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Funny Lady (Blu-ray)

Released seven years after Funny Girl made Barbra Streisand an Oscar winning movie star, Funny Lady had an uneasy production history. Though contractually obligated to do another movie for producer Ray Stark, Streisand balked at doing the film, reportedly telling…

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Yentl (Blu-ray)

Adapted from the 1975 play by Leah Napolin and Isaac Bashevis Singer—and in turn, Singer’s earlier short story “Yentl the Yeshiva Boy,” Yentl was a true passion project for Barbra Streisand, which took her more than a decade to bring…

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Blu-ray Review: The Guilt Trip

I’ll say this right up front: The Guilt Trip is not a typical Seth Rogen comedy. For those expecting a stoner comedy, forget it. This film is all about Barbra Streisand; as such it might be the perfect opportunity to…

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Blu-ray Review: A Star Is Born (1976)

The third remake of the 1932 drama What Price Hollywood?, this adaptation of A Star Is Born sets the scene in the world of 1970’s rock. Originally envisioned by screenwriters John Gregory Dunne and Joan Didion as a hard look…

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