It’s Tuesday again, which means that the time has come for another overview of the latest titles to hit Blu-ray and DVD! And what an assortment we’ve got for you now. From a recent Oscar-nominated fave to the farewell season…
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The Maltese Falcon: The Bird Is the Word
In today’s guest post, Jim Brymer discusses The Maltese Falcon: Humphrey Bogart was born into the camera (so to speak), if stories can be believed. He was the model for a drawing for an advertising campaign for a brand of…
Read more →“Ralph Breaks the Internet,” a 30th Anniversary Edition of “The Little Mermaid,” and More New Releases!
Just because the Oscars are over doesn’t mean that the magic of Hollywood isn’t still in the air. Just check out this week’s new releases for proof of this! Two Disney favorites kick things off, followed by several star-packed Warner…
Read more →Don’t Miss These Classics from the Warner Archive Collection!
The Warner Archive Collection is committed to bringing classics and forgotten favorites from all eras of Hollywood to DVD and Blu-ray. Here are ten recent Archive releases that you may have missed! Bad Day at Black Rock Shortly after World…
Read more →Create-A-Caption: The Maltese Falcon
For this week’s Create-A-Caption, we’ve taken an iconic still from the Humphrey Bogart detective classicThe Maltese Falcon and added our on comedic spin to it. We ask you to add your own in the comments below! It’s a nice gift…
Read more →Five Film Favorites from the 1930s That You Might Have Missed!
The 1930s were a fascinating time for the film industry. The beginning of the decade saw talkies take over Hollywood, pre-Code flicks shocked and titillated and features like The Wizard of Oz showed how magical the movies could truly be….
Read more →The Years Margaret O’Brien Ruined Christmas
Can Margaret O’Brien ruin Christmas? A look at the spectacular brattiness of O’Brien in the Christmas films Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) & Tenth Avenue Angel (1948). Guest Blogger Jessica Pickens gives us a play by play.
Read more →Mary Astor: The Prisoner of Moorcrest
Beautiful Mary Astor (born Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke) was the daughter of teachers who didn’t really want to teach. When lovely Lucile showed a talent for acting and became a semifinalist in a Motion Picture Magazine beauty contest, papa packed up…
Read more →Book vs. Movie: The Maltese Falcon
When you have more than one screen adaptation of a novel, usually one is more faithful to the book than the other. However, in the case of Dashiell Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon, it has two pretty accurate translations. The first…
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