Blu-ray Review: Designing Woman
[amazon_link asins=’B07D4CLC3N’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazett03-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’5b67dadf-d241-11e8-97c0-edb94721a883′]Released in 1957, Vicente Minnelli’s screwball comedy Designing Woman earned writer George Wells an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. The concept for the story came from famed, two-time Oscar winning costume designer Helen Rose, who fashioned a romance, equal parts Hepburn/Tracy comedy and conflict. Wells took Rose’s initial idea and […]
Blu-ray Review: Harper
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Blu-ray Review: Misery (Collector’s Edition)
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Ernest and Celestine (Blu-ray)
Very simple, yet undeniably charming, Ernest and Celestine is the story of two animals that are supposed to be enemies being friends. Based on a Belgian series of books by Gabrielle Vincent, the film opened in Europe at the end of 2012, but didn’t arrive in the United States until a year later; first in […]
DVD Review: The Madeline Movie – Lost in Paris
Shout Factory | 1999 | 75 mins. | Not Rated As a child, I remember reading several of the many Madeline children’s books written by Ludwig Bemelmans. The first book appeared in 1939, and proved to be a major success. Bemelmans wrote several sequels throughout the 1940’s and ‘50’s. His grandson, John Bemelmans-Marciano, continues to […]
Sorest Oscar Loser and More…
The Los Angeles Times has an interesting poll today asking, who was Oscars sorest loser? There are many to choose from, no doubt. I’d have to go with the legendary Lauren Bacall. When the grand dame was nominated for best supporting actress back in 1996 for The Mirror Has Two Faces, she was the odds […]