

DVD Review: DAISY KENYON (1947)
Daisy Kenyon Directed by Otto Preminger. Cast: Henry Fonda, Joan Crawford, Dana Andrews, Peggy Ann Garner, Ruth Warrick. Released...


Remembering John Lennon on the anniversary of his passing
“Do you remember where you were and what you were doing when you heard John Lennon was murdered?” It is a question I am sometimes asked by Beatles fans who were born long after everything had already happened. Those of us who are a certain age all remember where we were, what we were doing, what we were thinking, and whom we were with when an assassin shot down a friend we’d never met whose death touched off an orgy of worldwide mourning. On the night of December 8, 1980 I wa


DVD Review: THE HOUSE ON 92nd STREET (1945)
THE HOUSE ON 92nd STREET. Directed by Henry Hathaway. Starring William Eythe, Lloyd Nolan, Signe Hasso, Gene Lockhart, Leo G. Carroll. ...


DVD Review: Fritz Lang’s WESTERN UNION (1941)
WESTERN UNION Directed by Fritz Lang. Starring Randolph Scott, Virginia Gilmore, John Carradine, Robert Young, Dean Jagger, Slim...


Book Review: Movie Comedians of the 1950s
Wes D. Gehring is a prolific author and film historian with an expertise in screen comedy. Thus, a book on movie comedians of the...


DVD Review: I Wake Up Screaming
I Wake Up Screaming Directed by H.Bruce Humberstone. Cast: Betty Grable, Victor Mature, Carole Landis, Laird Cregar, Alan Mowbray,...


Book Review: Accustomed To Her Face
Subtitled “Thirty Five Actresses of Golden Age Hollywood,” this new book by Axel Nissen discusses some of the talented ladies during that...


DVD Review: Robert Siodmak’s CRY OF THE CITY now on blu ray
CRY OF THE CITY Directed by Robert Siodmak. Screenplay by Richard Murphy and an uncredited Ben Hecht, based on the 1947 novel THE CHAIR...


Book Review: “That’s Me, Groucho! The Solo Career of Groucho Marx"
The Marx Brothers exploded onto the screen, and their 13 feature films continue to win over new generations. Groucho Marx is the only...


DVD Review: FIXED BAYONETS! from Kino-Lorber
FIXED BAYONETS! Directed and written by Samuel Fuller. Cast: Richard Basehart, Gene Evans, Michael O’Shea, Richard Hylton, Craig Hill,...

