Blu-ray Review: Night Gallery – Season Three
Returning for its third and final season in September 1972, Night Gallery retained Rod Serling as host, but executives at NBC demanded changes. The episode number was reduced to 15 and the runtime was reduced from 60 to 30 minutes. In perhaps the most substantive move, the series was to become more “Americanized,” moving away […]
Blu-ray Review: Night Gallery – Season Two
Five years after The Twilight Zone ended, Rod Serling returned to television with a new anthology series, Night Gallery. While the Twilight Zone was largely focused on science fiction, The Night Gallery tended toward the macabre. Once again Rod Serling served as host. After an abbreviated six-episode first season, the series was granted a full […]
Blu-ray Review: The Group
A depression era soap opera centered on eight female 1933 graduates of Vassar College, The Group is based on Mary McCarthy’s novel of the same name. As economic hardship grips the country, these girls, their families, and friends remain largely isolated; concerned not about jobs or affording their next meal but finding the proper man […]
The Night of the Generals (Blu-ray)
An English language film about World War II told from the German perspective, The Night of the Generals isn’t about combat, but murder. Based loosely on a novel of the same name by German author Hans Hellmut Kirst. Due to apparent legal issues with the book, writer James Hadley is given a credit as well. […]