[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…
[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…
[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…
[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,…