Blu-ray Review: The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Based on the hard-hitting novel of the same name by James A. Michener, The Bridges at Toko-Ri is set in 1952, during the Korean War. Rear Admiral George Tarrant (Fredric March) commands Task Force 77 aboard a Naval aircraft carrier. When bomber pilot Lt. Harry Brubaker (William Holden) ditches his wounded plane and lands in […]
Blu-ray Review: Seven Days in May
[amazon_link asins=’B071D7G5VW’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazetteo-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’52906a9b-3347-11e7-9980-55774a0b773a’] Scripted by Twilight Zone creator Rod Sterling and directed by John Frankenheimer (The Manchurian Candidate (1962)), Seven Days in May is based on the novel of the same name by Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey II. A tense and exciting Cold War drama, not a fire is shot, […]
Hombre (Blu-ray)
Directed by Martin Ritt, (Hud, Norma Rae) Hombre is essentially the story of man forced by changing times to enter a world that never truly accepts or respects his beliefs. Though based on the Elmore Leonard novel of the same name, it’s hard not to think that Ritt, a victim of the Hollywood Blacklist during […]
Inherit the Wind (1960) (Blu-ray)
Though the names were changed, the events depicted in Stanley Kramer’s Inherit the Wind were based on one of the most famous court cases in the first half of the twentieth century. Often referred to as the “Scopes Monkey Trial,” the case concerned whether Tennessee schoolteacher John T. Scopes had broken a state law forbidding […]
The Grace Kelly Collection (DVD)
[AMAZONPRODUCTS asin=”B00JF81XBS”]Though her career only spanned six years and eleven films, Grace Kelly is considered one of the most iconic, fashionable stars in cinematic history. Just shy of what would have been Grace Kelly’s 85th birthday, Warner Brothers has released The Grace Kelly Collection, a DVD compilation of six of her most notable and memorable […]
The Best Years of Our Lives (Blu-ray)
By the end of 1945, the long struggle of World War II was finally over and American soldiers, who fought so long and hard, were finally settling in back home with their friends and family. Most in Hollywood felt as though the public wanted a break from the war pictures that had dominated screens over […]
Blu-ray Review: A Star Is Born (1937)
Watching any version of A Star Is Born is almost impossible to do without comparing it to the other two versions available. While the original 1937 version has its merits, I’m partial to the 1954 Judy Garland and James Mason remake, while I can barely stomach the 1976 offering that featured Barbra Streisand and Kris […]
DVD Review: Design for Living
I’ve long pondered exactly what “the Lubitsch touch” was. I’ve enjoyed many of his most political satires (Ninotchka, To Be or Not to Be), and been amused by others (Heaven Can Wait, That Uncertain Feeling) In The Cinema of Ernst Lubitsch, Leland Poague defines “the Lubitsch touch” as his cinematic wit, charming and fluid style. […]