Welcome to this week’s rundown of Blu-ray, DVD and 4K Ultra HD new releases! And what a diverse batch it is, with everything from a recent Marvel Cinematic Universe blockbuster to obscure TV curiosities. The breadth and depth of physical…
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To quote Gomer Pyle, well Shazam! The high-flying DC superhero’s cinematic debut jumpstarts this latest batch of new releases. Other notables include classics from the Warner Archive Collection, two great selections from the Criterion Collection, several TV series making their…
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Before he turned his attention to politics, Ronald Reagan had a successful 25-year Hollywood career. This week MovieFanFare salutes the 40th U.S. president and asks for your vote for “The Gipper’s” top big-screen turn.
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Ronald Reagan, Wayne Morris and Eddie Albert played Virginia Military Institute pals in 1938’s Brother Rat, based on a popular Broadway play. Guest writer Raquel Stecher reviews the comedy and its 1940 follow-up, Brother Rat and a Baby.
Read more →November 7, 1902: French inventor/film executive Leon Gaumont demonstrates his Chronophone system of showing films with synchronized phonograph cylinders. November 6, 1958: Steve McQueen (article: Non-Expressionism The Gift of Steve McQueen) battles that man-eating goo from outer space, The Blob,…
Read more →March 10, 1910: D.W. Griffith launches the Hollywood film industry with In Old California, the first film to be made in the new municipality. March 10, 1922: Hollywood hires former postmaster general Will H. Hays to oversee “moral and artistic…
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We’ve come not to bury nor praise the life and politics of Ronald Reagan. Just his cinematic endeavors. Let’s separate our opinions from our feelings about his career as a screen actor, for which many termed him “terminally bland.” A…
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Dark Victory Director: Edmund Goulding USA 1939 104 min. Starring: Bette Davis (article), George Brent, Humphrey Bogart , Geraldine Fitzgerald and Ronald Reagan, among others. A spoiled 23 year old heiress, Judith (Davis), is faced with the fact that she…
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