Six years after her death, Oscar winning filmmaker Kevin Macdonald (Marley) explores the life of Whitney Houston in Whitney. Given access to family, friends, and those who knew Whitney best, he uncovers some troubling revelations and provides some possible answers …
Blu-ray Review: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) Signature Edition / Olive Films / 1956 / 81 min / Not rated / Oct 16, 2018
Based on Jack Finney’s novel The Body Snatchers and directed by future Clint Eastwood favorite Don Siegel (Riot in Cell Block 11), Invasion of the Body Snatchers unfolds in a normal, average American small town. Yes, Santa Mira is a …
Blu-ray Review: Designing Woman Warner Archive Collection / Warner Bros. / 1957 / 118 min / Not rated / Jun 12, 2018
Released in 1957, Vicente Minnelli’s screwball comedy Designing Woman earned writer George Wells an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. The concept for the story came from famed, two-time Oscar winning costume designer Helen Rose, who fashioned a romance, equal parts …
Blu-ray Review: Bat 21 Bat*21 / Kino Lorber / 1988 / 105 min / Rated R / Sep 18, 2018
Released in 1988, Bat 21 (stylized as “Bat*21”) is based on the true story of Lt. Col. Iceal “Ham” Hambleton, a weapons countermeasure expert shot down in the jungles of Vietnam while taking part in a recon mission. Just when …
4K UHD Review: Skyscraper Universal Studios / 2018 / 102 min / Rated PG-13 / Oct 09, 2018
A wanna be Die Hard mixed with elements of The Towering Inferno, Skyscraper seeks to promote Dwayne Johnson as Hollywood’s biggest action star. Unfortunately, while their are brief moments of excitement, Johnson’s charm and charism gets lost in an endless …
Blu-ray Review: Three Identical Strangers Universal Studios / 2018 / 96 min / Rated PG-13 / Oct 02, 2018
Unbelievable if it weren’t true, the documentary Three Identical Strangers tells the story of triplets separated at birth and reunited by happenstance at nineteen. None of the young men–or their families–knew about the other, which lead to a lot of …
Blu-ray Review: The Farmer’s Daughter Kino Lorber / 1947 / 97 min / Not rated / Sep 25, 2018
Based on a Finnish play, The Farmer’s Daughter was purchased by David O. Selznick (Gone with the Wind) specifically for Ingrid Bergman. When she wasn’t interested, producer Dory Schary suggested Loretta Young (Call of the Wild). Some were skeptical that …
Blu-ray Review: Trapeze Kino Lorber / 1956 / 107 min / Not rated / Sep 25, 2018
A circus acrobat before an Injury forced him to find a new career, Burt Lancaster (Tough Guys) always dreamed of doing a film about the circus. That opportunity came with Trapeze, based on Max Catto’s novel The Killing Frost. Co-starring …
Blu-ray Review: Strait-Jacket Shout Factory / 1964 / 93 min / Not rated / Aug 21, 2018
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? …