Category: Blu-Ray’s

Blu-Ray’s

My Favorite Year

Blu-ray Review: My Favorite Year

Released in 1982, My Favorite Year is a playful and affectionate look at the Golden Age of television. Oozing with nostalgia, it’s allows the always charming Peter O’Toole (The Night of the Generals) to be unforgettably humorous. Written by Dennis

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Who Saw Her Die?

Blu-ray Review: Who Saw Her Die?

During a trip to Venice to visit her sculptor father Franco Serpieri (one-shot Bond, George Lazenby) a young girl named Roberta (Nicoletta Elmi) becomes the object of interest to a mysterious, veiled woman who stalks her throughout the city. In

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Pavarotti

Blu-ray Review: Pavarotti

Director Ron Howard follows up his impressive Beatles documentary Eight Days A Week with Pavarotti, another close-up look at a giant in the music industry. This time it’s Luciano Pavarotti, who, having established himself as one of the finest tenors

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A Touch of Class

Blu-ray Review: A Touch of Class

Reminiscent of the great screwball comedies of the ’30s, A Touch of Class received considerable acclaim during its initial release in 1973–including an Oscar nomination for Best Picture–hasn’t aged particularly well. The performances of Glenda Jackson (who won her second

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1984

Blu-ray Review: 1984 (Criterion Collection)

Michael Radford’s 1984 is a rather faithful retelling of George Orwell’s novel of the same name. Published in 1948, 1984 predicts the fall of Western Culture. In the year 1984, civilization has been decimated by war and civil unrest. Oceana

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V (1983)

Blu-ray Review: V – The Original Miniseries

Created by Kenneth Johnson (The Bionic Woman) V, inspired by Sinclair Lewis’ 1935 anti-fascist novel It Can’t Happen Here, first aired over two nights in 1983, proved to be a huge hit with viewers. With over sixty speaking characters, V

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