

Book Review: Accidental Star: The Life and Films of Warner Baxter
There is a scene in the 1933 Warner Bros musical 42nd Street where the exhausted producer sits on the stairs of the exit and listens to...


Final Two Death Wish Movies Released to Blu Ray by Kino Lorber
Kino Lorber's release of the final two films in the Death Wish series completes and caps a collection of action dramas that continue to...


Blu Ray Review: Hardcore
Paul Schrader's powerful drama Hardcore, featuring George C. Scott in one of his many strong performances, has just been released to blu...


Blu ray review: 3 Days of the Condor
In 1975, actor Robert Redford was at the height of his powers. He was coming off a series of hits over the past few years that indcluded...


Blu ray review: Malone (1987)
When his good ol' boy comedies fell out of favor and his star status at the box office quickly plummeted, Burt Reynolds attempted to...


Blu ray review: Gloria (1980)
Not to be confused with Sidney Lumet’s 1999 remake, this is the original John Cassavetes film from 1980 with his wife Gena Rowlands in...


Blu ray review: Nevada Smith
Newly released on bluray from Kino Lorber is this 1966 western with Steve McQueen in the title role as Nevada Smith. The story has Smith...


Blu Ray Review: To Live and Die in L.A.
The recent passing of William Friedkin brought our attention to his work once again, including what may be the filmmaker’s masterpiece,...


Blu Ray Review: SOUNDIES: The Ultimate Collection
It is hard to accurately gauge the importance of this four disc collection of Soundies – musical films made for juke boxes in restaurants...


Book Review: Advertising Anarchy: Selling Bud Abbott and Lou Costello To War-Torn America
Uncannily surpassing his magnificent similar book on Martin and Lewis, author Richard S. Greene has compiled a massive near-800-page...

