Tag: Dabney Coleman

4K UHD Review: WarGames

With the Cold War a distant memory and the internet available nearly everywhere, WarGames works best as a time capsule. Released in 1983, WarGames was one of the best of its era at to illustrate what Cold War era paranoia…

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Blu-ray Review: Bad Ronald

[amazon_link asins=’B07HGKKGTD’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazett03-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’3404b7ef-e075-11e8-839f-2b43bf1d91a5′]A 1974 made-for-television movie directed by Buzz Kulik, Bad Ronald is based on a book by the same name by Jack Vance. Ronald Wilby (Scott Jacoby, The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane) is…

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Downhill Racer (Criterion Collection) (Blu-ray)

Though Robert Redford had some big screen success with films such as Inside Daisy Clover (1965), This Property Is Condemned (1966) (both with Natalie Wood), and 1967’s big screen version of Barefoot in the Park with Jane Fonda, his breakout…

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On Golden Pond (Collector’s Edition) (Blu-ray)

An unconventional Hollywood blockbuster, On Golden Pond is a character driven drama that explores aging, mortality, and reconciliation. Based on the play by Ernest Thompson, On Golden Pond finally earned legendary actor Henry Fonda a Best Actor Academy Award in…

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The Slender Thread

Blu-ray Review: The Slender Thread

The directorial debut of actor-turned-director Sydney Pollack, 1965’s The Slender Thread is a tense, dramatic story shot in austere black and white. Based on real incident that was dramatized as the short story “Decision to Die” by Shana Alexander, which…

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Blu-ray Review: Boardwalk Empire – Season One

Created by Terence Winter (best known for his work on The Sopranos) and executive produced by the legendary Martin Scorsese (who also directed the pilot), it’s no surprise that Boardwalk Empire was one of the most eagerly anticipated series of…

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