Superman has faced many adventures since he was created by two Cleveland teenagers Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster in 1938, as author Jake Rossen illustrates, the character’s greatest challenge has not been fighting super-villains like Lex Luthor, but overcoming the machinations of his corporate overseers and a variety of Hollywood producers. Rossen offers a breezy [...]

Karloff and Lugosi or if you prefer Lugosi and Karloff, either way for much of the movie loving public these are the two major stars of the classic Hollywood horror film. Their names and definitive roles, Dracula and Frankenstein, are paramount and seemingly equal in stature from the time of their star making appearances in [...]

One of the wonderful things about being a movie fan or a serious student of cinema today is the confluence of technologies that give us unprecedented access to all those films produced across the hundred plus years motion pictures have existed. If you are looking to go beyond the latest blockbuster where [...]

Manga have exploded in popularity in the U.S. in the last twenty years; growing from a hard to find cult item to spilling across the shelves of major bookstore chains. A shorthand description might call Manga the Japanese equivalent to comic books in America, but that would be a disservice to the breadth and variety [...]

Spaghetti Western is one of the most delicious terms ever coined to describe a film genre. It was invented in the pages of Variety, the entertainment industry bible, as a mocking way to describe a wave of new westerns washing up in America in the mid-1960s from that most unlikely of sources Italy! Today fans [...]

After having listened to these 13 CDs, I am now a devoted Paul Newman fan despite having seen only four of his films to date.  This detailed biography presents the actor, car racer, and philanthropist as a fun-loving, competitive, and spirited joker who lived life to the fullest.  Attributing much of his success to pure [...]

I’ve been a huge fan of Larry David’s comedy since I saw my very first Seinfeld episode 20 years ago, but I didn’t discover his series Curb Your Enthusiasm until last year.  Much edgier than Seinfeld, Curb was definitely an acquired taste for me.  I have learned to love it, though, and can’t wait for [...]