[amazon_link asins=’B06XDCTSPM’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazetteo-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’44c78740-2c42-11e7-a327-7b5b0a53bbdc’] Saturday Night Fever arrived in U.S. movie theaters on December 12, 1977, quickly becoming a hit with audiences and critics alike. In 2010, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National…
[amazon_link asins=’B01LTHZEP8′ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazetteo-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’12ff8fda-2920-11e7-b9f9-99fa2d18deba’] From executive producer’s Brian Grazer and Ron Howard, MARS is a fascinating kind of hybrid series–real life documentary of events, mixed with a fictionalized account of man’s first attempt to colonize Mars circa 2033….
[amazon_link asins=’B01MURPKJ8′ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazetteo-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’cae9c0cc-2608-11e7-80aa-51529d204a29′] Writer/director John Michael McDonagh received critical accolades for his last two feature films, The Guard (2011), and Calvary (2014). His unique brand of social commentary mixed with a wicked streak of black comedy, made…
[amazon_link asins=’B01LTI1RHQ’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazetteo-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’a1a13ec8-23a3-11e7-a370-25ff00e49daf’] Set in 1960’s Virginia, Hidden Figures tells the story of three pioneering African American women whose work at NASA was important to several space missions, including John Glen’s orbit of the Earth. At that…
[amazon_link asins=’B01MXLWO5D’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazetteo-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’fcd1a5a4-2144-11e7-939a-1f09844c8610′] The first “Star Wars anthology” movie (a story not focused on the Skywalker family), Rogue One posed a unique challenge for director Gareth Edwards: pay tribute to George Lucas’ well-loved hexalogy, while connecting the…
[amazon_link asins=’B01MQWJYZM’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazetteo-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’cd21f321-1e3a-11e7-9bb4-53acb2e93825′] Released a barebones Blu-ray by Paramount last summer, Criterion has given Andrew Haigh’s 45 Years the special edition treatment, with a, “high definition digital transfer supervised by director Andrew Haigh.” Criterion has also offers…
[amazon_link asins=’B01MSZLUQ6′ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazetteo-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’696c4d9f-1d3f-11e7-a53c-adff109b6016′] Winner of the prestigious Palme d’Or and an inspiration to numerous filmmakers, Michelangelo Antonioni’s Blowup is the story of Thomas (the excellent David Hemmings), a disenchanted fashion photographer in ’60s London who discovers he’s…
[amazon_link asins=’B01N35XONC’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazetteo-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’71e87d71-1a5a-11e7-8e16-516a8f203711′]Ray Engersoll (Frank Langella) is constantly thinking about death. We are introduced to the elderly, retired doctor in the opening scene of Youth in Oregon. He is gloomily staring at the surgery scar on his…
[amazon_link asins=’B01LTI21ZI’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazetteo-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’07132cc0-188a-11e7-aee1-875fb6a368db’] I’ve never been much of a horror fan. As a result, I often warn people to take my opinions on anything to do with the horror genre with a grain of salt. Occasionally though,…
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