Blu-ray Review: Billy Liar
The British New Wave (or “kitchen sink drama movement”) was an innovative, but brief cinematic movement during the late fifties and early sixties. These films, usually in black and white, focused on class and social issues. Billy Liar directed by John Schlesinger, is cited on many best British Films of All Time lists. Billy Fisher […]
Blu-ray Review: The Company You Keep
Robert Redford’s first movie role since 2005 and his ninth directorial effort, The Company You Keep, based on the novel by Neil Gordon, is a fictionalized account of the radical anti-war movement called the Weather Underground. Old news footage at the beginning of the film informs us that members of the group were charged with […]
Blu-ray Review: Red Riding Hood
With Twilight’s Catherine Hardwicke at the helm, one should have a pretty good idea what Red Riding Hood is going to be like: a young girl torn by loyalty to several lovers (one or more may be some sort of beast), and is riddled with angst at the inability of her community to cope with […]
Blu-ray Review: Hamlet (1996)
Warner Bros. | 1996 | 242 min | Rated PG-13 The Bard’s longest and most frequently adapted play, Hamlet is as iconic and essential as they come; a masterpiece in every sense of the word. It has entranced audiences for centuries and given rise to countless adaptations, some brilliant, others utterly forgettable, and some that […]
Blu-ray Review: Doctor Zhivago
Fresh of the success of Lawrence of Arabia, British director David Lean tackled another epic; Doctor Zhivago based on the Nobel Prize winning novel by Boris Pasternak. After what he viewed as the action-adventure tone of Lawrence of Arabia, Lean wanted to make a grand, yet more romantic film to balance things out. Producer Carlo […]
May 4: DOCTOR ZHIVAGO 45th Anniversary Edition on DVD and Blu-ray Book
Burbank, CA — On May 4, Warner Home Video debuts another magnificent state-of-the-art restoration on Blu-ray disc, this one to mark the 45th anniversary of Doctor Zhivago — David Lean’s romantic epic film, adapted from Boris Pasternak’s Pulitzer Prize novel, which captured ten Academy Award® nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director, and five wins. […]