THE ROCKETEER SOARS AGAIN
Monday night a near sell-out crowd filled the El Capitan Theater on Hollywood Boulevard to see The Rocketeer on its 25th anniversary along with three of its principal creators: director Joe Johnston, production designer Jim Bissell, and executive producer Larry Franco. I…
PROTO-NOIR AND PRIME NOIR ON BLU-RAY
THE BIG COMBO – Ignite Films Joseph H. Lewis was a prolific director of B movies and episodic television, but his latter-day claim to fame is a virtuosic film noir, Gun Crazy (1950). When I first saw that film…
WHY YOU SHOULD GO OUT TO SEE ‘TUNER’
I’ve seen Tuner more than once and while it’s a thriller with its fair share of surprises, it holds up awfully well. I would urge you to go out and see it at your first opportunity. If grownups don’t…
CATCHING UP WITH BLU-RAYS
As I said in my recent post, I’ve been laggard in keeping up to date on this website. The following Blu-ray releases are no longer fresh, but they warrant your attention nonetheless. If you want to know why…
A NEW BOOK FROM MALTIN AND MALTIN
The past few months have been hectic for my family and me and as a result, I haven’t had the wherewithal to keep up with this blog, as much as I have wanted to. My daughter and collaborator Jessie…
ADAM SANDLER AND ME
Two thousand fans packed the Arlington Theater in Santa Barbara last week to see Adam Sandler in person. After forty years of comedy records, TV appearances and movies he’s still on top of his game. It was my happy…
OLIVIA de HAVILLAND ARCHIVES LAND IN AUSTIN, TEXAS
Film scholars and researchers now have one more reason to make their way to the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas in Austin–they’ve acquired Olivia de Havilland’s papers and memorabilia. The two-time Oscar winner lived to be…
