By the 1960’s, Joan Crawford’s (Mildred Pierce) career was in serious decline. Her days as a Hollywood glamour girl were long past, and despite a brief resurgence in 1962’s Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? good leading roles for middle-aged actresses …
Blu-ray Review: Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Universal Studios / 2018 / 94 min / Rated PG-13 / Sep 04, 2018
A staple of public television for nearly forty years, Fred Rogers become an American icon, and a teacher for generations of young children, sharing his wisdom, and showing compassion to his audience. Director Morgan Neville’s Won’t You Be My Neighbor? …
4K UHD Review: Patriot Games Jack Ryan: 5-Film Collection / Paramount Pictures / 1990-2014 / 5 Movies / 620 min / Rated PG, PG-13, R / Aug 21, 2018
[Editor’s Note: This film is currently only available in the U.S. in the Jack Ryan 5-Film Collection in 4K, but it will no doubt be released by itself internationally and domestically at some point in the future, thus we are …
4K UHD Review: The Hunt For Red October Jack Ryan: 5-Film Collection / Paramount Pictures / 1990-2014 / 5 Movies / 620 min / Rated PG, PG-13, R / Aug 21, 2018
[Editor’s Note: This film is currently only available in the U.S. in the Jack Ryan 5-Film Collection in 4K, but it will no doubt be released by itself internationally and domestically at some point in the future, thus we are …
Blu-ray Review: Documentary Now! – Seasons One and Two Mill Creek Entertainment / 2015-2016 / 2 Seasons / 308 min / Rated PG-13 / Aug 14, 2018
Created by Fred Armisen, Bill Hader, Seth Meyers and Rhys Thomas, Documentary Now! isn’t your average television show. Aired on IFC, with a third season scheduled to premiere on February 20, 2019, the series spoofs popular documentary films. Bill Hader …
Blu-ray Review: The Day After Kino Lorber / 1983 / 1 Movie, 2 Cuts / 127 min / Not rated / Aug 07, 2018
One of the best films ever directed for television, Nicholas Meyers’ (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan) The Day After, recently arrived on Blu-ray via Kino Lorber Studio Classics. Originally broadcast on November 20, 1983, Meyers’ terrifying impact of …
Blu-ray Review: Irma la Douce Kino Lorber / 1963 / 147 min / Not rated / Jul 17, 2018
Three years removed from the success of The Apartment, 1963 saw the release of Billy Wilder’s Irma La Douce. This oft-forgotten classic features the repairing of Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine in the starring roles, and was a big hit …
Blu-ray Review: The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean Warner Archive Collection / Warner Bros. / 1972 / 123 min / Rated PG / Jul 17, 2018
Riding a wave of acclaim for his screenplay for Jeremiah Johnson, John Milius developed a script The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean, that he hoped would be his directorial debut. Unfortunately for him, producer John Foreman felt that …
Blu-ray Review: Elevator to the Gallows (Criterion Collection) Criterion / Spine #335 / 1958 / 92 min / Not rated / Feb 06, 2018
French director Louis Malle (Au revoir les enfants) isn’t generally associated with the noir genre, but his first narrative feature, Elevator to the Gallows, based on the pulp novel by Noël Calef, and set to a haunting score by Miles …
Blu-ray Review: Disobedience Universal Studios / 2017 / 115 min / Rated R / Jul 17, 2018
An elderly British orthodox rabbi is giving a sermon on freedom and choice–a message that hangs over the entire film–to his rapt audience when he suddenly keels over dead. The film then cuts to Manhattan, where a photographer, Ronit (Rachel …