Opposite Sex, The (1956): David Miller’s Lousy, Trivial Remake of Cukor’s Cult Comedy “The Women”

Poorly Directed by David Miller, the Metrocolor-CinemaScope picture  is a terrible remake of Cukor’s 1939 cult comedy ‘The Women’

1980s Revisited: TCM Book, “Rewinding The ‘80s” (Decade Approach)

Writer-director Quentin Tarantino once declared the 1980s as one of the worst periods for movies. That view has been seconded by enough critics, fans and film buffs to secure the perception of the decade as a hollow time for American cinema, particularly when held up against the glory days of the “New Hollywood” of the […]

Oscar Directors: Hitchcock–Masterpiece Collection of 14 Films (Universal DVD)

Fourteen of Hitchcock’s brilliantly directed stories of crime, espionage and intrigue have been digitally re-mastered for this comprehensive 15-discs boxed set.

Touch of Evil (1958): Opening Sequence of Welles Masterpiece, Crane Shot (Tale of a Bomb)

Blast from the Past: Orson Welles’ “Touch of Evil” Revisited We have seen single-track shots, from the many single-take sequences in Hitchcock’s Rope, the Copacabana entrance in Scorsese’s Goodfellas to the war montage in Atonement, etc. But the greatest example of this difficult and comlex undertaking is the opening crane shot in Orson Welles’ noir […]

Call of Duty: Taylor Sheridan and Peter Berg Team on Activision

Sheridan is creator of “Yellowstone,” which has spawned the successful spinoffs, “1883” and “1923.”