Accompanied by special ‘for adults only’ notices when it opened in 1962, Tennessee Williams’ Sweet Bird of Youth had been cleaned up considerably for the big screen. Though much of the ugliness of the stage version has been excised by screenwriter/director Richard Brooks rewrite, Paul Newman, Ed Begley, Rip Torn and particularly Geraldine Page maintain …
The Super Bowl in New Orleans is just a few days away. As the Superdome is readied for the big game, the film spends time with various characters. Mike Shelley (David Janssen) is the longtime general manager of the Cougars, the team favored to win the Lombardi trophy. Cougars veteran Dave Walecki (Ken Howard), who …
Released by Warner Archive, the third volume of Popeye the Sailor: The 1940’s contains seventeen shorts from 1948-49. Produced by Famous Studios and originally disturbed by Paramount Pictures, by now Popeye had become respectable — less politically incorrect, though there is still a disclaimer on the back cover stating that the Blu-ray collection is intended …
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Clint Eastwood’s latest directorial effort Richard Jewell is based on the true story of a man who was hailed a hero, only to become suspected of a crime nearly overnight. Based on a 1997 Vanity Fair story by Marie Brenner, Eastwood had been working for years to bring the story of Richard Jewell to the …
Released by Warner Archive just months after the first volume, Popeye the Sailor: The 1940’s, Volume 2 contains fifteen cartoons, released after World War II in 1946-47. Many of the cartoons reflect the post-War euphoria and prosperity and euphoria being experienced by many Americans. Below is a list of cartoons in the set as well …
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Originally released in 4K as part of the Jack Ryan 5-Film Collection in 2018, Paramount has released a Limited Edition 4K Steelbook of The Hunt for Red October to celebrate the films 30th anniversary. Author Tom Clancy was a master of the military techno-thriller. Steeped in remarkable detail–a product of Clancy’s immersion in espionage and …
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What begins as a routine tour for a visiting Congressman of Strategic Air Commands headquarters in Omaha, turns into the ultimate nightmare. An unidentified aircraft is spotted on a course toward Detroit. Airborne bombers are scrambled to fixed points around Soviet Russia until the aircraft can be identified. The identification process takes a bit longer …
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Reminiscent of Thelma and Louise, Queen & Slim centers on two decent people forced to go on the run. This time it isn’t rape that puts the road movie into gear, but unbridled racism. Ernest “Slim” Hinds (Daniel Kaluuya) and Angela “Queen” Johnson (Jodie Turner-Smith), he a retail employee and she a rising lawyer, have …
Not available for years, Popeye the Sailor: The 1940’s, Volume 1 collects the spinach-eating, pipe chomping sailor’s first fourteen Technicolor animated shorts, making them available for the first time ever on home video; complete not always politically correct, and full of humor. The 14 shorts in this set are as follows: Her Honor, The Mare …
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Done in conjunction with the National Film Registry and Something Weird Video, the first entry in Kino Lorber’s Forbidden Fruit: The Golden Age Of The Exploitation Picture, Mom and Dad has the distinction of becoming one of the highest grossing films of the 1940’s despite being condemned by the National Legion of Decency. The story …
