Blu-ray Review: Juggernaut (1974)
Another of the disaster flicks that seemed to dominate the 1970’s, Juggernaut takes place aboard a massive luxury cruise ship called the The Britannic. With twelve hundred passengers aboard, the latest voyage appears typical. No one, least of all Captain Alex Brunel (Omar Sharif), the social director Curtain (Roy Kinnear) or a female passenger named […]
The Night of the Generals (Blu-ray)
An English language film about World War II told from the German perspective, The Night of the Generals isn’t about combat, but murder. Based loosely on a novel of the same name by German author Hans Hellmut Kirst. Due to apparent legal issues with the book, writer James Hadley is given a credit as well. […]
Funny Lady (Blu-ray)
Released seven years after Funny Girl made Barbra Streisand an Oscar winning movie star, Funny Lady had an uneasy production history. Though contractually obligated to do another movie for producer Ray Stark, Streisand balked at doing the film, reportedly telling him, “It would take litigation to make her do a sequel.” As it turned out, […]
Sony Bringing Funny Girl to Blu-ray April 30th
CULVER CITY, CALIF. (March 25, 2013) – Legendary superstar Barbra Streisand demonstrates why she’s the greatest star in her Academy Award® winning role (Best Actress, 1968) as “Fanny Brice” in the celebrated musical biography Funny Girl. Commemorating its 45th anniversary, the classic film was meticulously restored from the original negative by Sony Pictures Entertainment in […]
Blu-ray Review: Ashanti (1979)
Michael Caine has often claimed that 1979’s Ashanti was was “the only film (he) did purely for the money” as well as “the worst film he ever starred in.” The last point could certainly be debated, but there’s no denying it’s not one of the highlights of his illustrious career. Released in 1979, Ashanti arrived […]
Blu-ray Review: Doctor Zhivago
Fresh of the success of Lawrence of Arabia, British director David Lean tackled another epic; Doctor Zhivago based on the Nobel Prize winning novel by Boris Pasternak. After what he viewed as the action-adventure tone of Lawrence of Arabia, Lean wanted to make a grand, yet more romantic film to balance things out. Producer Carlo […]
May 4: DOCTOR ZHIVAGO 45th Anniversary Edition on DVD and Blu-ray Book
Burbank, CA — On May 4, Warner Home Video debuts another magnificent state-of-the-art restoration on Blu-ray disc, this one to mark the 45th anniversary of Doctor Zhivago — David Lean’s romantic epic film, adapted from Boris Pasternak’s Pulitzer Prize novel, which captured ten Academy Award® nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director, and five wins. […]