Blu-ray Review: Odds Against Tomorrow
A late noir, 1959’s Odds Against Tomorrow puts aside the femme fatales and husbands in distress in favor of an apparently simple crime—robbery for the sake of acquiring some much needed cash—and taps into the racial unease of the era that exists within the criminal element as well as anywhere else. Directed by Robert Wise, […]
Blu-ray Review: Warning Shot (1967)
On a foggy night in Los Angeles there’s a psycho killer on the loose. Tom Valens (David Janssen) and Ed Musson (Keenan Wynn) are on stakeout duty at the Seaside Apartments, in Brentwood, after someone reported seeing a prowler on the premises. Valens sees a mysterious man running from the apartment. After identifying himself as […]
Blu-ray Review: Sweet Bird of Youth
Accompanied by special ‘for adults only’ notices when it opened in 1962, Tennessee Williams’ Sweet Bird of Youth had been cleaned up considerably for the big screen. Though much of the ugliness of the stage version has been excised by screenwriter/director Richard Brooks rewrite, Paul Newman, Ed Begley, Rip Torn and particularly Geraldine Page maintain […]
DVD Review: 12 Angry Men (Criterion Collection)
On the face of it, a movie which takes place almost entirely in one room, consists of 12 men who do nothing but talk—and don’t even have names—should be anything but a searing experience. 1957’s 12 Angry Men an undisputed classic, is an inspiring and well crafted masterpiece. The story is a simple one: 12 […]