Tag: Lee Marvin

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…

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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…

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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…

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