Francis Ford Coppola

“Nightmare Alley” and Other Unmissable New Releases Are Here!

03.18.22 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Al Pacino, Bill Murray, Bing Crosby, Bradley Cooper, Carole Lombard, Cate Blanchett, Charles Boyer, Chevy Chase, Chuck Connors, Claude Akins, Dan Aykroyd, Ernest Borgnine, Francis Ford Coppola, Fred Astaire, Garrett Morris, Gary Cooper, Gilda Radner, Guillermo del Toro, Hardy Krüger, James Cagney, James Stewart, Jane Curtin, John Belushi, Laraine Newman, Marlon Brando, Michael Curtiz, Peter Finch, Richard Attenborough, Richard Jenkins, Robert De Niro, Rock Hudson, Rooney Mara, Saturday Night Live, Shirley Temple, The Godfather, The O. Henry Playhouse, Tommy Kirk, Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe | no comments

Whoa! That’s the first word that comes to mind in terms of the sheer variety of new releases that are now available. It’s been a minute since there’s been a week packed with so many must-see TV and movie titles…

Create-A-Caption: The Godfather

03.23.21 | Chris Cummins | Tags: 1970s Films, Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather | 3 comments

The Godfather is not only widely considered to be the most brilliant mob saga in history (although you wouldn’t be violating omerta to say that Goodfellas and The Sopranos also qualify), but it also features the most notorious film moment…

Scare Up Huge Savings in Our Monster May-Hem Sale!

05.13.20 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Andrea Riseborough, Anthony Hopkins, Betty Gilpin, Boris Karloff, Demián Bichir, Emily Blunt, Francis Ford Coppola, Gary Oldman, George Romero, Horror Movies, John Krasinski, Jon cho, Keanu Reeves, Lon Chaney, Lucio Fulci, Monster May-Hem, Sales, Vincent Price, Winona Ryder | no comments

Boo! Sorry, did I scare you? Just trying to get you in the spooky spirit for our current Monster May-Hem Sale. Friends, we’ve got hordes of horror hits from the past 100 years ready to give you thrills at discounted…

The Godfather Part II: The Rise and Fall of a Big Man

01.06.20 | Jim Brymer | Tags: Academy Award Winners, Al Pacino, Bruno Kirby, Diane Keaton, Francis Ford Coppola, John Cazale, Robert De Niro, The Godfather II, The Godfather Part II | no comments

In the early 80’s, Showtime broadcast what were at that time the only two The Godfather movies in chronological order. It was my first ever experience with the Godfather saga. For those of you who have never seen either, the…

These Week’s New Releases Include “Book Club,” Universal Monsters Collections, and More!

08.28.18 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Abbott and Costello, Candice Bergen, Cliff Robertson, Diane Keaton, Ed Helms, Elle Fanning, Francis Ford Coppola, Gina Gerson, Hannibal Buress, Isla Fisher, Jane Fonda, Jeff Bridges, Jennifer Tilly, Jeremy Renner, Jessica Lange, Jon Hamm, Kerry Washington, Mary Steenburgen, Peter Lorre, Rashida Jones, Sam Shepard, The Wachowski Siblings, Universal Monsters, Vincent Price, Wilford Brimley | no comments

Book Club Summer’s gone, but cooler days lie ahead…and tons of cool new DVDs and Blu-ray releases as well. This week’s new offerings include some underappreciated recent releases, several archival offerings (including several Universal Classic Monsters titles), TV season sets,…

The Godfather: Part II Is a Perfect Sequel

05.14.18 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Francis Ford Coppola, Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall, The Godfather, The Godfather Part II | 1 comment

Name the greatest movie sequel ever made. Chances are you either said The Empire Strikes Back or The Godfather Part II. Both are respectable choices, with the latter being (arguably) Francis Ford Coppola‘s masterpiece, a stunning look at the early…

“Cars 3” and More Turbocharged DVD/Blu-ray New Releases

11.07.17 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Cars 3, Cary Grant, Disney, Francis Ford Coppola, George Cukor, Jack Palance, Jimmy Stewart, Katharine Hepburn, Lee Van Cleef, Marlon Brando, Owen Wilson, Pixar, Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall, The Criterion Collection, The Godfather | no comments

Cars 3 Though the competitive fires still burned in his engine, veteran race car Lightning McQueen (voiced by Owen Wilson) knew time was passing him by…as were new-school opponents like the arrogant Jackson Storm (Armie Hammer). After a disastrous crash,…

Happy 45th Birthday to “The Godfather”

03.15.17 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Francis Ford Coppola, Marlon Brando, The Godfather | 1 comment

As impossible as it may seem to believe, Francis Ford Coppola‘s seminal Mafia classic The Godfather opened 45 years ago today. (It’s been making audiences an offer they can’t refuse ever since!) Copolla redefined the gangster film genre with this…

Whatever Happened To…? Disappeared Directors

08.08.12 | Irv Slifkin | Tags: Francis Ford Coppola, Movie Directors | 18 comments

An item in a recent article mentioned a film that was being made called The Angriest Man in Brooklyn. The story is promising: A misinformed doctor (Mila Kunis) tells an annoying patient (Robin Williams) he has 90 minutes to live….

Guest Review: Apocalypse Now

07.27.12 | Jeff Pike | Tags: 1970s Movies, Francis Ford Coppola, Marlon Brando, Movie Reviews, Robert Duvall, War Movies | 36 comments

Apocalypse Now has always been preceded by the legendary stories of its troubled production, one of those cursed film enterprises (The Exorcist is another) whose backstories are almost as entertaining as the final product itself : in this case, weathering…