A convicted felon and recovering drug addict is forcibly made into a governmental instrument in return for her release from prison in La Femme Nikita.
Boom! (1968)
If any film deserves a remake, it is “Boom!” Not a scene-for-scene remake of the infamously ghastly 1968 Joseph Losey film, but in a production that is aligned with the source material, Tennessee Williams’ short story “Man Bring This Up Road” that was later adapted as the Broadway drama “The Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore.”
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Mob Cops (2025)
A gritty crime thriller that plunges into the NYPD’s darkest corruption scandal, as a determined detective unearths a network of crooked cops, including two of the most notorious in the department’s history. His revelation sets off a violent collision between corrupt officers still loyal to the city’s crime boss and those committed to cleaning up the force.
Civil War (2024) [Action Packed April]
“Every time I survived a war zone, I thought I was sending a warning home. ‘Don’t do this’. But here we are.” – Lee
Artie Shaw: Time Is All You’ve Got (1985)
When Brigitte Berman’s “Artie Shaw: Time Is All You’ve Got” won the Academy Award as Best Documentary Feature Film for 1986, the Canadian production had yet to secure a theatrical release. Unfortunately for Berman, the film’s subject – clarinetist and band leader Artie Shaw – sued her to secure a greater share of potential box office profits. Due to the litigation, the film never played theatrically after its Oscar win – Shaw died in December 2024 and Berman’s production didn’t have its theatrical premiere until January 2024.
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The Bootleg Files: Monteith and Rand
BOOTLEG FILES 903: “Monteith and Rand” (1979 Showtime special starring the comedy team of John Monteith and Suzanne Rand).
LAST SEEN: On YouTube.
AMERICAN HOME VIDEO: None.
REASON FOR BOOTLEG STATUS: It fell through the cracks.
CHANCES OF SEEING A COMMERCIAL DVD RELEASE: Not likely.
Last week, I saw a headline in the New York Times that said: “Suzanne Rand, Half of a Once-Popular Comedy Team, Dies at 75.” And my reaction to this news was: “Who?” I am not trying to be snarky or cruel, I honestly had no idea who she was. Upon reading the article, I discovered she was part of Monteith and Rand, a comedy team that was active in the late 1970s and the 1980s. But even though I was an active consumer of entertainment during those years – yes, I am that old – for the life of me I could not remember a comedy team called Monteith and Rand.
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The Ugly Stepsister (2025)
The Ugly Stepsister is in US Cinemas now, in UK Cinemas from 25th April and available to purchase across digital platforms from 9th May.
Elvira and her sister move into their step-family’s home, deal with society’s expectations of beauty, and wish for the prince’s affection in a bloody, revisionist Cinderella from Norway.