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You Made Me Love You: A Judy Garland Appreciation

David Krauss — Fri, 27 Sep 2019 15:00:06 +0000

The new bio-pic Judy, which chronicles the difficult final months of Judy Garland’s life, will be released in theaters this week, but to fully appreciate the brilliance of the “World’s Greatest Entertainer,” you need to see her in her prime. Garland’s 1962 TV special captures this legendary performer at her zenith, and proves just what...

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From Silents to the Seventies: Three Coins in the Fountain

David Krauss — Thu, 11 Jul 2019 16:00:21 +0000

If you can’t make it to Rome or Venice anytime soon, check out Three Coins in the Fountain. It’s the next best thing to being there. This lightweight romance about the affairs of a trio of American expatriates living la dolce vita may seem shockingly sexist today, but the Italian scenery and historical sites maintain...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of June 9th, 2019 – Chapter and Vers

Josh Zyber — Mon, 10 Jun 2019 12:00:57 +0000

Marvel’s first female-led superhero blockbuster comes home to Blu-ray and Ultra HD this week, just in time to temper everyone’s disappointment over how the second one turned out. That “second one” being Dark Phoenix, which may not be part of the MCU but is still a Marvel production, and hasn’t been received very well so...

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From Silents to the Seventies: The Detective

Josh Zyber — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 17:00:00 +0000

In some strange, alternate universe, perhaps there exists a world in which Die Hard starred Frank Sinatra and remained a sequel to his 1968 cop drama The Detective. I’d like to think we’re better off not living in that world, but then again, it may have spared us from the dreadful fifth entry in that...

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Weekend Roundtable: Musicians Turned Actors

Josh Zyber — Fri, 15 Jan 2016 20:00:19 +0000

This week, we both lost David Bowie and gained a new movie starring Ice Cube. I’m not sure that’s a fair trade-off, frankly. Nonetheless, that’s what the universe decided to bring us. With no other connection between these two events, let’s look at other examples, for good or ill, of musicians who have made a...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of May 3rd, 2015 – Mr. Grey Will See You Now

Josh Zyber — Mon, 04 May 2015 12:00:28 +0000

Aww, how thoughtful. Just in time for Mother’s Day comes that embarrassing S&M sex movie your mom’s been wanting to watch with you. What a great gift. Savor the awkwardness! New Releases ‘Fifty Shades of Grey‘ – I just don’t understand the world sometimes. How did a ridiculous piece of half-literate ‘Twilight’ fan-fiction ever become...

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Blu-ray Highlights for 2/14/12 – There’s a Storm Coming Like Nothing You’ve Ever Seen

Josh Zyber — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:00:34 +0000

I find it vaguely interesting that there are basically no love- or romance-themed movies being released on Blu-ray this Valentine’s Day (unless you’re the kind of sicko who finds ‘The Human Centipede’ romantic). We seem to have gotten all of those out of the way last week. Today’s focus falls instead to some of last...

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The Netflix Stream: Week of July 21st, 2011

Dick Ward — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:00:00 +0000

There’s not much leaving the Netflix stream in terms of greatness this week, but there’s even less coming to it. We’re losing the usual glut of movies, but only getting two in return. That’s right – two. Leaving the Stream ‘Purple Rain’ (7/22): Don’t act like you’re too good to enjoy a little Prince. Is...

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