Christopher P. Jacobs

Classic French romantic trilogy and American remake

Posted by Christopher P. Jacobs | Oct 4, 2017 | Cinema

This June the Criterion Collection released a restored edition of noted French playwright and...

Robots and rocky romance on Blu-ray

Posted by Christopher P. Jacobs | Sep 27, 2017 | Cinema

Artificial Intelligence, robotic workers, unmanned space travel, fatherless children, and Korean...

Classic romantic comedies: melodrama and wild farce

Posted by Christopher P. Jacobs | Sep 20, 2017 | Cinema

Rom-coms are a staple of modern movies and have been for well over a century. This summer two very...

Controversial epic now on Blu-ray

Posted by Christopher P. Jacobs | Sep 13, 2017 | Cinema

With 2017 so far one of the lowest summers for movie attendance this century, the year 1946 was perhaps the all-time peak year of movie attendance, with close to 60% of Americans providing 90 million individual ticket sales,...

Restored German masterwork showcases acting, camera

Posted by Christopher P. Jacobs | Sep 6, 2017 | Cinema

The first Academy Award ceremonies were held in 1929 but covered the 1927-28 movie season that began 90 years ago this month. That first year, the Oscars for Best Actor and Actress and a few others covered two or more films the...