Love Story, one of the best films of all time, gets a newly restored Blu-ray in honor of the film’s 50th anniversary in December 2020. This new Blu-ray is issued through the Paramount Presents line and is restored from a 4K transfer. The film was a box office hit! Produced on a $2.2 million budget, the film took in $136.4 million at the box office. After Erich Segal wrote the screenplay, Paramount asked him to…
"Love Story Celebrates 50 Years With Blu-ray"Author: Danielle Solzman
Danielle Solzman
Cameron Crowe’s Elizabethtown makes its arrival on Blu-ray for the first time as the 14th title of the Paramount Presents line. Last year, we celebrated the 20th anniversary of Almost Famous. This year, it’s the 15th anniversary of the Kentucky set film starring Orlando Bloom and Kirsten Dunst. A number of Crowe films have milestone anniversaries in 2021: Jerry Maguire celebrates its 25th anniversary. Vanilla Sky marks its 20th anniversary and the last time Paul…
"Elizabethtown Arrives On Blu-ray For The First Time"
The Critics Choice Association announced the film nominations for the 26th Annual Critics Choice Awards ahead of the March 7 ceremony. The winners will be revealed LIVE on The CW on Sunday, March 7, 2021 from 7-10pm ET/PT, with acclaimed film, television, and stage star Taye Diggs returning to host for his third consecutive time. The show will continue its combined Film and Television awards format, honoring the finest in both cinematic and televised/streaming achievement. In response…
"Critics Choice Awards: 26th Annual Film Nominations"
Happy Times, the new film from director Michael Mayer, has a Quentin Tarantino vibe in this what-could-possibly-go-wrong film. I have a bone to pick about the film’s synopsis. It is described as a Shabbat dinner party. This could not be more wrong. For one, aside from the pre-dinner activities, the whole dinner party takes place following Shabbas. In this regard, the film should be billed as a Havdalah party because THAT is what is happening. …
"Happy Times Has A Quentin Tarantino Vibe"
Actress Rebecca Hall marks her directorial debut with Passing as she beautifully adapts Nella Larsen’s Harlem-set novella for the screen. When I found out that Rebecca Hall was making this film her directorial debut, I thought how is she qualified to tell a story about two Black women. I never looked up Hall’s background before. I would subsequently learn that her mother is opera singer Marie Ewing. Ewing happens to be of a mixed racial…
"Sundance 2021: Passing"
The Court Jester, the 1956 musical starring Danny Kaye, recently arrived on Blu-ray for the first time through the Paramount Presents line. Writing in his Classic Movies Guide, film critic/historian Leonard Maltin refers to the musical comedy as “one of the best comedies ever made.” In the 1950s, every studio was doing what they could to compete with the rise of television. For Paramount, this meant releasing films in the superior VistaVision format. Here is…
"The Court Jester Gets Blu-ray for 65th Anniversary"
While some advertisers are sitting out, studios are using Super Bowl LV to launch movies by reminding you that they still exist in TV spots. A number of TV spots will be featured during the course of tonight’s big game. The question I’m asking is whether or note their current release dates hold. Prior to the game, Universal Pictures released TV spots for both F9 and Nobody. F9 is the ninth chapter in the Fast…
"Super Bowl LV: The 2021 Movie Trailer TV Spots"
While Cherry is due out in late February, Apple failed both the Russo brothers and Tom Holland in the film’s awards campaign this season. Formal reviews are still under embargo. What this article details is how Apple truly failed this film in terms of campaigning for awards. Put it this way: as critical as I was with Warner Bros.’ rollout of Wonder Woman 1984, I’m more critical when it comes to Apple making it so…
"Cherry: Apple Failed Russo Brothers, Tom Holland in Awards Campaign"
Edgar Wright brings Ron and Russell Mael’s story to the screen in The Sparks Brothers and their impact on rock music after 50 years. There’s a chance that you’ve probably never heard of Sparks. But what you don’t know is that they are an inspiration to your favorite band. Or at least one of them, anyway. Ron and Russell Mael’s story starts in California. It later takes them across the pond to the United Kingdom. …
"Sundance 2021: The Sparks Brothers"
Wild Indian is a compelling thriller about a Native American who has essentially rebuilt his life in order to move beyond his past. Makwa (Michael Greyeyes) has long since moved away from the reservation where he grew up. It isn’t only that he grew up there but he covered up a classmates murder decades earlier. But here’s the thing about covering up a murder, nobody is ever really safe. Even if one thinks they are…
"Sundance 2021: Wild Indian"
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