4K UHD Review: Donovan’s Reef
The final collaboration between director John Ford and star John Wayne, 1963’s Donovan’s Reef is a family comedy set in set in a fictional place called Haleakaloa where they once fought the Japanese. Not known for his comedic skills, Wayne manages to elicit a few laughs, even if he seems a bit uncomfortable at times. […]
4K UHD Review: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
One of the great westerns in film history, Paramount has delivered an excellent 4K transfer.
Cat Ballou (Blu-ray)
A satirical treatment of the western drama, Cat Ballou was a hit with critics and moviegoers alike, upon its release in 1965. Lee Marvin won a Best Actor Oscar for his dual role as gunfighter Tim Strawn and the boozing Kid Shelleen. Based on a novel by Roy Chanslor, The Ballad of Cat Ballou, Chanslor’s […]
The Wild One (Blu-ray)
A landmark film of 1950’s rebellion, The Wild One was loosely based on an incident that occurred over the Fourth of July weekend in 1947 in Hollister, California, (publicized in an issue of Harper’s Magazine in a January 1951 article titled “The Cyclists’ Raid” by Frank Rooney) when roughly 4,000 motorcyclists and other assorted types […]