There are few things in life as joyful as sitting down to watch a beloved film. This week’s new DVD and Blu-ray releases offer up plenty of those, packed with Hollywood legends past and present, talents whose works on screen…
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The end of January is a blah time of year, but fortunately there are always movies to offer up endless entertainment! There’s an impressive array of new releases available for any kind of film fan hitting Blu-ray and DVD this…
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This week’s new Blu-ray and DVD offerings include everything from a pair of Disney favorites (one new, one classic), to classics from the Warner Archives, recent theatrical offerings, cult hits, and so much more. Movie lovers, have we got a…
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Shh! We want you to try not to make any noise for a minute so we can tell you about all the great new releases coming to DVD and Blu-ray this week. You know what? Forget that, be as loud…
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When Marilyn Monroe declared that “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend” in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, she cemented her eternal place in Hollywood history. More than just a sex symbol, her seemingly endless appeal made her a global superstar. Watching this…
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In January 1953, President Truman announced that the United States had developed a hydrogen bomb. Later that same year, 20th Century Fox released its own double-barreled bombshell, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, starring Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe. Christmas had obviously come…
Read more →February 8, 1915: D.W. Griffith‘s Civil War epic, The Birth of a Nation, opens. At a White House screening, President Woodrow Wilson calls it “like writing history with lightning.” February 8, 1926: The New York Sun is the first to…
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Guest blogger Karen Burroughs Hannsbery writes: When I think of film noir fatales, Jane Russell is not necessarily the first name that springs to mind. Known mainly for her singing and comedic talents, as well as her voluptuous figure and…
Read more →September 14, 1919: Lon Chaney portrays the first of his memorable “grotesque roles,” twisting his body to play a fake cripple healed by The Miracle Man. September 14, 1936: Producer Irving G. Thalberg, the “boy wonder” behind many of MGM’s…
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