Blu-ray Review: Sliver
In 1993, with the massive success of Basic Instinct, Sharon Stone had become a bonafide movie star. She had titillated viewers with an unforgettable integration scene, as well as love scenes with both Michael Douglas and Jeanne Tripplehorn. Screenwriter Joe Eszterhas adapted Ira Levin’s novel Sliver—set in a mid-town Manhattan apartment building known as “The […]
Blu-ray Review: The Otto Preminger Collection (Hurry Sundown/Skidoo/Such Good Friends)
Otto Preminger directed over 35 films in a film career that spanned more than five decades. Throughout his career, Preminger wasn’t afraid to attract controversy dealing with taboo topics of the era such as drug addiction (The Man with the Golden Arm, 1955), rape (Anatomy of a Murder, 1959) and homosexuality (Advise & Consent, 1962). […]
Blu-ray Review: The Ten Commandments
Paramount | 1956 | 231 mins. | G A network television staple during Easter and Passover, Cecil B. DeMille’s The Ten Commandments is to that season what It’s A Wonderful Life is to Christmas time. A true epic, Paramount has released a beautiful high-definition transfer that will allow fans to watch this classic commercial free […]
Blu-ray Review: An American In Paris
Last September, I had the pleasure of reviewing Warner Bros. An American in Paris – 2 Disc Special Edition. Now Warner Bros. has made this undeniable classic available on Blu-ray as of March 31, 2009! Directed by Vincente Minnelli, the 1951 film An American in Paris was inspired by the 1928 orchestral composition by George […]