Released in the winter of 1986, Youngblood has the distinction of being the first R-rated movie I ever saw on my own in a theater. I was only 12 going on 13 at the time, but an older friend worked …
Blu-ray Review: Charly (1968)
Oscar winner Cliff Robertson may be best known to modern audiences as Uncle Ben in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man Trilogy (2002-07). However, his crowning achievement came in 1968, when he won the Best Actor Oscar for playing the title role in …
Movies I Hope Get A Blu-ray Release Soon
Below is a list of six films not yet on Blu-ray, I hope get the treatment in the near future. A couple have been rumored, so we shall see. Are there any movies on your Blu-ray wish list?
Blu-ray Review: Four Weddings and a Funeral (25th Anniversary Edition)
Released in 1994, director Mike Newell’s Four Weddings and a Funeral became an international hit, earning an Oscar nomination for Best Picture and turning Hugh Grant (Florence Foster Jenkins) into a star. A hilarious look at love and friendship, it’s …
Blu-ray Review: Female on the Beach
Aging, but holding on to the glamour girl image that had made her a star in the 1920’s, the mid-fifties were an odd time for Joan Crawford (Strait-Jacket) Not quite ready for William Castle, she starred in Female on the …
Blu-ray Review: The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Originally released in theaters last November, those behind Disney’s The Nutcracker and the Four Realms clearly hoped to be destination viewing for the many of us who count a viewing of Tchaikovsky’s ballet as tradition. Based on the original short …
Blu-ray Review: Sarah T. – Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic
Linda Blair will probably always be best known for her starring in the 1973 horror classic The Exorcist, and rightfully so. However, in the years immediately following that success, the young star made a couple of television movies that dealt …
Blu-ray Review: Johnny English Strikes Again
Rowan Atkinson returns as the beloved, bumbling, accidental secret agent in Johnny English Strikes Again. The third installment in the franchise, and the first since 2011’s Johnny English Strikes Back, our titular hero remains silly as ever, but this time …
Blu-ray Review: What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?
In 1964, with the success of Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? the Grand Dame Guignol genre began. Director Robert Aldrich (Twilight’s Last Gleaming) had cast aging stars Joan Crawford and Bette Davis in leads, created a hit, and in the …
Blu-ray Review: Notorious (Criterion Collection)
Directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock, Notorious is not only one of the most stylish films ever made but is one of the greatest suspense yarns ever committed to celluloid. Buoyed by a great cast, and a well-rounded script by …