4K UHD Review: Chinatown / The Two Jakes Blu-ray (Paramount Presents)
One of the best noir films ever made, Chinatown is considered by many to be the finest film of the 1970’s. Though filming began without a finished script, screenwriter Robert Towne ended up crafting a truly original story; one that leaves audiences on edge, unsure where the story will take them next. Chinatown also represents […]
Blu-ray Review: The Last Tycoon
Based on the unfinished F. Scott Fitzgerald novel of the same name, 1976’s The Last Tycoon marks the first time Robert De Niro played an even remotely likable character. Set in the 1930’s, the film follows Monroe Stahr (De Niro, a thinly veiled Irving Thalberg) a young Hollywood mogul as he navigates studio politics as […]
4K UHD Review: Terms of Endearment (Paramount Presents)
In a career that has spanned more than fifty years, writer/director James L. Brooks has had success in both television and film. Having created Room 222 in 1969, Brooks teamed up with Allan Burns to create The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Rhoda, and Lou Grant. In 1978, Brooks was a co-creator of the sitcom Taxi. […]
Blu-ray Review: Prizzi’s Honor (1985)
[amazon_link asins=’B071NWDSCD’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazett03-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’8703af8e-82d5-11e7-9b19-f97cb3acd9d6′]Adapted by Richard Condon from his own novel and directed by John Huston (The Maltese Falcon, Fat City) Prizzi’s Honor stars Jack Nicholson (Terms of Endearment, As Good As It Gets) as Charley a hitman for the Prizzi’s, a powerful New York mob family. While the morality of his job […]
Five Easy Pieces (Blu-ray) The Criterion Collection)
Initially available as part of the America Lost and Found: The BBS Story box set in 2010, Criterion has now made Bob Rafelson’s Five Easy Pieces available as a standalone release. For those that either couldn’t afford the pricey box, or didn’t want every film in it, it’s nice to see the individual titles being […]
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981) (Blu-ray)
The Postman Always Rings Twice, adapted from the 1934 novel by James M. Cain, saw its first Hollywood release in 1946. Starring Lana Turner, John Garfield, and Cecil Kellaway, the film was a huge hit, but the strict production code of the time meant the filmmakers had to tone down several elements to receive a […]
Terms of Endearment (Blu-ray)
In a career that has spanned nearly fifty years, writer/director James L. Brooks has had success in both television and film. Having created Room 222 in 1969, Brooks teamed up with Allan Burns to create The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Rhoda, and Lou Grant. In 1978, Brooks was a co-creator of the sitcom Taxi. In […]
Blu-ray Review: Hoffa (Fox Filmmaker Signature Series)
Nearly forty years later, the disappearance Jimmy Hoffa still fascinates. Just as this edition of Hoffa was hitting stores, the mystery of what happened to the vanished former Teamster boss was in the news again. In suburban Detroit, the FBI had taken soil samples in a backyard where Hoffa may have been buried. Regrettably, the […]
Blu-ray Review: Chinatown
One of the best noir films ever made, Chinatown is considered by many to be the finest film of the 1970’s. Though filming began without a finished script, screenwriter Robert Towne ended up crafting a truly original story; one that leaves audiences on edge, unsure where the story will take them next. Chinatown also represents […]
Chinatown Debuts on Blu-ray April 3rd
Teeming with murder, corruption, greed and sex, director Roman Polanski’s unforgettable classic Chinatown arrives for the first time ever on Blu-ray April 3, 2012 from Paramount Home Media Distribution. Starring Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway and John Huston, the film follows an intricate web of deception as private investigator Jake Gittes (Nicholson) unravels a mystery involving […]