Saturday, January 17, 2026

Around the Blogosphere This Week

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

...The Warner Archive Collection will have a shorter list of Blu-ray releases in February than usual, but there are some great titles: TARZAN AND HIS MATE (1934), STRANGER ON THE THIRD FLOOR (1940), and MOGAMBO (1953), please LOOPY DE LOOP: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION, a two-disc set of four dozen Hanna-Barbera cartoons. WAC expects to resume a larger slate of releases in March.

...Season 6 of the delightful series ALL CREATURES GREAT & SMALL comes to DVD and Blu-ray on March 3rd.

...Coming from TCM and Running Press in April: FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT MENUS: RECIPES & FILMS FOR UNFORGETTABLE TIMES TOGETHER by Leonard and Jessie Maltin.

...A reboot of THE ROCKFORD FILES? Just say no...

...Among the titles coming to Blu-ray from the Criterion Collection in April: TROUBLE IN PARADISE (1932) and POINT BLANK (1967), plus an Eclipse collection of films directed by Kinuyo Tanaka.

...JUMBO, by Scott Bateman, about the Boeing 747, looks interesting. It's coming out in February.

...Having enjoyed a few Jean Gabin films directed by Gilles Grangier in recent months, I'm excited about an upcoming release from Kino Lorber, MAIGRET SEES RED (1963). It will be out on March 17th.

...A roundup of recent reviews: Dennis Seuling of The Digital Bits has reviewed the new Warner Archive Blu-rays IT'S LOVE I'M AFTER (1937) and THE BRIDE CAME C.O.D. (1941)...CineSavant Glenn Erickson reviews the new Criterion Collection release of CAPTAIN BLOOD (1935)...Rachel has written about YOU'VE GOT MAIL (1998) at Hamlette's Soliloquy...Toni Ruberto has written about the fun sci-fi film THE MONOLITH MONSTERS (1957) for Classic Movie Hub...and Denise of Mousesteps reviews the new Leslie Iwerks documentary DISNEYLAND HANDCRAFTED (2026), which will debut on Disney+ next week.

...Speaking of Disneyland history, here's an interesting title coming in April from Princeton University Press: DISNEYLAND AND THE RISE OF AUTOMATION: HOW TECHNOLOGY CREATED THE HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH by Roland Betancourt. (Via Keith Buczak.)

...On February 7th I'll be attending a sold-out D23 25th anniversary celebration of Disney California Adventure at the Disneyland Hotel.  A Walt Disney Imagineering panel discussion will be followed later in the day by a dessert party with reserved seating at the World of Color show. (It's been 15 years since I went to another special World of Color showing.)

...Raquel Stecher's latest list of upcoming classic film books has just been posted at her site Out of the Past. Titles which caught my eye included HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLERS: MUST-SEE FILMS IN THE STYLE OF THE SUSPENSE MASTER by Stephen Rebello for Bloomsbury, STEVE COCHRAN: BAD BOY OF HOLLYWOOD by Michelangelo Capua for University Press of Mississippi, and JOHNNY GUITAR by Brooks E. Hefner for the Reel West series from the University of New Mexico Press.

...Back in 2020 I reviewed 3-D Rarities, Vol. II, which included the film SWORD OF GRANADA (1953). Volume III is on the way thanks to Kickstarter funding.

...Attention Southern Californians: Next weekend, January 24th, John Ford's THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE (1962) will be screened in 35mm at The Autry. The film will be introduced by our daughter's former USC cinema professor, Dr. Drew Casper.

...For additional recent links of interest to classic film fans, please visit my January 10th column.

posted by Laura @ 10:00 PM 

2 Comments:

Anonymous Vienna said...

Thanks as always for latest Blogosphere. Raquel Stecher’s listing of new books is so good. I too would like the one on Steve Cochran.
Agreed - there’s only one Rockford!
If you get a chance, I’d recommend the UK series RIOT WOMEN.

1:45 PM  
Blogger Mister Blaster said...

"World of Color Dessert Party includes artisan charcuterie and cheeses with seasonal jam and crackers, assorted freeze-dried fruit, World of Color-themed fruity creme macaron, mini cupcake topped filled cookie cups, white chocolate drizzled fruity crisped rice treat, zesty lemon cake with candied citrus wedge, unlimited Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, and bottled water plus coffee, tea, and hot chocolate."

Disney won't exactly dissuade the general public that it's gone full-on homo/pervo with a menu like that, great balls of fire, must be nothing but faggots in the kitchen. Artisan charcuterie? Drizzled fruity? Zesty and assorted fruity! They should hold the event at a bathhouse or athletic club and have the waiters wear see-through nylon speedos. How about some beef jerky and Jack Daniels to wash it down, for crying out loud. Doug, it's bird nesting season, you make birdhouses in the garage and keep away from that fag event. Dont let Laura drag you there!! You hold your ground!!! The last time I was at California Adventure was the year it opened. I remember Whoopi Goldberg was the "Queen of California." I was sitting there thinking: "They can't be serious. A state full of great-looking chicks and that hag is the queen of California? I want my money back!" Disney, get your act together!! You're disgracing Walt's memory! Next Mickey will coming out of the closet and selling commemorative cucumbers. PROTEST DISNEY!!!

4:16 PM  

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