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Month: February 2014

The Nutty Professor 50th Anniversary Jerry Lewis
Movies

THE NUTTY PROFESSOR 50th Anniversary

Feb 28, 2014 Jill Blake 0

Hey, Laaaaaady… Jerry Lewis fans rejoice! The entertainer/humanitarian’s comedy hit The Nutty Professor (1963) makes its debut on Blu-ray June 3, 2014 from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. This 4-Disc set also includes DVDs of 2 […]

Movies

King of the Hill: Criterion Collection Blu-Ray Review

Feb 28, 2014 Drew Morton 0

Steven Soderbergh’s third film, King of the Hill (1993), which followed his tremendously successful debut sex, lies, and videotape (1989) and his near-career imploding Kafka (1991), is a film unlike any other in his filmography. For those critics who chastise the […]

Opinion

The Color of New: Hollywood in the 1960s

Feb 27, 2014 The Retro Set 2

Please note this article, originally published in 2011, is meant to be a broad appraisal of the history of color film from 1939 – 1969. It is not intended to exclude or demean the importance […]

Opinion

Whatever Happened to the Comedy Team?

Feb 25, 2014 Wade Sheeler 2

I’ve always had a perverse fascination with comedy teams. “Perverse” because, historically, more often than not they tend to be pretty weak; some of them outright ghastly in their inability to elicit even a giggle […]

No Picture
Animation

Saturday Morning Cartoons:The Pink Phink (1964)

Feb 22, 2014 Brandie Ashe 0

The 1963 comedy The Pink Panther introduced two indelible characters to the world. One, a bumbling French detective named Jacques Clouseau, was brought to life by the incomparable Peter Sellers. The other, a mischievous cartoon cat, was […]

Blood and Sand
Movies

Blu-ray Review: Blood And Sand

Feb 22, 2014 The Retro Set 0

We all remember the hot guy in high school, right? You know the one I’m talking about. The hot guy. The guy you kinda-sorta-stalked in the library. The guy you waited all day to get a […]

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