Blu Ray Review: Larceny (1948)
Kino Lorber’s classics division has released, on blu ray, the Universal post war noir film Larceny, which stars John Payne, Joan...
Blu Ray Review: Alias Nick Beal (1949)
Continuing their excellent track record in releasing some of Paramount Pictures' most interesting films, Kino Lorber’s Studio Classics...
Blu ray review: The Web (1947)
Kino Lorber has released, on blu ray, this taut, entertaining B-level noir from Universal-International. With a cast that includes...
Blu Ray Review: Nine Mae West features released by Kino Lorber
Mae West is an iconic figure in showbiz history, but she made very few movies. She appeared in 8 features for Paramount Pictures during...
Book Review: Ma and Pa Kettle on Film
If ever a movie series demanded a book of its own, it is Ma and Pa Kettle. And it's especially grand that Lon and Debra Davis have...
Book Review: Becoming Carole Lombard: Stardom, Comedy, and Legacy
In one of the most insightful books on a Hollywood star, Olympia Kiriakou’s Becoming Carole Lombard: Stardom, Comedy, and Legacy...
Book Review: S. Sylvan Simon, Moviemaker
It has often been stated that MGM was a bad studio for comedians due to the fact that legendary comics like Laurel and Hardy and The Marx...
Book Review: Karloff in the East
The only character Boris Karloff played on film more than once, other than Frankenstein’s monster, is Chinese detective James Lee Wong. ...
Blu Ray Review: Three More Bob Hope Features from Kino Lorber
Kino Lorber has been releasing a lot of Bob Hope’s films on blu ray, resulting in upgraded and enhanced versions of his most timeless and...
DVD/Blu Ray review: Two from John Wayne released by Kino Lorber
After toiling in B Westerns throughout the 1930s, following the triumphant “The Big Trail” (1930), John Wayne hit stardom with John...