NEW AND NOTABLE BOOKS…
THE LAST ACTION HEROES: THE TRIUMPHS, FLOPS AND FEUDS OF HOLLYWOOD’S KINGS OF CARNAGE by Nick De Semlyen (Crown)…
‘LOST’ BARBARA STANWYCK, GARY…
Barbara Stanwyck is one of those actresses who makes any film worth seeing. I don’t know anyone who…
‘ALL ABOUT EVE,’ ‘PETER…
While the giants of the media world slug it out on streaming platforms, smaller concerns (and one division of…
SLEEPERS! FILM NOIR, WESTERN…
Even as “physical media” is ostensibly disappearing there are new DVD and Blu-ray releases being released on a regular…
YOUNG CLARK GABLE, “FATTY”…
Specialty distributors haven’t given up on DVDs and Blu-rays. In fact, they seem to be busier than ever releasing…
THE MAN WHO DIRECTED…
Casablanca is my all-time favorite film but its director, Michael Curtiz, rarely gets much credit for its success. His reputation…
THE OLD DARK HOUSE,…
The Criterion Collection remains the Gold Standard for the treatment of films old and new on Blu-ray…but lately, several…
