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By Mark Cerulli
“Vodka Martini, shaken, not stirred.” As soon as James Bond uttered that iconic phrase, the vodka martini became as much a part of the character as his Aston Martin or … Read More
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By Mark Cerulli
Full disclosure: I’m a Mac evangelist and have been since the 1980s. (The boxy Macintosh Plus was the first model I used.) I idolized Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak … Read More
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Welcome To The Jungle. By Mark Cerulli
After a 14-year cinematic hibernation, the dinosaurs of Jurassic Park roar back with a vengeance. This fourth installment in the franchise had a lot to … Read More
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By Mark Cerulli
Thirty years after Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome seemingly ended the Australian post apocalypse triptych, director George Miller is back, with a vengeance (and a much bigger budget). The … Read More
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By Mark Cerulli
LA’s long awaited rain couldn’t keep Sony Pictures Home Entertainment from celebrating the DVD release of Woody Allen’s Magic In The Moonlight with a vintage-themed party at The Crocker Club … Read More
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By Mark Cerulli
Blake Edwards’ 1965 comedy epic, The Great Race, has been out in various formats for years, but the Warner Archive has finally given it the royal Blu-ray treatment that’s as … Read More
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By Mark Cerulli
Robert McGinnis…
For fans of movies of the 1960s and ’70s, his name ranks up there with the stars who made the major studio films of that era. Even though he didn’t … Read More
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By Mark Cerulli
On Wednesday night, Hollywood took a step back in time and it was a beautiful thing. Italy’s most glamorous export, the lovely Sophia Loren, made a rare visit to screen … Read More
Last Wednesday, the red carpet was rolled out on Hollywood Boulevard, the paparazzi were out in force and the Spiderman and Wonder Woman impersonators had been pushed aside, at least momentarily, for American Film Institute’s annual film festival.
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By Mark Cerulli
“Ne Oldu, Ne Oldu, Veelyam Hayes…” That line from Midnight Express, delivered with swaggering menace by a depraved prison warden (played by the great Paul L. Smith) burned itself into this scribe’s cortex back in 1978. … Read More