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Funny Girl brings Fanny Brice to life at Baltimore’s Hippodrome Theatre

The Broadway musical Funny Girl is a curiosity because of its enduring popularity. A curiosity only because it's based on the life of a performer, Fanny Brice, who died about 13 years before the show premiered, and who is probably ...
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October 25, 2023 / by Chuck Duncan / tags: Baltimore Hippodrome, Broadway Across America, Christine Bunuan, David Foley Jr., Eileen T'Kaye, Funny Girl, Funny Girl Tour Baltimore Review, Izaiah Montaque Harris, Katerina McCrimmon, Leah Platt, NETworks Presentations, Stage, Stephen Mark Lukas, Touring Shows Review, Walter Coppage / Leave a comment

Hotchka Movies by the Decade feature #170 :: October 25•31

The last week of October includes many new films but you'd be hard-pressed to find many horror films in the bunch. What's horrible, for movie buffs, is that five of 1923's films are considered lost. Of the eight 1933 films, ...
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October 25, 2023 / by Chuck Duncan / tags: Blood Shot, Day of Reckoning, Falling Hare, Fatal Instinct, From Russia With Love, Gildersleeve on Broadway, Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa, Movies, Movies by the Decade, Return of the Living Dead 3, Richard Pryor: Here and Now, The Human Stain, The Joy Luck Club, The Light That Failed, The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Old Dark House, Twice-Told Tales / Leave a comment

TV by the Decade :: October 22•28

This week features one classic series, a 1973 cop show that became famous for its lead character's trademark Tootsie Pop. The rest of the decades this week are faily lackluster with several series leaving their networks with several shows unaired, ...
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Hotchka Movies by the Decade feature #169 :: October 18•24

Many notable films were released this week across the past century, with several garnering awards nominations and wins, including one Best Picture winner among the group. Several of the 1923 silents are still in existence, while a film from 1933 ...
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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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October 15, 2023 / by Chuck Duncan / tags: Bar Hunters, Criss Angel: BeLIEve, Gem Hunt, Guy's Grovery Games, Jennifer Slept Here, Newton's Apple, Policewoman Centerfold, Reign, Television, The Birthday Boys, The Sally Jessy Raphael Show, The Tomorrow Show, TV by the Decade, TV Commentary, VH1 ILL-ustrated, When __ Ruled the World / Leave a comment

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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October 13, 2023 / by Patrick Regal / tags: ★★, 3 Days of the Condor, Addison Powell, Cliff Robertson, Crime, Faye Dunaway, Hank Garrett, Home Viewing, Jess Osuna, John Houseman, Kino Lorber, Max Von Sydow, Mystery, Paramount Pictures, Robert Redford, Thriller, Tina Chen, Walter McGinn / 1 comment

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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October 8, 2023 / by Chuck Duncan / tags: Big Tips Texas, King of the Jungle, Once Upon a Time in Wonderland, Room Raiders, Shootout, Television, The Man Behind the Badge, The Thundermans, The Tomorrow People, TV by the Decade, TV Commentary, Up Late with Alec Baldwin, Where's Raymond? / Leave a comment

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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October 7, 2023 / by Chuck Duncan / tags: Ellen Burstyn, Horror, Jack MacGowran, Jason Miller, Kitty Winn, Lee J. Cobb, Linda Blair, Max Von Sydow, shop HOTCHKA affiliates, The Exorcist, Warner Bros. Pictures / Leave a comment

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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October 1, 2023 / by Chuck Duncan / tags: ★★, Amish Stud: The Eli Weaver Story, Brad Abramenko, Brent Stait, Clare Filipow, Crime, Drama, Home Viewing, Karolina Cubitt, Kirsten Vangsness, Lifetime, Luke Macfarlane, Mark Krysko, Miranda MacDougall / Leave a comment

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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