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Rob Reiner directed this star-studded film based on Aaron Sorkin’s hit Broadway show (adapted by Sorkin himself) back in 1992. For those of you...
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Rob Reiner directed this star-studded film based on Aaron Sorkin’s hit Broadway show (adapted by Sorkin himself) back in 1992. For those of you...
Previously in this space, I reviewed Arrow’s exemplary ShawScope Vol. 2 set, and called it a must-buy for fans of old school kung fu...
“Only the dead have seen the end of war.” – George Santayana, Soliloquies in England and Later Soliloquies It was a brisk fifty-five degrees...
When I saw the recent footage of Burning Man attendees slogging their way to dry ground under torrential rains, I texted an image to...
Getting old ain’t easy, especially in Hollywood. And let’s face it, some actors simply refuse to do it. Older actors playing younger roles is...
“I DON’T SHOOT FUCKING INSERTS!” screamed William Friedkin at a studio executive who suggested perhaps seeing a close-up of the mileage gauge might help...
Explore the beginning of Steven Spielberg’s remarkable career with SPIELBERG: THE FIRST TEN YEARS [Insight Editions; October 24, 2023] the definitive retrospective that covers...
Okay, let’s just get this out of the way right up front. Was there ever a human being who visually personified a classic comic...
Written by Chris Alexander Foreword by Roger Corman Published by Headpress Let me just state right up front that I am prejudiced in...
What doesn’t Chris Irving do? From educator to author to publisher to pop culture historian, there isn’t much that he doesn’t have his hands...
Written by Simon Bacon Published by BearManor Media Have I ever mentioned that I collect Dracula movies? I have more than 70 at...
What’s your favorite Christopher Guest movie? Popular answers usually include Best in Show, A Mighty Wind, or the ever-popular Waiting for Guffman. Each one...
The last two years have seen Hong Kong film collectors treated to dozens of stunning physical media releases from the finest labels in...
Babylon has been nominated nominated for three Academy Awards for production design (Florencia Martin, Anthony Carlino), costume design (Mary Zophres) and original score (Hurwitz). Sometimes...
A question was recently put to the floor on Social Media: What is the greatest movie opening sequence of all time? My biological CPU...
Written by Bruce Scivally Published by McFarland Bruce Scivally’s Superman on Film, Television, Radio, and Broadway is a super book! There’s no more...
Discover the fascinating story behind the making of the cinematic masterpiece The Godfather when “THE OFFER” arrives on Blu-ray and DVD November 29, 2022...
Written by Fred M. Grandinetti Published by Bear Manor Media While I’m certain there’s a lot more to Fred Grandinetti than Popeye, I...
Written by Tim Lucas Published by PS Publishing The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes is the title of Alan Aldridge’s autobiographical art book from...
Lee Harvey Oswald was famously captured at a Dallas movie theater on November 22, 1963. The movie he snuck in to, presumably to get...
Let’s cut to the chase. I have rock-solid in-canon proof that Indiana Jones and Han Solo exist in the same shared universe (even if...
William Friedkin’s Academy-Award-winning The French Connection gave the cinematic world what is widely considered the greatest car chase of all time. No, Bullitt (1968)...
Did Dorothy Gale really dream Oz? If so, then she probably deserves a MacArthur Genius Grant for it. MGM’s adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s...
If you’re under forty years old, Harrison Ford has been a megastar your entire life. It’s hard to believe that he ever struggled as...