Around the Blogosphere This Week

Miscellaneous bits of news and fun stuff from around the Internet...

...A pair of previously announced Kino Lorber releases now have release dates and extras info available.  BODY AND SOUL (1947) comes out September 17th, featuring a commentary track by Alan K. Rode.  The Dark Side of Cinema XXI collection is out the same date, featuring CLOAK AND DAGGER (1946), SHACK OUT ON 101 (1955), and SHORT CUT TO HELL (1957).  Commentary tracks will be by Heath Holland and Max Allan Collins, Jason A. Ney, and Gary Gerani, respectively.

...The Marvel panel at this weekend's San Diego Comic Con brought the house down with the announcement that Robert Downey Jr. is returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe as a new character, Doctor Doom.

...In May I attended a "Flights of Fantasy" screening at the Westwood Village Theatre featuring WAR OF THE WORLDS (1953) paired with Puppetoons.  This October another "Flights of Fantasy" screening will take place at the Fine Arts Theatre in Beverly Hills, featuring THE TIME MACHINE (1960) and more Puppetoons.

...Here's an interesting critique by Gary Baum on the Academy Museum, published in the Hollywood Reporter.

...Glenn Erickson's latest reviews include Kino Lorber's release of the 3D film BWANA DEVIL (1952).

...Kristina has a fun post on favorite Westerns at Speakeasy.

...Huge thanks to CineSavant Glenn Erickson for his very kind words for my blog in his column earlier this week.

...Notable Passings: Actress Carla Balenda, whose credits included SEALED CARGO (1951) with Dana Andrews, has died at 98. She was long married to William Rutter of the legal publication business The Rutter Group...Writer Jill Schary Robinson, the daughter of former MGM head Dore Schary, has died at 88.

...For additional recent links of interest to classic film fans, please visit my July 20th column.

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