Silent but deadly!FilmAs Ken Russell’s quasi-biopic is released on Blu-ray, even the director noted that Valentino, possibly the silent era’s biggest star, was best appreciated in fiction
Rodolfo Guglielmi was born in 1895 in a farmhouse in Castellaneta, southern Italy. He died 31 years later in New York City, a heart-throb known to millions as Rudolph Valentino. The combination of beauty and an early death can transform any star into a legend. Read More...
Tommy Fury could have been anything in his life, but he chose to be a professional boxer. Coming from the Fury clan, it’s obvious for him to have a love for the ‘sweet science’. His brother Tyson Fury is the WBC heavyweight world champion, and several of his cousins are also boxers.
Hence, ‘TNT’ picked up boxing, which many had predicted earlier. Despite having zero-amateur experience, the youngster went straight for the professional ride and achieved success. Read More...
Pop quiz: What was the highest-grossing film of 1979? Remember, this is several years after Jaws (the highest-grossing film of 1975), Rocky (highest-grossing of ‘76) and Star Wars (highest-grossing ‘77) had, according to the common wisdom, doomed us all forever to a cinematic junk-food diet of robot sharks, alien spaceships, and unending sequels. By 1979, Hollywood had, presumably, stopped making movies for grown-ups — you know, real, thoughtful, sophisticated stories of love, anguish, heartbreak, and personal growth. Read More...
