

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...


Blu Ray review: Second 3-film set of Western Classics from Kino Lorber
Some of the most exciting and anticipated blu ray releases from Kino Lorber are its classic westerns from Paramount and Universal studios....


Blu Ray Review: Runaway Train (1985)
There is a scene in Andrei Konchalovsky’s “Runaway Train” when a shocked, disgusted Rebecca DeMornay looks up at escaped prisoner Jon...


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: Bring Me The Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
Arguably Sam Peckinpah’s finest film, Bring Me The Head of Alfredo Garcia has just been released on blu ray by Kino Lorber in a new HD...


Blu Ray Review: The Don is Dead (1973)
The massive popularity of The Godfather (1972) resulted in other studios and filmmakers wanting to make their own mafia movies, based on...


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...


Book Review: The Cannon Film Guide Volume 1: 1980-1984
Writer-filmmaker Austin Trunick’s exhaustive study of the Golan-Globus Cannon Films ,for BearManor Media, only essentially covers the...


Blu Ray Review: Man With a Movie Camera (1929)
When Dziga Vertov’s Man With a Movie Camera was released as the silent era was concluding, his form-over-substance approach was wildly...


Cinema Revisited: Kansas City Bomber (1972)
In 1972, Roller Derby enjoyed about the same popularity as pro wrestling. And while wrestling has transformed into a global phenomenon...

