Sidney Lumet

“Sonic the Hedgehog 2” and More Thrilling New Releases Are Here!

08.11.22 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Adam Pally, Al Pacino, Alan Hale, Annette Funicello, Anthony Banderas, Anthony LaPaglia, Ashley Judd, Ben Schwartz, Bryan Tyree Henry, Claire Bloom, Connie Stevens, David Cronenberg, Eriq La Salle, Ethan Embry, Frankie Avalon, Fredric March, Gerard Butler, Gina Lollobrigida, Gloria Reuben, James Marsden, James Stewart, Jenny Agutter, Jim Carrey, Joan Plowright, Jon Voight, Judy Davis, Kevin Dillon, King Vidor, Léa Seydoux, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Lori Loughlin, Mel Gibson, Michael Rooker, Ray Milland, Richard Burton, Robert De Niro, Shannen Doherty, Shemar Moore, Sidney Lumet, Sonic the Hedgehog, Stanley Baker, The Hallmark Channel, Tika Sumpter, Tom Sizemore, Val KIlmer, Viggo Mortensen, Yul Brynner, Zoe Saldana | no comments

The summer will be over before you know it, but there’s still some time to sit back and relax in the air conditioning with a great movie or two. (Or ten, or twenty, or…we don’t judge!) There’s a bunch of…

“Encanto” and More Unmissable New Releases Are Here!

02.11.22 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Albert Finney, Anthony Perkins, Broderick Crawford, Bruce Willis, Catwoman, Criterion Collection, DC, Dianne Guerrero, Dick Powell, Disney, Dylan McDermott, Federico Fellini, Ginger Rogers, Hoyt Axton, Ingrid Bergman, Jacqueline Bisset, Joan Blondell, John Gielgud, John Leguizamo, Jon Bernthal, Lauren Bacall, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Lucy Hale, Marcello Mastroianni, Matt Dillon, Mira Sorvino, Richard Widmark, Roger Corman, Russell Johnson, Sean Connery, Sidney Lumet, Tony Goldwyn, Wendy Hiller, Will Smith, Wilmer Valderrama | no comments

Valentine’s Day will be upon us soon, so it’s fitting that you’ll love this batch of new DVD, Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD releases! Everything from recent theatrical releases to classics are now available, and here’s a rundown of what…

Check Out These Silver Age Spectaculars, Now on Sale!

03.02.20 | Chris Cummins | Tags: 1960s films, 1970s Films, 1980s Films, Academy Award Winners, Agatha Christie, Albert Finney, Anthony Perkins, Cary Grant, Charles Laughton, Danny Glover, Harrison Ford, Ingrid Bergman, Jacqueline Bisset, Jean Simmons, John Gielgud, John Malkovich, Kelly McGillis, Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Laurence Olivier, MovieFanFare Mega Mondays, Peter Ustinov, Peter Weir, Richard Widmark, Sales, Sally Field, Sean Connery, Sidney Lumet, Silver Age, Stanley Kubrick, Tony Curtis, Wendy Hiller | no comments

The 1960s, ’70s and ’80s spawned some of the greatest and most entertaining movies in history. It’s little wonder than that this time period is often referred to as the “Silver Age of Cinema.” We wanted to honor this era…

Create-A-Caption: Dog Day Afternoon

02.03.20 | Chris Cummins | Tags: 1970s Films, Academy Award Winners, Al Pacino, John Cazale, MovieFanFare Mega Mondays, Sidney Lumet | 2 comments

For this latest Create-A-Caption we are focusing on Dog Day Afternoon (1975), the acclaimed drama in which Al Pacino turns in a tour-de-force performance as down-and-out New Yorker Sonny Wortzik, who─along with his pal Sal (John Cazale)─attempts a Brooklyn bank…

Albert Finney Shines In “Murder on the Orient Express”

02.08.19 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Albert Finney, Anthony Perkins, Lauren Bacall, Martin Balsam, Murder on the Orient Express, Richard Widmark, Sean Connery, Sidney Lumet, Vanessa Redgrave | no comments

Not to be confused with the recent remake starring Johnny Depp, 1974’s Murder on the Orient Express is a rollicking adaptation of the classic Agatha Christie novel. The first class compartment of the December 1935 departure of the Orient Express…

Network (1976): Movie Review

09.17.12 | Kim Wilson | Tags: 1970s Movies, Movie Reviews, Robert Duvall, Sidney Lumet | 8 comments

When Paddy Chayefsky wrote his Oscar-winning screenplay for Network (1976) it was supposed to be satirical. Lensed through the 1976 eye I’m sure audiences found an opinion-spouting news anchor and a network devoted to developing reality-based programming as absurd. To…

The Verdict (1982): Movie Review

06.22.11 | Alyson Krier | Tags: 1980s Movies, Movie Reviews, Paul Newman, Sidney Lumet | 10 comments

The Verdict (1982) Movie Review Frank Galvin (Paul Newman) is a down-on-his luck, alcoholic lawyer in Boston. In the past three years, he’s had four cases and spends most of his time either at a bar playing pinball and shooting…

First Time Watch: The Fugitive Kind

06.17.11 | Brian Sieck | Tags: Movie Reviews, Sidney Lumet | 5 comments

OK, so this could be considered part two of my tribute to director Sidney Lumet. After skimming the late, great auteur’s filmography for my last piece, I realized that 1960’s The Fugitive Kind was one of his early films that…

My Weekend With Sidney Lumet And Sean Connery

06.03.11 | Brian Sieck | Tags: Sidney Lumet | 6 comments

Hello, film fans. We’re fresh off of the Memorial Day weekend, and yours truly needs to get something off of his chest. It has been almost two years now since the passing of industry luminary, Sidney Lumet, one of the…

This Week In Film History, 04.17.11

04.18.11 | Jay Steinberg | Tags: Sidney Lumet | 2 comments

April 20, 1965: Sidney Lumet’s The Pawnbroker, starring Rod Steiger, takes its place in Hollywood history as the first mainstream film to include female frontal nudity. April 20, 1903: A judgment on appeal in Edison v. Lubin allows a film to be copyrighted…

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