Grab a bowl of popcorn and your favorite beverage, hit the sofa, dim the lights, and flick on the television screen. We’re off to the movies. Specifically, movies about men. Over the past century, Hollywood has produced thousands of cinematic portraits of men and manhood. They’ve stepped onto the big screen as good guys and bad, rich and poor, heroes and villains. For every famous star like Jimmy Stewart, John Wayne, Russell Crowe, and Matt Damon, directors and writers have brought us 100 other lesser-known actors whose characters provide models of manhood. “Casablanca,” for example, gives us Rick, the heart-broken cynic; his loyal friend and musician, Sam; the idealistic freedom fighter, Victor; the corrupt but affable policeman Louis; and other men who run the gamut from hero to bum. And that’s just one movie. Given that my task is to examine some ways in which Hollywood depicts men and manhood, …