Blu-ray Review: Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
Uncomfortable to watch more than fifty years after its theatrical release, Days of Wine and Roses remains a powerful portrait of a co-dependent couple and their painful slide into alcoholism. PR man Joe Clay’s (Jack Lemmon, Some Like It Hot) high pressure, unsatisfying job requires him to wine and dine clients. He meets a young […]
The Subject Was Roses (DVD)
I was first introduced to The Subject Was Roses sometime in the late 1980’s if I recall correctly one of the cable networks was doing a birthday salute to the film’s star Patricia Neal, and this one was on the schedule with her Academy Award winning performance in Hud and the memorable A Face in […]
DVD Review: The Twilight Zone – The Complete Fourth Season
Rod Serling’s seminal 1959-64 series The Twilight Zone has been released on stellar, definitive DVD and Blu-ray packages. For those who have found the previous releases a bit pricey, Image Entertainment has been re-releasing the individual seasons on DVD without special features at an affordable price. August 6, 2013 will see the release of The […]
Blu-ray Review: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory – 40th Anniversary Collector’s Edition
Hot on the heels of Citizen Kane and Ben-Hur, on October 18th Warner Brothers will release Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: 40th Anniversary Ultimate Collector’s Edition. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (an adaptation of Roald Dahl’s 1964 children’s book originally titled Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), has become a beloved classic since its 1971 […]
Blu-ray Review: The Fox and the Hound / The Fox and the Hound II – 30th Anniversary Edition
Disney’s 24th animated film, The Fox and the Hound began production during a time of transition at the studio. Although the two surviving members of Disney’s legendary “Nine Old Men” began work on the project in 1977, they soon stepped aside, passing their duties to a new generation of animation masters, among them Don Bluth. […]
Warner Bros. to Release 40th Anniversary Collector’s Edition of Willy Wonka
Warner Bros. has announced they will re-release Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory as an trinket filled special edition to be released October 4th for the film’s 40th anniversary. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory: 40th Anniversary Ultimate Collector’s Edition will contain more than an hour of extras, including Mel Stuart’s Wonkavision, a new interview […]