4K UHD Review: Hearts of Darkness – A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse
Director Francis Ford Coppola’s 1979 film Apocalypse Now is one of the most studied and discussed movies in motion picture history. Scholars and fans alike have discussed the nuances of the Vietnam War themed story adnauseam. Adding to the legend of Apocalypse Now are the well documented difficulties that Coppola encountered in his unwavering drive […]
Blu-ray Review: Blue Velvet (Criterion Collection)
Three years after the disappointment of Dune, David Lynch returned to form with Blue Velvet. The film begins, appropriately enough, with the opening credits superimposed over a beautiful piece of blue velvet swaying in the breeze. The tone of Angelo Badalamenti’s score is melodramatic and ominous. The small town of Lumbertown is a fantasy world; […]
DVD Review: The Twilight Zone – The Complete Fourth Season
Rod Serling’s seminal 1959-64 series The Twilight Zone has been released on stellar, definitive DVD and Blu-ray packages. For those who have found the previous releases a bit pricey, Image Entertainment has been re-releasing the individual seasons on DVD without special features at an affordable price. August 6, 2013 will see the release of The […]
Hoosiers 25th Anniversary Edition Coming to Blu-ray June 25th
MGM Home Entertainment has announced a June 5th date for the 25th Anniversary Edition of David Anspaugh’s Hoosiers (1986), starring Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey and Dennis Hopper. It’s currently unknown whether this new release will feature a new high-definition transfer. Special Features: Hoosier History: The Truth Behind the Legend Deleted Scenes Original 1954 Indiana […]
Blue Velvet on Blu-ray Giveaway
MovieGazette.com and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer are offering readers the opportunity to win a copy of David Lynch’s 1986 film, Blue Velvet. The new Blu-ray release features over 50 minutes of never before seen Deleted Scenes remastered, edited, and scored from the original negatives thought to have been lost forever. To enter the giveaway, simply add a comment […]
Blu-ray Review: Blue Velvet
Three years after the major disappointment that was Dune, David Lynch came back better than ever with Blue Velvet. The film begins, appropriately enough, with the opening credits superimposed over a beautiful piece of blue velvet swaying in the breeze. The tone of Angelo Badlamenti’s score is melodramatic and ominous. The small town of Lumbertown […]
Blue Velvet Makes Its Blu-ray Debut November 8th
LOS ANGELES (September 14, 2011) – From the mind of David Lynch (Mulholland Drive, “Twin Peaks”) comes a visionary story so startling, so provocative, so mysterious that it will open your eyes to a world you have never seen before. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment celebrates the anniversary of a groundbreaking American cinema classic when […]
Blu-ray Review: True Grit
Paramount Pictures | 1969 | 127 mins. | G Sixty-two year-old John Wayne’s Best Actor Oscar in 1969, for True Grit has generally been considered as a belated, long-overdue ‘career’ Oscar award or ‘sentimental favorite’ award. That reasoning is hard to argue with—long a box office superstar, True Grit was Wayne’s 139th film, and only […]
DVD Review: The Brothers Warner
Warner Bros. | 2008 | 94 Mins. | Unrated These days with the major motion picture studios parts of much bigger business conglomerates, it’s easy to forget that it was individual men who initially built the film business into what it is today. Filmmaker Cass Warner Sperling is the granddaughter of Harry Warner, one of […]
Blu-ray Review: Easy Rider
Sony Pictures | 1969 | 96 mins. | Rated R I’m not sure there’s ever been a popular film that has so completely captured one slice of a particular time and place, as well as Easy Rider did. Written by Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper and Terry Southern, Easy Rider is a quintessential road picture, fueled […]