4K UHD Review: North By Northwest
I’ve always considered Alfred Hitchcock one of the greatest directors in the history of cinema. As such, I find it impossible to say which of his more the fifty films is the best. However, I can say that 1959’s North by Northwest ranks somewhere near the top. Both entertaining and suspenseful, the film marked Hitchcock’s […]
Father of the Bride (1950) (Blu-ray)
One of the best Hollywood comedies of the 1950’s, Father of the Bride features Spencer Tracy at the top of his game And Elizabeth Taylor looking breathtakingly beautiful. Adapted from a novel by Edward Streeter, the film opens as successful attorney Stanley T. Banks (Tracy) is surveying the mess caused by the huge wedding reception […]
The Man from U.N.C.L.E: The Complete Season One (DVD)
With the theatrical adaptation set to debut in a matter of days, it comes as no surprise that Warner Bros. has released The Man from U.N.C.L.E: The Complete Season One. Debuting in 1964, the show was one of several inspired by the success of James Bond (Bond creator Ian Fleming even contributed some ideas at […]
Blu-ray Review: Spellbound
While Spellbound deserves its place as a Hitchcock classic, it’s far from his best work. Adapted from the 1927 novel The House of Dr. Edwardes, by 1945 the idea of psychoanalysis was catching on, and Freud’s ideas had really taken off. As such, it was the perfect time to make a movie about psychotherapy. Psychiatrists […]