Category: Blu-Ray’s

Blu-Ray’s

Blu-ray Review: Prizzi’s Honor (1985)

[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

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Blu-ray Review: Clambake (1967)

[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.

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Blu-ray Review: Frankie and Johnny (1966)

[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

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Blu-ray Review: The Circle

[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

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Blu-ray Review: Free Fire

[amazon_link asins=’B071S6ZX49′ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazetteo-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’cb30c0aa-7094-11e7-a377-45a549190a78′]With the promise of non-stop action, and a cool 1970’s vibe, the trailer for Ben Wheatley’s Free Fire promises great things. Trouble is, the best parts of the film are encapsulated in that two-and-a-half-minutes. Despite

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Blu-ray Review: The Pink Panther Collection

[amazon_link asins=’B01MZ6Y8XS’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazetteo-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’62bd0d39-6311-11e7-8cab-bd320e4458e6′] After years of speculation and rumor, Shout Factory has finally released The Pink Panther Collection. A box set that brings together all six of the seminal Pink Panther films that starred the legendary Peter

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Blu-ray Review: Willard (1971)

[amazon_link asins=’B06W2GJF77′ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazetteo-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’df590fb9-5a87-11e7-9e65-45d252c7a54e’] Based on Stephen Gilbert’s novel Ratman’s Notebooks, and directed by Daniel Mann, Willard could be easily dismissed as a horror movie about a creepy guy who loves rats. While that’s true, to leave it

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Blu-ray Review: CHIPS (2017)

[amazon_link asins=’B071DX64LP’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazetteo-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’a6781a49-5792-11e7-94fe-097c2ce80c4b’] Dull, rude, and insulting, CHiPs is bro cinema at its worst, the movie equivalent of two teenage boys having a contest to see who can come up with the most swear words in two

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Blu-ray Review: Zaza (1923)

[amazon_link asins=’B0722874M3′ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazetteo-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’95d0b72b-5397-11e7-a4bc-65164ac08035′] In my continuing quest to expand my limited knowledge of silent films, I watched Kino Lorber’s recent Blu-ray release of Zaza. Originally a hit Broadway play in 1899, Zaza, starring Gloria Swanson, concerns the

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Blu-ray Review: Beauty and the Beast (2017)

[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

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