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Movie Review: The Wizard of Oz IMAX 3D

It may be difficult to imagine today, but there once was a time when watching a movie rerun on tv was appointment viewing.

The Wizard of Oz was already 17 years old when it made its broadcast debut on CBS in November, 1956. Though only moderately successful theatrically, the film became an annual broadcast tradition: returning every year to huge audiences.

Forty years later, Oz migrated first to cable tv and then to home video. Its most recent incarnation came only four years ago when it was released as a re-mastered blu-ray.

Now for its 75th anniversary Warner Bros. is touting yet another blu-ray release due Oct. 1 and to mark that occasion, the studio has commissioned a 3D IMAX conversion that will be playing nationwide on 300 screens for only one week beginning Friday, Sept. 20. Continue reading “Movie Review: The Wizard of Oz IMAX 3D”

DVD Review: The Charlie Chan Collection

The iconic character of Charlie Chan has been around for nearly eight decades. Created by Earl Derr Biggers in 1925, the character made his first appearance in the detective novel, The House Without a Key. Biggers wanted to create an Asian-American character that wasn’t an evil Chinese stereotype; instead he opted to make Chan a heroic detective who solved mysteries wherever he goes. Biggers would end up writing six Charlie Chan-based novels over his career.

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