Hollywood

Hollywood tackles bird flu

Michael Cook | 31 August 2011

Interested in the bioethics of pandemics? Triage? Duty of care? Quarantine? Informed consent? Resource allocation? Contagion, the latest epidemic disaster movie, might be a good choice for a Friday night out.

Once again, genetic engineering gets a hammering from Hollywood

Michael Cook | 03 August 2011

Rise of the Planet of the Apes opens this weekend. Rotten Tomatoes gives it an 83% fresh rating, but not many reviewers have seen it. From the trailer, it looks like a worthy successor in the series. What it shows is the continuing suspicion of genetic engineering in Hollywood. Has anyone seen it yet?

Best novel about cloning now a movie

Michael Cook | 17 September 2010

Pacino wins best actor Emmy for Jack Kevorkian mini-series

Jared Yee | 04 September 2010

Lauded performance in assisted-suicide biopic

Hollywood 2010 bioethics seminar #2: Repo Men

Michael Cook | 21 June 2010

Jude Law, Forest Whitaker and organ repossession