Riot in Cell Block 11 (Criterion Collection) (Blu-ray)
Riot in Cell Block 11 grew out of producer Walter Wanger’s personal experience. In 1951, Wanger spent four months in prison for shooting Jennings Lang; an agent he believed was having an affair with his wife, the beautiful actress Joan Bennett. Wanger was appalled at the conditions prisoners were expected to live in. Deeply affected […]
DVD Review: The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis – The Complete Series
Created by Max Shulman, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis ran from 1959 to 1963, and ushered in significant changes to the television landscape. Teens on television had generally been portrayed as doltish and irresponsible. Prior to The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, the life of teenagers hadn’t yet been the focus of a television […]
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis: The Complete Series Available July 2 From Shout!
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis ignited one of the many loves of American television: stories about teenagers. Dobie Gillis was a typically indecisive young man who continually set out on hopeless quests for popularity, money, and the attention of beautiful girls, all while trying to make his parents happy. Created and written by humorist […]
Blu-ray Review: It’s A Wonderful Life – Gift Set
Every year between Thanksgiving and Christmas, three movies will show up somewhere, sometime on television: A Christmas Carol (of which there are several good versions), A Christmas Story and It’s A Wonderful Life. After its copyright was inexplicably not renewed in 1974 and the film became part of the public domain, It’s a Wonderful Life […]
It’s a Wonderful Life arrives on a two-disc Blu-ray collector’s set November 1st
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. – Take a trip to Bedford Falls to experience the life-affirming message of director Frank Capra’s enduringly popular classic all over again when IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE gets its wings in a new two-disc Blu-ray™ Shadow Box Gift Set on November 1, 2011 from Paramount Home Entertainment. Starring James Stewart (Mr. Smith Goes […]