Notoriously difficult to adapt, Hollywood has tried for years to successfully transfer video games to the big screen. Whether it’s Justin Kurzel’s dark “Assassin’s Creed,” or one of Uwe Boll’s several forgettable attempts at the genre, there’s never been a…
With the success of shows like Alias and 24, television shows centered around espionage became popular beginning in the early 2000’s. Debuting in 2010, on the USA Network, Covert Affairs was created by the team of Matt Corman and Chris…
Known largely for her role as lifeguard Casey Jean “C.J.” Parker on Baywatch, and endless tabloid stories during her marriage to rocker Tommy Lee, it was easy to write her off as just another Hollywood pinup. In truth, she had…
Written and directed by the then husband-and-wife team of Frank and Eleanor Perry, 1969’s controversial Last Summer adapted from Evan Hunter’s novel of the same name, has been unavailable for nearly forty years—never on DVD, and unseeable in its original…
By 1969, Sidney Poitier was a bonafide superstar with a series of successful movies to his credit. That year saw him move away from his good guy persona with The Lost Man, an earnest attempt to examine the racial tumult…
By the early 1970’s, Hollywood was in a transition period. A new generation of filmmakers were eager to make their mark. Among them was French provocateur Roger Vadim, fresh off the success of camp fest Barbarella, starring his then-wife, Jane…
Writer/director Kelly Reichardt’s The Mastermind is both a character study and a heist film. Set in Framingham, Massachusetts,1970, James Blaine “J.B.” Mooney (Josh O’Connor), is an unemployed carpenter, art school dropout, and would be thief. JB orchestrates the theft of…
Legally unavailable for almost ninety years due to copyright infringement, 1932’s Letty Lynton has made its way to Blu-ray courtesy of Warner Archive. Based on the novel by Marie Belloc Lowndes, a young Joan Crawford stars as Letty Lynton, a…
With the recent announcement that Gilmore Girls is leaving Netflix after a twelve-year run, the fact that Warner Brothers recently released the entire series on Blu-ray is a godsend for fans. Created by Amy Sherman-Palladino (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), Gilmore…
Forever famous for his role as Ed Norton on televisions The Honeymooners, Art Carney found success on the big screen, winning a Best Actor Oscar for his role as Harry Coombes in Harry and Tonto. In 1978, he joined Lilly…