For information on the film, click here for an earlier review. Kino Lorber’s all-new HDR/Dolby Vision Master – From a 4K Scan of 35mm Inter-positive is a wonderful representation of the 70mm Todd-AO production shot by Ernest Laszlo. The clarity…
Directed by Howard Hawks, Rio Bravo stars John Wayne as John T. Chance, sheriff of a small Texas town, Rio Bravo. He’s assigned to take custody of a murderer (Claude Akins) whose brother (John Russell), a powerful rancher, is plotting…
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In 1971, Dean Martin was at the height of his fame. His variety show on NBC had been a hit for since 1965, and he had become one of the highest paid performers on television. Fans loved his cool, smirking,…
Based on the 1948 novel by Irwin Shaw, Edward Dmytryk’s The Young Lions was forced to make several concessions to the censors before its release in 1958. Even so, the film was, and still is, a fairly effective story about…
Formed in 1946, Martin and Lewis were comic gold during the first half of the 1950’s, dominating stage, screen, and the new medium of television. The duo even had a radio a radio show on NBC from 1949 until 1953….
In 1971, Dean Martin was near the height of his fame. His variety show on NBC had been a hit for NBC since 1965, and he had become one of the highest paid performers on television. Fans loved his cool,…
In this tag team review, Rory will give you his thoughts on the film, while Rebecca handles the audio and video aspects of the Blu-ray, as well as the special features. In 1995, I was an 11-year-old aviation enthusiast, stemming…
Having run for nine seasons, The Dean Martin Show was one of the most popular shows on television during its 1965-1974 run. Broadcast during a time of great political upheaval, as war raged in Vietnam, Dean Martin’s relaxed, laid back…
In my tween years, 1981’s The Cannonball Run was on HBO so much, you’d have thought Burt Reynolds and his buddy Dom DeLuise were running the company. For me, Burt and Dom could do no wrong, the movie was hilarious….