Tag: Laurence Olivier

Blu-ray Review: Carrie (1952)

Based on Theodore Dreiser’s novel Sister Carrie, William Wyler’s Carrie wasn’t a real box office success upon its release in 1952. Despite a cast featuring Jennifer Jones and Laurence Olivier, the dark nature of the plot likely kept audiences away.

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Love Among the Ruins

Blu-ray Review: Love Among the Ruins

Released in 1975, the TV movie Love Among the Ruins marked the first-and only-time acting royalty Katharine Hepburn and Laurence Olivier would work together onscreen. Helmet by Hollywood veteran George Cukor, who had directed Hepburn in eight films, including such

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Blu-ray Review: Marathon Man

If people only know Marathon Man for one thing, it’s undoubtedly a decidedly brutal torture sequence that has left countless viewers clutching their mouths in shock. As well constructed and effective as the scene is, it has often eclipsed the

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Blu-ray Review: Perfect Understanding

A major movie star during the silent era, Gloria Swanson had made a relatively successful transition to the sound era (even garnering an Oscar nomination for The Trespasser in 1930), though her career never reached the height it had in

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Blu-ray Review: Clash of the Titans (1981)

Warner Bros. | 1981 | 118 mins. | Not rated For many, 1981’s Clash of the Titans is best remembered as the last film of to feature stop-motion animation effects by living legend Ray Harryhausen. Harryhausen had made a name

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