Limelight (Criterion) (Blu-ray)
Charles Chaplin’s last American film, Limelight is probably his most personal work. Released in 1952, it was a very difficult time in Chaplin’s life both personally, and professionally. There were plenty of people in Hollywood who felt him un-American, and so they did little to hide their pleasure when his previous film, Monsieur Verdoux (1947) […]
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 […]
Blu-ray Review: Dead Poets Society
Many who’ve been through high school had a teacher who affected them in a way no other one could; a teacher who makes a real honest-to-goodness impact on a student’s life. Perhaps that explains the enduring popularity of Dead Poets Society, the 1989 coming of age story directed by veteran Australian filmmaker Peter Weir. At […]
Dead Poets Society and Good Morning, Vietnam Heading to Blu-ray
Disney has officially announced that it will release on Blu-ray Barry Levinson’s Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), starring Robin Williams, Forest Whitaker, and Tung Thanh Tran, and Peter Weir’s Dead Poets Society (1989), starring Robin Williams, Ethan Hawke, Robert Sean Leonard, and Josh Charles. The two releases will hit retail shelves on January 17th. Special Features: […]