[amazon_link asins=’B06ZZC6G2B’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazett03-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’9698a7a9-9a74-11e7-a64b-b7111468a8ac’]Ten years in the making, ten segments, and eighteen hours long, Ken Burns (Jackie Robinson, The War) and Lynn Novick’s Vietnam War looks back at the conflict from the beginning, and its consequences—political, social, cultural,…
[amazon_link asins=’B073WYP73T’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazett03-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’43f68703-99a6-11e7-b5b5-17bc19fe115e’]Originally released when I was nine years old, Steven Spielberg’s E.T. The Extra Terrestrial became my favorite movie. I saw it several times, owned many E.T. dolls, and related merchandise. Thirty-five years, and countless movies…
[amazon_link asins=’B073LF8C4K’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazett03-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’022034f5-964e-11e7-9e2b-d371fa64240a’]When Guardians of the Galaxy arrived in theaters back on 2014, success wasn’t a sure thing. Granted, Guardians had a decent shot at success because of its Marvel pedigree, but the general public’s lack of…
A remake of the 1937 movie of the same name, Kid Galahad is an above average entry in Presley’s filmography that doesn’t stray from the formula that made him a box office success. Let Elvis do his thing: sing a…
[amazon_link asins=’B071VSDK7R’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazett03-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’85a80662-9197-11e7-8fca-51a6f4d26166′]As the first decade of the 2000’s came to a close, Matthew McConaughey’s career was in a bit of a rut. He had made a couple of largely forgettable comedies, Fool’s Gold, and Surfer, Dude….
Tennessee Williams was no stranger to tackling controversial themes in his plays–madness, sexuality, and domineering Southern matriarchs were frequent targets. Suddenly, Last Summer adapted for the screen by Williams with an assist from Gore Vidal from his 1958 play, is…
[amazon_link asins=’B071NWDSCD’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazett03-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’8703af8e-82d5-11e7-9b19-f97cb3acd9d6′]Adapted by Richard Condon from his own novel and directed by John Huston (The Maltese Falcon, Fat City) Prizzi’s Honor stars Jack Nicholson (Terms of Endearment, As Good As It Gets) as Charley a hitman…
[amazon_link asins=’B072LMWH92′ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazetteo-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’d663549d-7df6-11e7-a369-e7f6ff509075′]The last film for which Elvis demanded and received $1,000,00, Clambake is a reworking of the classic story of The Prince and the Pauper. Elvis stars as Scott Heyward, a multi-millionaire research chemist and playboy….
[amazon_link asins=’B071Z7HDXR’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazetteo-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’353f65fd-787a-11e7-b887-b1ac73fc0eb2′]A few months after turning thirty in January of 1965, Elvis Presley started filming on Frankie and Johnny, inspired by the old folk song of the same name, that’s been attributed to several songwriters over…
[amazon_link asins=’B072MPK8K6′ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazetteo-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’d9298960-76dc-11e7-85f6-2787d53fbef7′]Based on Dave Eggers’ novel of the same name, The Circle raises some interesting questions about the expanding role technology plays in our everyday lives, but lacks the necessary depth to explore the them. Eggers…