Fame today is so arbitrary. You can have a mediocre voice and win a spot on American idol, or humiliate yourself on national TV by being lowered into a glass case filled with live rats. But at one…
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Living in the West Village I’m always walking up Grove Street to see lines of tourists posing at the corner of Bedford Street. I finally asked someone why and they said it was the building shown at the beginning of…
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Remember when action movies were fun- not digital effects, fast editing and deafening sound? This thought came to mind while watching the new “Limited Edition” Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome of the great soul prison flick Penitentiary (1979), one of the…
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I was so happily startled last night while I was scrolling through Netflix streaming and saw that the film I Remember You was available. It was a movie I missed in theaters and really wanted to see because it’s based…
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I don’t know about you, but when I’m out with someone and we’re deciding on which movie to see and they say: “Nothing serious or depressing- I only go to comedies…” it makes me want to whip out my…
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Let me just say something about villains. I’ve known a few real ones in my lifetime, and occasionally in relationships I have been one. But in movies I think they get a bum rap. Since the early days of kinescopes…
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A few years ago I went through a stupid health crisis. I had to endure chemo and radiation treatments for about a month. But all of that still was better than sitting through Rent: the movie. I really hate discussing…
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Growing up, we knew a child who would run screaming out of the room every time we put on Ethel Merman singing. It was an almost Pavlovian response that used to amuse us greatly but something about her singing scared…
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It’s hard to take serious that mantra “the disc is dead” when these amazing restored Blu-rays are still coming out offering fans sparkling newly digitalized versions of movies, most of which you will never find streaming. This month 2 of…
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I used to appear weekly on Frank De Caro’s radio show (with wonderful co-host Doria Biddle) and talk about Blu-rays and DVDs coming out and people would call in and ask why I didn’t have my own website. I never…
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