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Witness the magic and madness behind the making of Francis Ford Coppola’s 1979 visionary Vietnam War epic, Apocalypse Now, starring Martin Sheen and Marlon...
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Witness the magic and madness behind the making of Francis Ford Coppola’s 1979 visionary Vietnam War epic, Apocalypse Now, starring Martin Sheen and Marlon...
Written by Ray Morton Published by Bloomsbury Academic I first discovered the Marx Brothers in 1971 when their worst movie, RKO’s Room...
Written by Simon Bacon Published by Bear Manor Media I collect Dracula movies. As of this writing, I have about a hundred different...
Written by Laurent Hopman Art by Renaud Roche Translated by Jeremy Melloul Published by 23rd St. Books Star Wars is a cultural phenomenon...
Written by Howard Berger and Marshall Julius Foreword by Robert Englund Afterword by Alex Winter Published by Wilbeck Publishing I think it’s safe...
G.D. Spradlin lived to ninety years old but chances are you didn’t meet him until he was in his fifties. His name may be...
The filming of JAWS was a landmark event in the history of both movies and the quaint New England island of Martha’s Vineyard, where the...
Written by Mat Bradley-Tschirgi Published by BearManor Media Anybody who has ever seen Eddie Murphy in movies, on television, or even in concert,...
Written by Grady Hendrix, Chris Poggiali Foreword by RZA Published by Running Adult Press For a subgenre that was so reviled and ridiculed during...
Written by Simon Melzer Published by BearManor Media In 1973, the movie Soylent Green had a clever marketing campaign with different ads appearing...
When I was first asked to review this collection I was almost hesitant because I knew there would be a commitment involved. Not just...
creatorvc, the team behind smash-successes Aliens Expanded and In Search of Darkness. have announced the development of their most ambitious documentary yet: The Thing...
Written by by Joe Russo, Larry Landsman & Edward Gross Foreword by Charlton Heston Published by Bear Manor Media NOTE: By way of...
I’ve always liked films set on trains. They provide instant high concept and perceived production value, while never compromising on intimate character study. In...
Rob Reiner directed this star-studded film based on Aaron Sorkin’s hit Broadway show (adapted by Sorkin himself) back in 1992. For those of you...
Previously in this space, I reviewed Arrow’s exemplary ShawScope Vol. 2 set, and called it a must-buy for fans of old school kung fu...
“Only the dead have seen the end of war.” – George Santayana, Soliloquies in England and Later Soliloquies It was a brisk fifty-five degrees...
When I saw the recent footage of Burning Man attendees slogging their way to dry ground under torrential rains, I texted an image to...
Getting old ain’t easy, especially in Hollywood. And let’s face it, some actors simply refuse to do it. Older actors playing younger roles is...
“I DON’T SHOOT FUCKING INSERTS!” screamed William Friedkin at a studio executive who suggested perhaps seeing a close-up of the mileage gauge might help...
Explore the beginning of Steven Spielberg’s remarkable career with SPIELBERG: THE FIRST TEN YEARS [Insight Editions; October 24, 2023] the definitive retrospective that covers...
Okay, let’s just get this out of the way right up front. Was there ever a human being who visually personified a classic comic...
Written by Chris Alexander Foreword by Roger Corman Published by Headpress Let me just state right up front that I am prejudiced in...
What doesn’t Chris Irving do? From educator to author to publisher to pop culture historian, there isn’t much that he doesn’t have his hands...