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New Comics Collected Editions - April 27: Savage Sword of Conan Omnibus! Marvel Infinity Saga Poster Book!
Pop Culture Roundup: So long, James Bama; Blue Beetle Salutes Spidey; Live Action Hot Wheels
ITEM! James Bama, painter of Doc Savage paperback covers, Aurora model boxes and more, has died at age 93.
ITEM! A Radio Times poll shows that fans want a new "Doctor Who," not David Tennant (although they do want him back as a guest on the series).
ITEM! J.J. Abramas is producing a live action Hot Wheels film.
ITEM! An animated Blue Beetle short from DC features an homage to the 1960s Spider-Man cartoon.
ITEM! Bob Dylan is re-recording classic tracks to demonstrate a new audio disk format that's said to improve on CD and vinyl.
New on Video: "Grand Slam" — A Classic Heist Flick with Janet Leigh, Edward G. Robinson and Klaus Kinski
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Details:
Often imitated but never surpassed, Grand Slam is a classic heist thriller starring screen greats Janet Leigh (Touch of Evil), Edward G. Robinson (Night Has a Thousand Eyes) and Klaus Kinski (For a Few Dollars More).A quiet yet cunning schoolteacher (Robinson) recruits an elite team of international criminals for the ultimate caper: robbing $10 million in diamonds from an impenetrable Rio de Janeiro vault at the frenzied peak of the city’s Carnival.
The planning is meticulous. The crime must run like clockwork. But even if they can pull off the most daring theft in history, are the wildest surprises of all yet to come?
Hailed by Roger Ebert as “one of the best heist movies” with a slam-bang twist ending, Grand Slam co-stars Robert Hoffmann (Wake Up and Die), Riccardo Cucciolla (Un Flic), George Rigaud (All the Colors of the Dark) and Adolfo Celi (Thunderball) with taut direction by Giuliano Montaldo (Sacco & Vanzetti) and an ultra-swinging score by the legendary Ennio Morricone (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly).
Special Features:
- NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historians Howard S. Berger, Steve Mitchell and Nathaniel Thompson
- Theatrical Trailer
- Optional English Subtitles
Watch a Trailer for "The Essex Serpent"
Coming to Apple TV+ on May 13.
Details:
Set in Victorian England featuring a star studded cast led by Claire Danes, Tom Hiddleston, Frank Dillane, Clémence Poésy and Hayley Squires, The Essex Serpent follows London widow Cora Seaborne (Danes) who moves to Essex to investigate reports of a mythical serpent. She forms an unlikely bond with the village vicar (Hiddleston), but when tragedy strikes, locals accuse her of attracting the creature.
Check Out Marvel Legends 60th Anniversary Spider-Man Figures
Hot Trax '72: Jackson 5! Bill Withers! Little Jimmy Osmond!
New songs on the charts 50 years ago this week.
Pop Culture Roundup: Secret Empire! Martha and Doctor Return! Korg 7,000 B.C.! More!
ITEM! Remembering Steve Englehart's "Secret Empire Saga" for Marvel Comics.
ITEM! Martha Jones and the 10th Doctor return in a new comic book special.
ITEM! The Guardian explores the history and tribulations of the Mills College music program, which helped nurture Steve Reich, Laurie Anderson, John Cage, Terry Riley and more.
ITEM! Rip remembers Hanna-Barbera's "Korg 7,000 B.C.," which I'd forgotten about.