Produced by Jennings Lang and written by the acclaimed team of Richard Levinson and William Link, Rollercoaster rumbled into movie theaters in the summer of 1977 with Sensurround. Rollercoaster was one of only four films to ever feature the then…
The brainchild of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, Jesus Christ Superstar was originally recorded as a concept album released in 1970 and then performed as a series of concerts. From there, it was adapted into a popular stage production…
A well regarded “medium-grade thriller “ at the time of its release in 1947, Out of the Past has since gained a reputation as one of the great 1940’s film noirs. Starring Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, and Kirk Douglas, in…
DISC 1: The Pink Panther (1963) It seems hard to believe now, but initially United Artists had so little faith in The Pink Panther that they let Lew Grade produce it in exchange for distribution rights. You can bet UA…
A late career triumph for Rosalind Russell, Auntie Mame was adapted from the play that in turn was adapted from Patrick Dennis’s semi-autobiographical 1955 novel. Clocking in at 144 minutes its’s bit long, it captures the essence of bohemian living…
For those acquainted with Darren Lynn Bousman’s Repo! The Genetic Opera, Repo Men is going to sound familiar. In the year 2056, artificial organs are leased to desperate transplant patients. If the recipients fail to make their monthly payments, the…
In 1977, director Martin Scorsese was on a roll. Hot off the critical and commercial success of Mean Streets, Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, and Taxi Driver, he was given free rein to do whatever he wished. His pet project…
Based on a subversive set of trading cards, I was intrigued when I learned that Tim Burton had agreed to direct Mars Attacks! Each card graphically depicted a Martian invasion of Earth with lots of gory detail. Knowing that, I…
Given the success of Patton in 1970, it earned ten Oscar nominations, winning Best Actor for George C. Scott, Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay, a biopic of fellow World War II General Douglas MacArthur seemed inevitable. Released in…
Nearly four years after the release of his Elvis biopic, director Baz Luhrman returns with EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert, a dazzling, unconventional concert film and documentary, using never-before-seen concert and archival footage, found in the vaults of Warner Bros.,…