[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,…
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…
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…
[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…
[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…
[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…