For those who follow the world of animation, the name Bibo Bergeron is likely quickly recognizable. Having worked on numerous animated features, and directed The Road to El Dorado and Shark Tale, Bergeron returned to his European roots to helm…
By its second season in 1958 Maverick was a bonafide hit, reaching number six in the Nielsen ratings, and as well as winning an Emmy award for Best Western Series in 1959. Westerns were a popular staple of the television…
Directed by Robert Zemeckis with funding from Steven Spielberg, Who Framed Roger Rabbit was loosely adapted from the 1981 book Who Censored Roger Rabbit? by Gary K. Wolf. Released in 1988 to box office success and critical acclaim, the film…
With Baz Luhrmann’s latest film, a remake of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby scheduled to hit U.S. theaters on May 10, 2013, it’s fitting that Lionsgate would release Luhrmann’s first film, 1992’s Strictly Ballroom on Blu-ray. If asked to…
Loosely based on true events, Gangster Squad is the story of a group of rag tag police officers brought together in 1949 Los Angeles, in a desperate attempt to bring down the ruthless gangster Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn). Seeped in…
Long thought to be impossible to film, David Cronenberg’s interpretation of the William S. Burroughs’ Naked Lunch is undoubtedly a peculiar movie. However, given Cronenberg’s apparent enjoyment of the grotesque—this is the guy who made The Fly, and Dead Ringers—he…
When I was growing up, save for the occasional Disney release, nature documentaries were relegated to PBS. In the last several years, with the arrival of IMAX, seeing a nature documentary on the big screen has become an immersive and…
Less than six months after the release of Season Two, Warner Archive has released the third season of Alice. By the time the 1977-78 season began, the adventures of Alice (Linda Lavin), Flo (Polly Holliday), Vera (Beth Howland), Mel, (Vic…
In the early 1950’s, the height of the Hollywood studio system, the independent film was a rarity. Made in 1953 on a shoestring budget by writer/directors Raymond Abrashkin (as “Ray Ashley”), Morris Engel and Ruth Orkin, Little Fugitive represented the…
Released in 1976, at the height of the New York exploitation era in film, Massage Parlor Murders (also known as Massage Parlor Hookers) chronicles the terror that unfolds when a killer focuses his attention on the working girls at a…