Blu-ray Review: How Do I Love Thee?
[amazon_link asins=’B07BF3T9D7′ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazett03-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’858c6585-6d97-11e8-9356-15465a932bbc’]In 1970, it was hard to imagine that a comedy with a cast that included Jackie Gleason (Skidoo), Maureen O’Hara (McLintock!) , Shelley Winters (Harper) and Rosemary Forsyth would be a complete box office bomb, yet it happened. A decidedly unusual romantic comedy based on the novel Let Me Count […]
Blu-ray Review: The Otto Preminger Collection (Hurry Sundown/Skidoo/Such Good Friends)
Otto Preminger directed over 35 films in a film career that spanned more than five decades. Throughout his career, Preminger wasn’t afraid to attract controversy dealing with taboo topics of the era such as drug addiction (The Man with the Golden Arm, 1955), rape (Anatomy of a Murder, 1959) and homosexuality (Advise & Consent, 1962). […]
The Honeymooners Lost Episodes Arrives on 15 Discs, Completely Restored on October 4
What can only be called the holy grail of American television comedy will arrive when MPI Home Video releases the mammoth collection THE HONEYMOONERS LOST EPISODES: THE COMPLETE RESTORED SERIES. The 15-DVD collectible set of rare sketches and full-length shows – many not seen since their original broadcast – will be available October 4, 2011, […]
Blu-ray Review: The Hustler
The Hustler is no more about pool then than Martin Scorsese’s Raging Bull is about boxing. At first glance, you might disagree. After all, most of The Hustler takes place in billiard rooms and pool halls. However, if the lead character Fast Eddie Felson (Paul Newman) were a tennis ace or poker player, the story […]
DVD Review: The Honeymooners Specials
Valentine Special/Second Honeymoon The Honeymooners stood in stark contrast to prosperous suburban sitcoms of the 1950s. The constantly battling Brooklynites Ralph Kramden and his wife Alice are undeniably lower middle class. The quick tempered Ralph, always game for a get-rich-quick scheme, is assisted by his upstairs neighbor and friend, Ed Norton a dim-witted sewer worker. […]