The Academy Awards are coming on Sunday, and there’s no shortage of star-power in this week’s new DVDs and Blu-rays. Along with a huge Oscars contender, these new releases also include a surprising action/comedy, some cult efforts, a collection of…
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TV Treasures: These Complete Series Sets Are Now On Sale
Bingewatching is more popular than ever, and it’s easy to see why. There are few better ways to idle away the lazy weekend hours than by catching up with your favorite shows. (Or “stories” as I prefer to call them)….
Read more →Movie Poll: What’s Your Favorite Billy Crystal Performance?
With the Academy Awards happening next Sunday, you’re bound to hear a lot of talk about Billy Crystal‘s time hosting the Oscars. Although he hasn’t hosted in years, the desire to have him take the reins on the show is…
Read more →Check Out These Cool “Coco” Collectibles from Funko
It’s time for another Sunday Funday, and this week we are all about Coco. Hitting DVD and Blu-ray this Tuesday, the latest Disney/Pixar offering concerns 12-year-old Miguel Rivera (Anthony Gonzalez) — a young man whose musical ability is amazing, an…
Read more →Breaking Out The “Singing Guns” For An Unforgettable Vaughn Monroe Western
Republic Pictures’ 1950 sagebrush success Singing Guns stars big band legend Vaughn Monroe as an ornery varmint who becomes overcome by guilt after he wounds a pursuing sheriff (Ward Bond). Monroe takes Ward to kindly doctor Walter Brennan, and for…
Read more →The 1967 Classic Thriller “Games” Arrives On Blu-ray
Newly available on Blu-ray from the Scream Factory imprint, Games is a diabolical thriller that stars Simone Signoret as Lisa Schindler, a German immigrant woman who, while peddling cosmetics door to door, happens upon bored Manhattan socialites Paul (James Caan)…
Read more →Laughter and Tears In Charlie Chaplin’s “City Lights”
Charlie Chaplin‘s Depression-era favorite City Lights is a high-wire balancing act between huge laughs and moments of intense and surprisingly poignancy. Despite the fact that talkies were all the rage when this movie was produced in 1931, Chaplin decided that…
Read more →“Daddy’s Home 2” and “The Florida Project” Kick Off This Week’s New Releases
This week’s new releases include recent family comedies, a powerful drama that is shaping up to be the darling of this year’s awards season, cult flicks, two new offerings from the Criterion Collection, and more fan-pleasing releases. Take a look…
Read more →Poll: Who’s Your Favorite Character from “Best in Show”?
Last week, the Westminster Dog Show celebrated the greatest canines the world had to offer — which in made us want to watch Best in Show. In the 2000 comedy, Christopher Guest turned his attention to prize-winning pooches─and their idiosyncratic…
Read more →Check Out These Fantastic “Black Panther” Toys!
Black Panther is currently the most successful film in the country. The latest installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe also spawned its own line of movie-based Funko POP! Toys, and each one is terrific. Available characters include Black Panther, Black…
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