Blu-ray Review: Some Like It Hot (Criterion Collection)
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Love Happy (DVD)
While certainly not one of the Marx Brothers best films, Love Happy is still a significant moment in their career. It ended up being the last Marx Brothers film (apparently Chico persuaded his brothers to do the film so he could take care of gambling debts). They would all continue to perform largely on television. […]
Blu-ray Review: Niagara
Marilyn Monroe’s first starring role, Niagara is unlike the films she would become known for. Cast as a femme fatale, Monroe plays Rose Loomis, the new wife of older, troubled veteran George Loomis (Joseph Cotten). The couple, on their honeymoon in Niagara Falls, appears to be an utter mismatch. Rose is voluptuous and outgoing; George […]
Blu-ray Review: Bus Stop
Taken from the stage play by William Inge, Bus Stop tells the story of Beauregard “Bo” Decker (Don Murray) a back-country cowboy from Montana leaving his ranch for the first time to participate in a phoenix rodeo. Portrayed as a hayseed caricature that makes Gomer Pyle seem smart, Bo is naïve in every way, including […]
Forever Marilyn: The Blu-ray Collection Available in July
Featuring Seven Classic Films, Marilyn is Flawless in This One-of-a Kind Premium Blu-ray Collection Available in July Celebrate the life, the legend and the beauty of Marilyn Monroe. The iconic blonde bombshell shines in high definition in FOREVER MARILYN: THE BLU-RAY COLLECTION. With classics like The Misfits and Some Like It Hot as well […]
Blu-ray Review: Some Like It Hot
Marilyn Monroe had a keen understanding of how to use her face, body and voice to make her sex appeal permeate through the screen. In Billy Wilder’s 1959 comedy Some Like It Hot, Monroe was at the height of her allure, draping herself over Tony Curtis’ deceitful character, kissing him with a soft, but deliberate […]
Blu-ray Review: The Misfits
Written by the playwright Arthur Miller for his wife Marilyn Monroe—whom he would divorce before the film was released, The Misfits has perhaps become more famous for what went on behind the scenes than what happened on it. Monroe delivers one of the best performances of her career, though she was reportedly battling drug addiction.
Blu-ray Review: All About Eve
20th Century Fox | 1950 | 138 mins. | NR If Billy Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard offers a brilliant glimpse of washed up Hollywood, All About Eve is the best example of a stars struggle to stay at the top of the heap. Written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, the dialogue is pitch perfect—filled with […]