[amazon_link asins=’B079JCM1QN’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazett03-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’51661103-579f-11e8-b6ec-f7b963a3e069′]The third and final film adaptation from EL James’ trilogy of zillion selling erotic blockbusters, Fifty Shades Freed is devoid of any spark, sexual or otherwise. Like its predecessor Freed–again directed by James Foley from…
[amazon_link asins=’B07BF25TB9′ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazett03-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’5d75409a-52df-11e8-9fa3-1107005750ce’]In 1959, the great state of Louisiana found itself knee deep in scandal when Governor Earl K. Long (Paul Newman, Harper) Huey’s shrewd little brother began a relationship with a stripper named Blaze Starr (Lolita…
[amazon_link asins=’B079ZT1XRQ’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazett03-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’b3915cad-4fd0-11e8-9c13-01c4313ae3af’]Released straight to disc and digital, Backstabbing for Beginners sounds like the title of an episode of How to Get Away with Murder than the serious political thriller it promises to be. Not surprisingly, it…
[amazon_link asins=’B079PT1MXB’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazett03-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’0dba9f0b-4e29-11e8-9248-851e3e8d8671′]Filmed for PBS in 1991, Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey is a fitting tribute to one of Hollywood’s biggest and most enduring legends. Doris Day began her career as a big band singer in the…
[amazon_link asins=’B074R56JR6′ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazett03-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’d95f1c6b-4bdb-11e8-8fc7-f1ed17ed0822′]Based on the 1939 play by Philip Barry, adapted for the screen by Donald Ogden Stewart and an uncredited Waldo Salt, The Philadelphia Story is a high point for three Hollywood legends–Cary Grant (Operation Petticoat),…
[amazon_link asins=’B07B12HNN1′ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazett03-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’9346b8bf-4b37-11e8-92be-c16ea2d59538′]There have been many great films about the atrocities of war. Each tells their story in a different way—from a different angle or perspective. Each have brought tales of heroism and intrigue; while a select…
[amazon_link asins=’B077R32LVQ’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazett03-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’5b13e1eb-4b26-11e8-afb0-85b8af461d7a’]Kicking off with a with a musical number that quickly draws you into a world of larger than life escapism, The Greatest Showman mimics the kind of over-the-top production numbers that help make La La…
[amazon_link asins=’B077Z82BGJ’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazett03-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’2e6a4d0b-40ca-11e8-9b3f-fd24a7f4cb3b’]Filmed in 2015 and not released in the United States until December 22, 2017 (the same day as Star Wars: The Last Jedi), Father Figures tells the story of two fraternal twin brothers, Peter (Ed…
[amazon_link asins=’B076F3Y3H3′ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazett03-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’99e02af7-40c5-11e8-91a2-87b25fc2bdea’]In an era when sex and booze fueled antics were the focus of most films aimed at teens, Hughes was responsible for the of Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink, Some Kind of Wonderful, Ferris Bueller’s…
[amazon_link asins=’B0788YKWR1′ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazett03-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’7dd73767-3cdf-11e8-9203-5ff4bfc76f8e’]Apparently, J. Paul Getty was a monster of a man and liked it that way. All the Money in the World tells the fascinating tale of the real-life kidnapping of his grandson, John Paul Getty…