Kevin Mims

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Kevin Mims is a freelance writer living in Sacramento, CA. His work has appeared in the New York Times, National Public Radio’s Morning Edition, Salon, and others.

Michael J. Fox in Bright Lights, Big City, in a suit, at a restaurant, talking to an older man, holding wine.

‘Bright Lights, Big City’ at Forty

Kevin Mims 6 Nov 2024 · 16 min read

Sonny Side Up

Kevin Mims 28 Oct 2024 · 21 min read

America’s Last Great Political Novel

Kevin Mims 6 Aug 2024 · 22 min read

Vincent Price in a black and white film still, holding a wooden object, with a dining table in the background

Abiding Legends

Kevin Mims 9 Jul 2024 · 23 min read

A still from The Chocolate War. 4 boys in coats stand on the roadside.

Too Much Chocolate

Kevin Mims 13 Jun 2024 · 9 min read

Less Than Half ‘A Man in Full’

Kevin Mims 13 May 2024 · 24 min read

93 Years of Shatner

Kevin Mims 22 Mar 2024 · 21 min read

The Amityville Horror—A 50-Year Old Lie That Won’t Die

Kevin Mims 7 Mar 2024 · 26 min read

Motorpsycho Nightmare

Kevin Mims 20 Feb 2024 · 18 min read

Here Comes the Bite

Kevin Mims 31 Jan 2024 · 24 min read

In Memoriam, 2023

Kevin Mims 19 Dec 2023 · 14 min read

The Greatest American Western Novel of All

Kevin Mims 23 Nov 2023 · 13 min read

Man Out of Time

Kevin Mims 6 Oct 2023 · 19 min read

Remembering ‘Exodus’

Kevin Mims 4 Sep 2023 · 18 min read

On Marriage and Happiness

Kevin Mims 26 Aug 2023 · 9 min read

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