, 2026
Scripted and paced with impressive skill and thoughtfulness, this movie manages to be witty, racy, and...
Movies

Much Ado About Joss Whedon
By Dan FieldsJanuary 20, 2026
Is Joss Whedon's biggest year ever taking a second lap?
Movies

Movie Review: Spring Breakers
By Dan FieldsJanuary 13, 2026
It is a painful stretch to suggest that most of the movie is each girl’s troubling...
Movies

Movie Review: Mud
By Dan FieldsJanuary 4, 2026
With just three feature films to his name, writer and director Jeff Nichols has already set...
Movies & TV

Movie Review: The Pirates! Band of Misfits
By Dan FieldsNovember 23, 2025
Meanwhile, the West Indies are buzzing with the imminent Pirate Of The Year Awards. The most...
Death

Blu-Ray/DVD Review: The Wicker Tree
By Dan FieldsNovember 22, 2025
The rites themselves have changed in practice if not in spirit, and the movie rekindles enough...
Movies

Movie Review: Chimpanzee
By Dan FieldsNovember 21, 2025
In the mist-shrouded Ivory Coast jungle, all appears green and beautiful. The leafy trees shelter and...
Movies

Movie Review: The Cabin in the Woods
By Dan FieldsNovember 19, 2025
Most of us have seen the horrific fate of teens in the wilderness played out countless...
Mystery

I Say! Hammer Plans A Woman In Black Sequel?
By Dan FieldsNovember 14, 2025
The Hammer Studio has announced a sequel, but what are we to expect in revisiting the...
Science Fiction and Fantasy

Blu-Ray Review – Battle Royale: The Complete Collection
By Dan FieldsNovember 11, 2025
Quentin Tarantino proclaims ”My favorite movie of the last 20 years! I wish I had made...