4K UHD Review: Scarlet Street
For information on the film, see our 2012 review of Kino’s Blu-ray. Shot on 35mm film, Scarlet Street is presented in the 1.37:1 aspect ratio with HDR10 and Dolby Vision. Featuring a new 4K master from a 16-bit 4K scan of the 35mm nitrate composite fine grain, the result is a notable improvement over the […]
4K UHD Review: The Ten Commandments
A network television staple during Easter and Passover, Cecil B. DeMille’s The Ten Commandments is to that season what It’s A Wonderful Life is to Christmas time. A true epic, Paramount has released a beautiful 4K transfer that will allow fans to watch this classic commercial free anytime. For the few people who haven’t seen […]
DVD Review: The Cincinnati Kid
Back in print on DVD courtesy of Warner Archive, The Cincinnati Kid was adapted by Ring Lardner, Jr (M*A*S*H) and Terry Southern (Easy Rider) from a novel by Richard Jessup. Steve McQueen (The Blob) was still establishing his screen persona when The Cincinnati Kid hit theaters in 1965, even though one of his most iconic […]
Blu-ray Review: 2 Weeks in Another Town
[amazon_link asins=’B07D4BZG9J’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazett03-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’8af349a5-7250-11e8-b754-cb1512768506′]Vincente Minnelli—one-time husband of Judy Garland and father of Liza—became famous largely as a result of the lavish musicals he directed during his time at MGM. Some of his best-known films include Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), An American in Paris (1951), Brigadoon (1954), Kismet (1955), and Gigi (1958). […]
A Hole in the Head (Blu-ray)
After experiencing a career decline in the early 1950’s, Frank Sinatra began a career rebirth with the eve-of-Pearl Harbor drama From Here to Eternity, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. By the end of the 1950’s, Sinatra had reclaimed his title as the top recording artist in the world, and […]
Blu-ray Review: The Red House
Have you ever had a secret so explosive it weighed on your mind day and night and warped your view of reality? A secret from your past that colored your present and threatened to destroy your future? Hopefully the answer is no, but if you said yes, you just might be Pete, the character portrayed […]
Blu-ray Review: Scarlet Street
Though he began directing films in Germany in 1919, Fritz Lang didn’t arrive in America until 1934. Over the next quarter century he made many well-regarded pictures and, apparently, made a number of enemies amongst actors and studio execs due to his arrogance and dictatorial style of filmmaking. Scarlet Street was made in 1945, in […]
Blu-ray Review: The Ten Commandments
Paramount | 1956 | 231 mins. | G A network television staple during Easter and Passover, Cecil B. DeMille’s The Ten Commandments is to that season what It’s A Wonderful Life is to Christmas time. A true epic, Paramount has released a beautiful high-definition transfer that will allow fans to watch this classic commercial free […]
DVD Review: Two Weeks In Another Town
Warner Archives | 1962 | 107 mins. | NR Vincente Minnelli—husband of Judy Garland and father of Liza—became famous largely as a result of the lavish musicals he directed during his time at MGM. Some of his best known films include Me In St. Louis (1944), An American in Paris (1951), Brigadoon (1954), Kismet (1955), […]
The Ten Commandments Coming to Blu-ray
HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. – For sheer pageantry and spectacle, few motion pictures can claim to equal the splendor of renowned director Cecil B. DeMille’s (Ben Hur) 1956 epic THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. To commemorate the 55th anniversary of this beloved masterpiece, on March 29, 2011 Paramount Home Entertainment will release a fully restored version in high definition […]