[amazon_link asins=’B06XXNYHRQ’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazetteo-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’c5ce05e4-52ae-11e7-bd34-9d2f6f080eb7′] Based on the Judge Dredd comic book character created by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra, Dredd was first made into a movie starring Sylvester Stallone in 1995, and quickly crashed and burned at the…
[amazon_link asins=’B06XXTF6QV’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazetteo-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’9d78e1de-4f81-11e7-aba6-8f19095aad00′] A former football player and wrestler, it’s no surprise that a big, muscular guy like Dwayne Johnson would become an action star. While I appreciate his tough guy persona, I really became a fan…
[amazon_link asins=’B06W58F1NH’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazetteo-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’d6c5fa6b-4f7b-11e7-85c3-655b79c163bc’] A spinoff of the popular police procedural The Closer, Major Crimes kicked off with most of the same cast–a notable exception being the departure of Kyra Sedgwick as Chiefs Brenda Lee Johnson–leading to a…
[amazon_link asins=’B01MZIQ2WO’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazetteo-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’f0f5d76c-4bb0-11e7-88ba-8939d05e0da4′] Based on Disney’s 1991 animated classic, the live action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast tells the story with most of the familiar arcs and refrains, characters, and songs, while mixing in some new…
[amazon_link asins=’B06XS5Q5CZ’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazetteo-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’f23c7e92-4a1c-11e7-b78a-13b6ec0ab1d7′] Five years after The Sheik made him an international star, Rudolph Valentino found himself at a crossroad. In 1923, he married designer Natacha Rambova. Though they would divorce just two years later in 1925,…
[amazon_link asins=’B06XS1K39D’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazetteo-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’a8c524ac-4882-11e7-887e-01357f0df5cc’] Fabulously handsome, super-smooth, and perhaps a bit dangerous, Rudolph Valentino was everything the public wanted in its male movie stars of the 1920’s. At a time when silents were the only game in town,…
[amazon_link asins=’B06XS99HCG’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazetteo-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’fbd938b5-471d-11e7-a296-19f3eb2bdd52′] First released on Blu-ray in 2011, Bambi, the Disney animated classic returns to the format as part of the Signature Collection Series. Filled with both classic and new extras, the Bambi Signature Collection Edition…
[amazon_link asins=’B06Y2GTFQG’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazetteo-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’45014afc-458c-11e7-b384-b30196598293′] A quasi re-imagining of the 1987 high school film Three 0’Clock High, Fist Fight has the unenviable distinction of being worse than the film that inspired it. More tedious than funny, and full of…
[amazon_link asins=’B06XRYNF47′ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazetteo-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’e90f14a1-43c4-11e7-ad89-2fd59f5687e0′] Over their long and illustrious careers, Burt Lancaster and Kurt Douglas made seven films together. The final pairing, Tough Guys, isn’t their best, but it’s a fitting swan song, offering humor, and a little…
[amazon_link asins=’B06XS2BBJ5′ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazetteo-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’427f8fbd-4173-11e7-8b6b-dfcd0e1e8ddb’] This release combines Frank Sinatra’s first two TV specials from the late 1950’s. The first, The Frank Sinatra Timex Show, was broadcast on ABC on October 19, 1959. Produced by Sammy Kahn, orchestrated by…