The documentary "Marley" opens not in Jamaica, but in Ghana, West Africa. Viewers are confronted with "the door of no return," the infamous portal through which passed generations of slaves, torn from their mother country. For Bob Marley, who sang passionately about slavery, "Africa was always the destination," his wife recalls. In 1980, … [Read more...]
Netflix: 1 bil hours served
Netflix subscribers watched more than 1 billion hours of the service's streaming video in June, a record for the company. "When 'House of Cards' and 'Arrested Development' debut, we'll blow these records away," Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said in a congratulatory Facebook message to content czar Ted Sarandos. TechCrunch points out that using … [Read more...]
13 Hitchcock films debuting on Blu-ray
Thirteen films directed by Alfred Hitchcock will make their debut on Blu-ray as part of Universal's Sept. 25 release of "The Masterpiece Collection." The headlines will be for the long-awaited Blu-ray bows of "Rear Window," "The Birds" and "Vertigo." The other HD debuts appear to be "Saboteur," "A Shadow of a Doubt," "Rope," "The Trouble With … [Read more...]
‘Gold Rush’ hits motherlode on Blu-ray
"The Gold Rush" has been delighting audiences for almost 90 years -- it's one of the flat-out funniest films made in the silent era or any other. This is the movie Chaplin wanted to be remembered for. Probably the grandest silent-movie entertainment of them all. Close your eyes and let some of its classic scenes flicker across your mind -- … [Read more...]
‘Clueless’ looks sharp on Blu-ray
"Clueless" looks smarter and smarter as the decades go by. Amy Heckerling's delightfully cynical tale of worldly teens obsessed with designer clothes, sports utility vehicles and cell phones still rings true, down to the last fashionista. The slanguage Heckerling invented for her Beverly Hills High kids survived into the next century, proving … [Read more...]
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