4K UHD Review: All the President’s Men
1976’s All the President’s Men dramatizes the Watergate scandal that had unfolded just a couple of years before. As with the book of the same name, the film witnesses the events through the eyes of young Washington Post reporters Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward who broke and doggedly investigated the story. What initially seemed like […]
Blu-ray Review: The Day After
[amazon_link asins=’B07DKSSDDH’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazett03-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’08e0f0dd-a30a-11e8-b22e-ad5ccc66fa31′]One of the best films ever directed for television, Nicholas Meyers’ (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan) The Day After, recently arrived on Blu-ray via Kino Lorber Studio Classics. Originally broadcast on November 20, 1983, Meyers’ terrifying impact of nuclear war on a Kansas town was a phenomenon–100 million […]
The War Between Men and Women (Blu-ray)
In 1969, writer-director Melville Shavelson created “My World…and Welcome to it,” based on the works of humorist James Thurber. Though the series won an Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series, it was canceled after the first season. Not deterred, Shavelson and writer/producer Danny Arnold simply crafted their idea into a feature film, The War Between Men […]
All The President’s Men (Blu-ray)
1976’s All the President’s Men dramatizes the Watergate scandal that had unfolded just a couple of years before. As with the book of the same name, the film witnesses the events through the eyes of young Washington Post reporters Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward who broke, and doggedly investigated the story. What initially seemed like […]
DVD Review: A Big Hand for the Little Lady (Warner Archive Collection)
Produced and directed by Fielder Cook from a screenplay by Sidney Carroll, adapted from their TV play Big Deal in Laredo (which had originally aired on the DuPont Show of the Week in 1962), A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966) stars Henry Fonda as Meredith, a gambler trying to resist the urge to […]
A Boy and His Dog Coming to Blu-ray August 6
Directed by L.Q. Jones and based on the award-winning novella by acclaimed science-fiction author Harlan Ellison, A Boy and His Dog is a dark and often wickedly funny trip through a post-apocalyptic world, where the friendship between a boy and his dog is the only currency that matters. On August, 6th, 2013 Shout! Factory will […]
Blu-ray Review Julius Caesar (1970)
Filming Shakespeare isn’t particularly easy, and keeping it interesting for a majority of the viewing audience is even more difficult. This 1970 version, highlighted by an all star cast, faithfully retells Shakespeare’s account of events surrounding the assassination of Caesar in 44 B.C. After defeating the sons of Pompey, Julius Caesar (John Gielgud) returns to […]
DVD Review: Washington – Behind Closed Doors
The literary equivalent of Washington: Behind Closed Doors is Full Disclosure by William Safire. Each has a cracking good story, but it takes a near-frustrating amount of time to get there, moreso with Behind Closed Doors. That’s Safire and Behind Closed Doors creator David W. Rintels way of creating suspense, I know, but it’s quite […]
Fly High with Tora! Tora! Tora! Making Its Blu-ray Debut on December 6th
Los Angeles, CA (September 8, 2011) – Re-live the story of one of America’s darkest moments through superb visuals and a double sided narrative that will keep you on the edge of your seat. The classic film TORA! TORA! TORA! comes to Blu-ray from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment on December 6th. The winner of […]
DVD Review: The Civil War – 150th Anniversary Commemorative Edition
Paramount | 1990 | 680 mins. | NR Though Ken Burns’ 1990 epic documentary, The Civil War has been released on DVD at least twice before, the new “Commemorative Edition” is worth buy if you haven’t already done so. It’s less expensive than previous editions and some retailers are selling it at half that price […]