1953 was a year in which two rival formats duked it out in cinemas: 3D via Gun Fury, and ‘glasses free’ CinemaScope via Beneath the 12-Mile Reef, both on Blu via Twilight Time. Also covered is Night People (1954), another early ‘scope production, on Blu via KL Studio Classics / Unobstructed View.
Reviews of two Wonder Woman adaptations: Patty Jenkins’ 2017 theatrical hit (Warner Home Video) with Gal Gadot + the 1974 TV pilot (Warner Archives) with Cathy Lee Crosby.
Just posted: a new ArtScopeTO podcast interview featuring abstract painter Chris Marin, whose series Passages can be seen at Toronto’s Urban Gallery, Oct. 5-28, 2017.
Reviews of two mummy tales: Tom Cruise’s disastrous The Mummy (2017) from Universal + ITV’s excellent mini-series Tutankhamun / The Mummy of Tutankhamun (2016).
It might be October, but it sure feels like a warm August, so let’s dig into William Faulkner’s The Long, Hot Summer (1958) + Tennessee Williams’ Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) on Blu from Twilight Time.
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