Sir Alan Parker, the acclaimed British director of such films as Fame, Evita and Bugsy Malone, has died aged 76. His many other credits include Midnight Express, Mississippi Burning, The Commitments, Angela’s Ashes and Birdy. A founding member of the Directors Guild of Great Britain, he was also chairman of the UK Film Council. He…
In collaboration with Rough Trade Distribution GmbH we are happy to announce this fantastic giveaway! Desperately Seeking Susan has been released on blu-ray format in Germany back in March, unfortunately due to Covid-19 we weren’t able to organise this giveaway sooner. The German release is available in 3 formats: Mediabook – DVD + blu-ray +…
CRAZY FOR MADONNA IS A BIOGRAPHY OF A UNIVERSAL ICON OF MUSIC AND HOLLYWOOD, MADONNA. THE DOCUMENTARY EXPLORES THE PERFORMER’S PROFESSIONAL CAREER, AS WELL AS HER PERSONAL LIFE, FULL OF STORIES AND ANECDOTES WITH GREAT PERSONALITIES FROM THE WORLDS OF MUSIC AND TELEVISION. AVAILABLE FOR DELIVERY SEPTEMBER 1, 2018.
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For the completists among us, Dick Tracy soundtrack by Danny Elfman is now available on transparant blue vinyl. Dick Tracy is an album with the original 1990 soundtrack for the movie of the same name. Danny Elfman’s music has an incredible intensity and atmosphere of jazz from the 1930s, especially referring to the music of…
This 1985 comedy isn’t exactly “forgotten”, but deserves more praise than it gets – if you don’t feel passionately about Madonna’s film debut, you need to rewatch it. Early on in the proceedings, feminist director Susan Seidelman slips in a clip from Hitchcock’s Rebecca. In that thriller, a demure doormat becomes so obsessed with a wanton woman that…
Louis Goldman/Columbia/Kobal/Shutterstock 7. Madonna was desperate to be on the roster, as producer Greenhut recalled, “And I told her, ‘You know, it’s very little money.’ She explained that she wanted to be diverse in her career. And she took it seriously. She might have come in late a few times, and maybe I had to bring…
The Columbia Classics Collection – Volume 1 on 4K Ultra HD blu-ray including ‘A League Of Their Own’ is available to order through Bol.com. For ‘only’ EUR 119,99 this can be delivered to your doorstep on August 12. 4K_BLURAY 17 discs Region Code: 2 Subtitles: French / Dutch / Spanish / German / Italian Color…
It’s been 30 years since Dick Tracy hit the big screen, introducing a new generation to the exploits of the yellow coated-detective and his rogue’s gallery of truly disturbing looking villains. The film starred Warren Beatty, Madonna, and Al Pacino, and remains one of the most visually striking comic adaptations ever created. While it might…
Revisiting Warren Beatty’s Dick Tracy In 1990, Warren Beatty came out with yet another of his wildly ambitious projects in which he himself served as director, producer, and star. That was Dick Tracy, which arrived a year after Tim Burton’s Batman, at a time before comic book adaptations were nearly the cultural force that they would eventually become. …
30 YEARS AFTER ITS RELEASE, WARREN BEATTY’S STAR-STUDDED, LOVINGLY FAITHFUL COMIC ADAPTATION IS STILL ONE OF THE MOST UNIQUE EXAMPLES OF ITS GENRE. (Photo by Buena Vista Pictures) In the summer of 1989, Tim Burton’s Batman took the box office by surprise, decades before movies based on comic books could be counted on to draw in…
“Dick Tracy’s” star studded cast featured Warren Beatty, Al Pacino and Madonna CORBIS VIA GETTY IMAGES Despite what you may have heard, comic-book movies peaked 30 years ago, well before the genre would go on to dominate multiplex screens and cultural conversations. On June 15, 1990, the third film directed by and starring Warren…
“We found ourselves attracting the caliber of talent with which ‘event’ movies could be made. And, more and more, we began making them. The result: costs have escalated, profitability has slipped and our level of risk has compounded,” Disney executive Jeffrey Katzenberg wrote in January 1991. “The time has come to get back to our roots.” This…
