

Two early Douglas Fairbanks features directed by Allan Dwan on blu ray
Kino Lorber’s classics division continues to offer outstanding films from the silent era with the release of “The Half Breed” and “The...


Sample chapter from my Jean Harlow book
RED DUST Director: Victor Fleming Screenplay: John Lee Mahin, Donald Ogden Stewart based on the play by Wilson Collison Producers: Victor...


Film review: Death Wish (2018)
Back in 1974, Charles Bronson was cast in “Death Wish” as Paul Kersey, a peace loving architect who minded his own business until his...


Cinema Revisited: The Trap (1947)
The Trap is the first Charlie Chan film since The Black Camel (1931) to be shot mostly on location, this time Malibu Beach. It is also...


Snub Pollard in The Bum's Rush
The Bum’s Rush (1927) Directed by James Davis. Starring Snub Pollard, Mavis Clare, Otto Fries, Dick Gilbert, Max Asher, Bobby Nelson....


Film review: The Last Jedi (2017)
This reviewer’s reaction to the “Star Wars” franchise is slightly different than those younger than he. I didn’t grow up with the films....


Humphrey Bogart - looking at a true cinema icon
“.... this is Duke Mantee...and he's hungry." Such is actor Humphrey Bogart's introduction in "The Petrified Forest" (1936), his entrance...


Film review: “Why Him?” (2016)
Perhaps the reason all ages are exploring deep into cinema’s history and discovering the work of Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, and...


Cinema Revisited: It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
“What is your favorite movie?” People who study and write about film history are asked this constantly. And, honestly, I always answer...


Cinema Revisited: GENIUS AT WORK (1946)
Genius at Work Directed by Leslie Goodwins. Starring Wally Brown and Alan Carney, Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill, Anne Jeffreys. Released...

