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Hitchcock Comes to America
Alfred Hitchcock essentially spent the 1930s having his star rise in his native England, quickly becoming the most lauded director in the British film industry. In 1939 American producer David O. Selznick signed Hitchcock to a seven-year contract, bringing Britain’s famed director to American shores—where he would spend the rest of his career—becoming “The Master […]
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Ode to the Halloween Section
2017 has been a difficult year. It’s been a year filled with uncertainty. Just speaking for myself, and for the friends of mine who I’ve talked to about this, we’ve all gained weight, felt our anxiety stronger than we have in years past. All summer long I felt like I was in an overwhelming marathon […]
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Freebie & The Bean
My friends over at Warner Archive were nice enough to send me a copy of their new blu-ray release of the 1974 action-comedy “Freebie and The Bean.” The film, directed by Richard Rush, stars James can and Alan Arkin, with TVs Loretta Swit and Valerie Harper in supporting roles. The film is very much in […]
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The Man With Two Heavens
A pair of Steve Martin favorites come to blu-ray for the first time thanks once again to those ever vigilant celluloid crate diggers at Warner Archive. From 1983 there’s “The Man With Two Brains,” Martin’s third collaboration with director and co-writer Carl Reiner. Then we have 1990’s “My Blue Heaven,” written by the late Nora […]
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The Clapping Dread
I want you to imagine that you’re out at a restaurant having dinner with a group of friends. It’s a pleasant evening, you’re having a wonderful time. The atmosphere is very celebratory. You’ve just laughed at a very funny joke told by someone with all the wit and charm of a–let’s say–Andy Ross. That’s when […]
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Requiem for a VCR
There was an awful storm about a week ago. It knocked the power out for a few minutes at the house. When the power returned, some things were not back–the internet was out for hours. After going back and forth with my internet provider about this, they insisting there were no outages in my area, […]
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Where The Blues Are
I come to you again this week with another pair of blu-rays from those master celluloid handlers at Warner Archive. First up we have 1960’s “Where The Boys Are,” a defining teen picture of the era by MGM, and the film largely responsible for kicking off the whole cycle of 1960s beach films. The other […]
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Spammy McSpammerton
I was sleeping soundly in my bed, dreaming sweet dreams of being an obese German child frolicking without care in a field full of cheese and sausages. My sweet dream of tasty pork products and fine aged cheddars was ended when the telephone rang. I groggily woke up, grabbed my phone, and answered it. The […]
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The Heat Index
Many people have the fantasy of being on a tropic island in an ideal beach home that seems right out of an episode of “The Property Brothers.” I, on the other hand, do not care much for this scenario. I mean, if it was a tropical setting where maybe it was a solid 76 degrees […]
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Mildred’s Lodger
This week I have a pair of new blu-rays from The Criterion Collection to talk about. One stars one of the true giants of Classic Hollywood, Joan Crawford. The other is an early film directed by the man who would become The Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock. From 1945 “Mildred Pierce,” directed by the great […]
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