As the weather gets cooler and you find yourself spending more time at home, you’ll want to cozy up with a good movie or two. We’ve got you! Because right there is a golden age for DVD and Blu-ray releases,…
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The Warner Archive Collection Rescues Classic Films from Obscurity
The Warner Archive Collection presents rare and beloved films from throughout the history of cinema. (Often rescuing films from obscurity and introducing them to new audiences). Recently, Warner Archives has released a variety of titles on DVD for the first…
Read more →Joan Crawford: What Ever Happened to Mommie Dearest?
This piece originally ran on MovieFanFare in 2012, we are reprinting it today to pay tribute that most of infamous of movie moms. From flapper girl to working-class heroine to martyr mom to shocker diva, the indomitable and driven Joan…
Read more →Mommie Dearest: No Wire Hangers, But Plenty of Entertainment
Feud may be over, but interest in Joan Crawford is greater than ever. This past week saw the release of the “Hollywood Royalty Edition” of Mommie Dearest. Based on the best-selling (and still scandalous) biography by Christina Crawford, this compelling…
Read more →Create-A-Caption: Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?
This week’s Create-A-Caption focuses on Robert Aldrich‘s 1962 classic pairing of Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? We’ve taken a still from the movie and added our own comedic caption. We encourage you to do the…
Read more →What’s Your Favorite Joan Crawford Performance?
On this day in the early 1900s (sources say anytime from 1904-06), screen legend Joan Crawford was born. Crawford is currently experiencing something of a revival in popularity thanks to the television series Feud which chronicles the rivalry between her…
Read more →Create-A-Caption: Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
Thanks to the new Ryan Murphy series Feud, the intense (and infamous) rivalry between Bette Davis and Joan Crawford is back in the spotlight. Taking a cue from that development, this week’s Create-A-Caption focuses on their notorious pairing in Whatever…
Read more →Manchester by the Sea and Other Acclaimed Movies Hit DVD/Blu-ray This Week
Can you feel the excitement in the air? The Academy Awards are swiftly approaching, and this week’s DVD and Blu-ray new releases include several nominated films and frontrunners, a film classic getting the Criterion Collection treatment, a recent holiday effort,…
Read more →Criterion Serves Up “Mildred Pierce” on Blu-ray
At long last, the classic 1945 film noir melodrama Mildred Piece is coming to Blu-ray today, thanks to the restoration masters at The Criterion Collection. If you aren’t familiar with Criterion, they are the masters of restoring old film and…
Read more →Movie Trailer of the Day: Mildred Pierce
“The kind of woman most men want…but shouldn’t have.” Those words describe Mildred Pierce, the woman at the center of a Hollywood masterpiece. Joan Crawford won an Academy Award for her performance as the title character in this noirish favorite…
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