Irv Slifkin | In the Director's Chair
Even though his father named him after American movie icon John Wayne, Wayne Wang has never really made an action film or a western. But the Hong Kong-born filmmaker has been something of a chameleon throughout his fascinating 25-plus year career, moving easily from independent films to Hollywood projects.
No Comments »COUP DE TORCH: At last, Sony has opened the floodgates to their library, and look what’s pouring out—all sorts of goodies for film fanatics. First and foremost are Icons Of Screwball Comedy, Vol. 1 and Icons Of Screwball Comedy, Vol. 2, two wonderful collections of wacky farces.
Irv Slifkin | In the Star's Trailer
Checklist:
Turn on TV: Bradley Cooper is hosting Saturday Night Live. Change the channel. It’s a rerun of Nip/Tuck. There’s Bradley Cooper as Aidan Stone.
Go to On Demand on the cable box: Select Yes Man, the latest Jim Carrey comedy. Hey, it’s Bradley Cooper.
Figure out what to watch on DVD: Check out the rom-com He’s Just Not That Into You. It stars Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Connelly, Jennifer Aniston, Scarlett Johansson, Ben Affleck and…Bradley Cooper!
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TV Debuts Sure To Amuse: The TV train keeps chugging along, bringing shows of recent and older vintage to all good couch potatoes...
Good Knight: In 2008, NBC went in for a reboot of the 1980s’ most popular action shows, and the resulting Knight Rider: Season 1 starred Justin Bruening as Mike Traceur, the estranged son of Michael Knight, who now uses a second-generation version of the talking supercar KITT (here voiced by Val Kilmer) to fight crime. The series co-starred Bruce Davison as the scientist who created both iterations of KITT, and Deanna Russo as Davison’s daughter / Breuning’s romantic interest. The show’s entire run of 18 episodes are presented on four discs in this souped-up set loaded with extras.
Irv Slifkin and micah | Staff Notes
Sony’s recent release of The Jack Lemmon Film Collection has allowed Chris Lemmon to revisit his father, both the actor and the man, in different ways.
First, the younger Lemmon’s A Twist Of Lemmon, his deeply felt 2006 look at his relationship with his father who passed away in 2001, has been reissued, this time in paperback.
Chris, 55, also serves as the host of the documentary Jack Lemmon: The Man Behind The Magic, which is included on The Jack Lemmon Film Collection in tandem with such much-requested titles as Pfffhttt!, Operation Mad Ball, The Notorious Landlady, Under The Yum Yum Tree, and Good Neighbor Sam. The program is based on his book and offers a fine overview on Jack with insights from Kevin Spacey, Peter Gallagher, Cliff Robertson, Shirley MacLaine and film critic Joe Baltake, who penned the book The Films Of Jack Lemmon.