4K UHD Review: Roman Holiday (70th Anniversary Edition)
Released on August 27, 1953, Roman Holiday is probably best known as the film that introduced American audiences to Audrey Hepburn. Director/producer William Wyler (Ben-Hur) had originally wanted Elizabeth Taylor for the role of Princess Ann (‘Anya Smith’) but Hepburn was cast after a screen test. After she had performed a dignified, subdued scene from […]
Blu-ray Review: Carrie (1952)
Based on Theodore Dreiser’s novel Sister Carrie, William Wyler’s Carrie wasn’t a real box office success upon its release in 1952. Despite a cast featuring Jennifer Jones and Laurence Olivier, the dark nature of the plot likely kept audiences away. While Wyler’s adaptation is well crafted, concessions to get the approval of the Production Code […]
Blu-ray Review: Captain Newman, MD.
Arizona, 1944, Colfax Army Air Force Base. Josiah Newman, MD (Gregory Peck) needs help, space, and time. As head of the hospital’s psyche ward he has six weeks to either cure, ship back, or ship out his ever-growing number of patients all suffering from varying degrees of “Combat Fatigue.” Newman turns to an opportunistic orderly […]
Blu-ray Review: Roman Holiday (Paramount Presents Edition)
Released on August 27, 1953, Roman Holiday is probably best known as the film that introduced American audiences to Audrey Hepburn. Director/producer William Wyler (Ben-Hur) had originally wanted Elizabeth Taylor for the role of Princess Ann (‘Anya Smith’) but Hepburn was cast after a screen test. After she had performed a dignified, subdued scene from […]
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: Roman Holiday – Centennial Collection
Released on August 27, 1953, Roman Holiday is probably best known as the film that introduced American audiences to Audrey Hepburn. Director/producer William Wyler (Ben-Hur) had originally wanted Elizabeth Taylor for the role of Princess Ann (‘Anya Smith’) but Hepburn was cast after a screen test. After she had performed a dignified, subdued scene from […]