In 1971, Dean Martin was at the height of his fame. His variety show on NBC had been a hit for since 1965, and he had become one of the highest paid performers on television. Fans loved his cool, smirking,…
Marshall Brickman is perhaps best known for his collaborations with Woody Allen on the screenplays for Sleeper, Annie Hall (which won the Best Original Screenplay Oscar), and Manhattan. However, in the 1980’s he did take a stab at directing his…
Based on a 1962 play by Edward Albee, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is far less controversial now than it was when it first hit theater screens back in 1966. Even so, the uninhibited dialogue spewed forth by stars Elizabeth…
Picking up where the fifth season left off, Freeform’s Pretty Little Liars finds Aria (Lucy Hale), Spencer (Troian Bellisario), Emily (Shay Mitchell) and Mona (Janel Parrish) find themselves still inside A’s “dollhouse,” having been subjected to torture. A is angrier…
DC Entertainment’s recent release of the direct-to-Blu-ray Justice League Vs. Teen Titans offers up something for their younger fans. Directed by Sam Liu (Batman: Year One, All-Star Superman) from a script by Bryan Q. Miller (The Flash, Arrow) and Alan…
Co-writer/director Steve James’ (Hoop Dreams) Prefontaine tells the story of Steve Prefontaine, considered by many America’s greatest long distance runner of all time. Holding the American record in seven different distance track events, Prefontaine was favored to win gold at…
Time flies. I was thirteen when Top Gun came blazing to the big screen in 1986. I absolutely loved the film and saw it three or four times during its original theatrical run. Tom Cruise was buff, the planes were…
Shot over a two-year period beginning in 1972, Les Blank’s A Poem is a Naked Person, a documentary on musician Leon Russell, has had an interesting history. Creative differences led to a falling out between Blank and Russell, which led…
The story of how Jackie Robinson broke modern major league baseball’s color barrier in 1947, is known by many. Brooklyn Dodgers president and general manager Branch Rickey offered Robinson the chance to play in the majors under the condition that…
After months of discussion, March marked the arrival of the newest format for home theater aficionados, 4K UHD Blu-rays. The roll out has been a bit slow, with just a handful of titles available as of this writing, but for…