Based on the acclaimed short story by Annie Proulx, Brokeback Mountain was adapted into a beautifully articulate screenplay by Diana Ossana and Larry McMurtry. While considered one of the best scripts around, the story of a love affair between to…
The most commercially successful director of all time, Steven Spielberg began his professional career in 1969, helming a segment of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery starring Joan Crawford. More than fifty years later, Spielberg has produced over 150 film and television…
[The review of the movie itself was taken from the 2010 Blu-ray. A/V and Extras have been updated — RW] A boat emerges out of a thick, dense fog; two men in fedoras are aboard, chain smoking and discussing the…
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[amazon_link asins=’B0788YKWR1′ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazett03-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’7dd73767-3cdf-11e8-9203-5ff4bfc76f8e’]Apparently, J. Paul Getty was a monster of a man and liked it that way. All the Money in the World tells the fascinating tale of the real-life kidnapping of his grandson, John Paul Getty…
An authentic and moving story, Kenneth Lonergan’s Manchester By the Sea, is a portrait of a man so consumed by grief, going through the motions of a life, but no longer living. Avoiding any social contact and engaging in menial…
An imaginative mix of live action and CGI, Sam Raimi’s Oz the Great and Powerful is a prequel to The Wizard of Oz. While paying homage to the iconic images and sense of magic seen in the classic, the story…
At first glance, My Week with Marilyn might appear to be a salacious behind-the-scenes look at the making of a film that had its share of off camera drama. However, a closer look at the movie reveals an incomplete, yet…
Starz / Anchor Bay | 2010 | 114 min | R I missed Blue Valentine in theaters, but after hearing and reading so much about it, I was anxious to check it out for myself. Now having done that, I’ll…