Tag: John Huston

Winter Kills

Blu-ray Review: Winter Kills

Winter Kills William Richert’s adaptation of Richard Condon’s novel “Winter Kills”–a thinly veiled look at the John F. Kennedy assassination–grounded in dark political satire was plagued with production issues including a mafia hit on one producer, a forty-year prison sentence

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Blu-ray Review: The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

[amazon_link asins=’B07F1SQZ7K’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazett03-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’8c424abd-9751-11e8-b09b-7395eaba8d61′]Riding a wave of acclaim for his screenplay for Jeremiah Johnson, John Milius developed a script The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean, that he hoped would be his directorial debut. Unfortunately for him,

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Chinatown

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

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Chinatown

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

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