Shawscope Volume One News Today

Carl Douglas was born in Jamaica and spent some time in Southern California before his family moved to London when he was a teenager. Gifted with a smooth tenor voice that he honed in his church's choir, Douglas tried his hand at making it as a pop star in the '60s, releasing a few singles and an album that went nowhere. In 1974 he hooked up with another British immigrant, Biddu (Appaiah), who'd come from Bangalore to produce records.

Film Reviews Editor Alonso Duralde suggests new physical media to take the sting out of staying home

As a colossal box set arrives on Blu-ray, we fight our way through the vast back catalogue of Hong Kong’s legendary action producers, the Shaw Brothers.