Blu-ray Review: A Face in the Crowd (Criterion Collection)
Greeted by mixed reviews and disappointing box office returns, 1957’s A Face in the Crowd has since earned classic status in the minds of many film scholars. In 2008, A Face in the Crowd was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically, or […]
Audrey Hepburn Collection (Breakfast at Tiffany’s / Funny Face / Sabrina) (Blu-ray)
Voted one of the greatest female screen legends in American cinema history by the American Film Institute, Audrey Hepburn remains a fashion icon and fan favorite, more than twenty years after her death in 1992. Warner Bros. Audrey Hepburn Collection offers up three of her most popular films, Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961), Funny Face (1957) […]
The Subject Was Roses (DVD)
I was first introduced to The Subject Was Roses sometime in the late 1980’s if I recall correctly one of the cable networks was doing a birthday salute to the film’s star Patricia Neal, and this one was on the schedule with her Academy Award winning performance in Hud and the memorable A Face in […]
DVD Review: The Night Digger (Warner Archive Collection)
Based on Joy Crowley’s novel Nest in a Falling Tree and featuring a screenplay by famed children’s author Roald Dahl, The Night Digger bombed at the box office during its initial release in 1971. However given its strong drama, solid performances and persuasive storyline, The Night Digger (known as The Road Digger in England) deserves […]
DVD Review: The Kent Chronicles
Two years ago, Acorn Media released on DVD Backstairs at the White House, a star-studded portrayal of life at the White House through Lillian Rogers Park (Leslie Uggams), a real-life maid at the White House, who wrote a book about her decades of experiences upon which this miniseries was based. In it, Victor Buono plays […]
DVD Review: Diplomatic Courier
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment recently debuted Fox Cinema Archives, a new manufacture-on-demand (MOD) series which will bring several hard to find films to DVD for the first time ever. The first wave of titles includes the 1952 spy thriller, Diplomatic Courier starring Tyrone Power, Patricia Neal, and Stephen McNally. Being a huge fan of […]
Blu-ray review: Breakfast at Tiffany’s
As Blu-ray becomes an increasingly popular format, the major studios have really begun to see that the true classics of cinema make their way to high-def. I for one couldn’t be happier. One of Paramount’s latest classics to make a stunning Blu-ray debut is Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Nominated for five Academy Awards, including Audrey Hepburn […]
Breakfast at Tiffany’s Comes to Blu-ray September 20th
HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. – The exquisite Audrey Hepburn stars as the free-spirited Holly Golightly in the unforgettable masterpiece BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S, celebrating its 50th anniversary this year and debuting on Blu-ray September 20, 2011 from Paramount Home Entertainment. Based on Truman Capote’s best-selling novella, BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S captured the imagination of audiences everywhere and made an […]