Known largely for her role as lifeguard Casey Jean “C.J.” Parker on Baywatch, and endless tabloid stories during her marriage to rocker Tommy Lee, it was easy to write her off as just another Hollywood pinup. In truth, she had…
Once a huge fan of Michael Jackson—Thriller was the first “adult” album I ever bought with my allowance—my fandom cooled as allegations of child molestation swirled around him. Through it all, his most devoted fans defended him with fervor. Given…
Written and directed by the then husband-and-wife team of Frank and Eleanor Perry, 1969’s controversial Last Summer adapted from Evan Hunter’s novel of the same name, has been unavailable for nearly forty years—never on DVD, and unseeable in its original…
By 1969, Sidney Poitier was a bonafide superstar with a series of successful movies to his credit. That year saw him move away from his good guy persona with The Lost Man, an earnest attempt to examine the racial tumult…
Anyone But You is a decidedly formulaic romantic comedy that takes its inspiration from Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. Directed by Will Gluck (Easy A), there’s a level of raunchiness not often seen in mainstream rom-coms. Further, there is a…
By the early 1970’s, Hollywood was in a transition period. A new generation of filmmakers were eager to make their mark. Among them was French provocateur Roger Vadim, fresh off the success of camp fest Barbarella, starring his then-wife, Jane…
Writer/director Kelly Reichardt’s The Mastermind is both a character study and a heist film. Set in Framingham, Massachusetts,1970, James Blaine “J.B.” Mooney (Josh O’Connor), is an unemployed carpenter, art school dropout, and would be thief. JB orchestrates the theft of…
Written and directed by Norwegian filmmaker Kristoffer Borgli, The Drama is one-part social satire and one part rom-com about good people doing bad things, and the people who judge them. Be forewarned, The Drama has a secret A24 did their…
Legally unavailable for almost ninety years due to copyright infringement, 1932’s Letty Lynton has made its way to Blu-ray courtesy of Warner Archive. Based on the novel by Marie Belloc Lowndes, a young Joan Crawford stars as Letty Lynton, a…
Based on the 1971 novel of the same name by E.M. Forster, 1987’s Maurice features Hugh Grant in his first starring role. Directed by James Ivory, and produced by his partner Ismail Merchant, the cast is filled out by several…