Tag: Howland Chamberlain

Blu-ray Review: Force of Evil (4K Restoration)

August 30, 2023

Directed and co-written by Abraham Polonsky (with Ira Wolfert who wrote the novel the film was based on), 1948’s Force of Evil is a an early example of what became a typical gangster film staple: the bad guys trying to go straight, turning their illegitimate businesses legitimate. John Garfield stars as Joe Morse, a crooked lawyer who makes his living defending mob clients. eventually, he

Blu-ray Review: Kramer vs. Kramer

February 14, 2009

The 1970’s was a seminal decade in the history of American film. A new crop of directors including Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, William Friedkin and others ushered in a new era of weaving personal narratives into their stories in a way that had never been done before. At nearly the same time, another crop of young directors, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, gave birth