Based on the book of the same name by Laura Hillenbrand, Unbroken is the true story of American Olympian Louis Zamperini struggle to survive as a Japanese prisoner of war and his steadfast refusal to use his notoriety to satisfy…
While all of The Lord of the Rings films received Oscar nominations for Best Picture, The Hobbit Trilogy hasn’t lived up to those achievements, but nonetheless, had its moments despite obvious flaws. With The Battle of the Five Armies, we…
Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s amalgamation of four Grimm fairy stories with one of their own tales, the Broadway smash Into the Woods, has been given an imaginative transformation onto the big screen by director Rob Marshall, assisted by a…
All three seasons of Star Trek: The Original Series have been released on both Blu-ray and DVD. However, the series continuing popularity, and its upcoming fiftieth anniversary in 2016, makes Star Trek: The Original Series a marketers dream. CBS/Paramount recently…
In the 1930’s and ‘40s, when the South was segregated and racism was an accepted practice, most black entertainers were pigeonholed into small, cartoonish roles in comedies and musicals. All black films were a rarity, but two musicals—MGM’s Cabin in…
A simple-minded gas station attendant and later auto mechanic, Gomer Pyle (Jim Nabors) was originally intended to appear on just one episode of The Andy Griffith Show. Gomer proved so popular, that after a year on the show, Nabors and…
Long one of the most successful animation series on television, The Flintstones have returned in their first new production in fourteen years. A direct-to-video animated film, The Flintstones and WWE: Stone Age Smackdown is a partnership between Warner Bros. and…
Undoubtedly one of the most influential people in the history of television, Norman Lear Created, developed and produced some of the most popular and successful series of the 1970’s, including All in the Family, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, The Jeffersons,…
After several years of waiting, CHIPs: The Complete Third Season has finally made its way to DVD. The first show I remember being appointment television for me, CHIPs focused on two California Highway Patrolman (“CHiPs”), Officers Jon Baker (Larry Wilcox)…
A social crusader and a champion of the first amendment, Lenny Bruce was a man ahead of his time. Incarcerated repeatedly for his act, comedians such as George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy and a slew of others owe him…