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TV by the Decade :: October 15•21
As we get deeper into the Fall season, new series making their debuts become fewer and fewer, with only two scripted series making their network premieres ... and only of them them made it past 13 episodes. There were two ...
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Kino Lorber’s 3 Days of the Condor 4K is another ’70s conspiracy flick
In this classic conspiracy thriller, screen icon Robert Redford stars as CIA Agent Joe Turner. Code name: Condor. When his entire office is massacred, Turner goes on the run from his enemies ... and his so-called allies. After reporting the ...
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Hotchka Movies by the Decade feature #168 :: October 11•17
It was a pretty decent showing for new movies making their premieres this week with several that received attention from the Oscars, Golden Globes and BAFTAs, as well as a few finding their way into the film vault at the ...
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TV by the Decade :: October 8•14
With the new Fall Season underway, there are fewer shows premiering this week with four decades sitting out, their schedules too full to add anything new. 1953 brought a film actor to television, although his most famous film from 1939 ...
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The Exorcist in 4K looks and sounds better than ever
As part of the year-long centennial celebration for the 100th anniversary of Warner Bros. Studio, the iconic supernatural film The Exorcist, from Academy Award-winning director William Friedkin, is available on 4K Ultra HD Disc and Digital for the first time.The ...
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Hotchka Movies by the Decade feature #167 :: October 4•10
It was another big week for new movie premieres, and considering we're at the beginning of 'Spooky Season' there is very little in the way of horror on the big screen this week. We do have several films that have ...
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Amish Stud: The Eli Weaver Story isn’t as campy as it sounds
When I first saw the title of the newest Lifetime TV movie, Amish Stud: The Eli Weaver Story, I thought this was one that could not be missed. And when I saw that it starred Luke Macfarlane -- the King ...
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TV by the Decade :: October 1•7
It's another big week for TV premieres as the new Fall season marches on. Many notable series made their debuts but not all of had much staying power. 1953 was notable for giving us the first sitcom for an actress ...
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Kino Lorber’s Blu-ray of Hardcore delivers on its title
Screen legend George C. Scott gives a strong, sensitive portrayal of a deeply religious Midwestern businessman whose daughter, while on a church-sponsored outing, runs away from home. He hires an oddball detective (Peter Boyle), who learns that the daughter has ...
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The Creator takes sci-fi to a new level
Science fiction stories and films set in a post-apocalyptic world have almost become cliché by now, and looking at the trailer for The Creator one can have the assumption that this one is no different, borrowing heavily from previous films ...
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Something Moving: A Meditation on Maynard Review at DC’s Ford’s Theatre
The new play Something Moving: A Meditation on Maynard is currently playing at Washington DC's Ford’s Theater, from playwright Pearl Cleage and director Seema Sueko, and uses an intentionally 'meta' approach to telling a story. We start in a random ...
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The Wiz comes Home to Baltimore’s Hippodrome Theatre
Everyone young and old knows the story of The Wizard of Oz, mainly through the classic 1939 MGM musical that has been a perennial on television for decades. It's also a good bet that most people have heard of The ...
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