4K UHD Review: Airport ‘77
The third installment in the Airport series, Airport 77 may be most ridiculous of the films but manages to be surprisingly appealing. Buoyed by a wild story and an all-star cast including Jack Lemmon, James Stewart, Joseph Cotten, Olivia de Havilland and George Kennedy, returning as Joe Patroni, things are never dull. Lemmon plays Captain […]
Blu-ray Review: The Farmer’s Daughter
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Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte (Blu-ray)
With the surprise box office success of 1962’s Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? starring Hollywood legends Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, director Robert Aldrich was hoping lightning would strike twice when he reunited the two stars for Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte in 1964. However, things didn’t quite go as planned, after Crawford bowed out after just […]
Blu-ray Review: Niagara
Marilyn Monroe’s first starring role, Niagara is unlike the films she would become known for. Cast as a femme fatale, Monroe plays Rose Loomis, the new wife of older, troubled veteran George Loomis (Joseph Cotten). The couple, on their honeymoon in Niagara Falls, appears to be an utter mismatch. Rose is voluptuous and outgoing; George […]
Blu-ray Review: Twilight’s Last Gleaming
Loosely adapted from novelist Walter Wager’s 1971 thriller, Viper Three, Twilight’s Last Gleaming sets up an improbable plot, but still manages to be an interesting film with clearly more in mind than being just a standard thriller. Directed by Robert Aldrich, a man who brought his liberal humanist thematic vision to many of his films, […]
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 […]