Blu-ray Review: Sunday in New York
Released in 1963, Sunday in New York is the kind of lukewarm sex comedy–pre-sexual revolution–only that era could produce. Eileen, played by a young Jane Fonda, is a virgin from Albany annoyed by the fact that all her suitors end up trying to take her to bed. Afraid that her relationship with a handsome heir […]
Blu-ray Review: Charly (1968)
Oscar winner Cliff Robertson may be best known to modern audiences as Uncle Ben in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man Trilogy (2002-07). However, his crowning achievement came in 1968, when he won the Best Actor Oscar for playing the title role in Charly. Based on the novel Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, Charly Gordon is a […]
DVD Review: Washington – Behind Closed Doors
The literary equivalent of Washington: Behind Closed Doors is Full Disclosure by William Safire. Each has a cracking good story, but it takes a near-frustrating amount of time to get there, moreso with Behind Closed Doors. That’s Safire and Behind Closed Doors creator David W. Rintels way of creating suspense, I know, but it’s quite […]
Picnic and The Roots of Heaven Coming to Blu-ray January 17th
Picnic is director Joshua Logan’s 1955 screen adaptation of the William Inge play. William Holden stars as a drifter whose presence upsets the status quo in a small town, particularly with regard to young Alan Benson (Cliff Robertson) and his beautiful yet frustrated girlfriend (Kim Novak). Directed by John Huston, The Roots of Heaven focuses […]
DVD Review: Sunday in New York
Warner Bros. Archive | 1963 | 105 mins. | NR Released in 1963, Sunday in New York is the kind of lukewarm sex comedy only that era could produce. Eileen, played by a young Jane Fonda, is a virgin from Albany annoyed by the fact that all her suitor’s end up trying to take her […]