Happy holidays! Here is a rundown of all the new releases that you’ll want to be watching once the presents are unwrapped and the fruitcake is eaten. In fact, there’s so many great titles now available that we’re certain there…
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“History Is Made at Night” and More DVD and Blu-ray New Releases
This week’s new releases offer everything from a Criterion Collection edition of a 1930s favorite to star-packed releases from the Warner Archive Collection to a complete series set of an iconic cartoon. We think you’ll find plenty of additions to…
Read more →This Week’s New Releases Include “Aquaman,” “If Beale Street Could Talk,” and “The Glass Bottom Boat”
From Oscar-winners to classics from the vaults, there’s an incredible amount of new releases this week. We’ve got a little bit of everything hitting Blu-ray and DVD this week. Check out what you’ll be watching next! Aquaman Jason Momoa returns…
Read more →The Real-Life Plot to Kidnap Mary Pickford
George Clooney plays a ’50s film star who’s kidnapped in the new movie Hail, Caesar!, but in 1925 crooks plotted to abduct silent screen heroine Mary Pickford and hold her for ransom. Guest writer Patrick Downey shares the remarkable true-crime story.
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Women in Early Hollywood
One of my favorite books as a child was Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, and my favorite character, without question, was Jo March. Jo spent her days in the attic, “scribbling” out stories and poems and plotting how best to get…
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