When looking for good comedy options, the Hallmark Channel is probably the absolute last place you would look. It’s a network named after a greeting card company that specializes in “original” romantic dramedies that are designed to be as predictable and unchallenging as humanly possible. But from 11:00pm to 5:00am, the otherwise dull channel morphs into the […]
Continue ReadingA bunch of comedy series are headed to Hulu in a deal with 20th Century Fox Television Distribution the streaming network announced today, which will total nearly 3,000 episodes of comedy and drama series. The exclusive pact includes all 11 seasons of the M*A*S*H – which was removed from Netflx back in April – as […]
Continue ReadingThis month Criterion is releasing Woman of the Year on DVD and Blu-ray. The 1942 film remains beloved in many circles for a number of reasons. It was directed by award-winning filmmaker George Stevens and has a witty script by Ring Lardner, Jr., Michael Kanin, and John Lee Mahin. This was also the first Spencer […]
Continue ReadingAs the ugliness of the Trump administration’s nationalism and hate has roared into office in the last six weeks, it’s drawn more than one comparison to the world’s worst dictatorships and their respective roads to power. And since then, I haven’t been able to stop thinking about Charlie Chaplin’s 1940 film, The Great Dictator. Given […]
Continue ReadingThis month Criterion released His Girl Friday on Blu-ray and DVD — which for many film buffs is long overdue — and offers a chance to revisit this classic film. More than 70 years after it was made, the film, starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell, holds up in a way that a lot of […]
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