Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (Blu-ray)
Carla (Gina Lollobrigida) has been living in the hillside town of San Forino, Italy for more than twenty years. The town is preparing to hold a reunion for the Air Force members stationed there during World War II. Her daughter “Gia,” (Janet Margolin) also in town, is excited at the prospect of meeting anyone who […]
Blu-ray Review: Harlow
Released in 1964, Harlow: An Intimate Biography, co-written by Irving Shulman and Jean Harlow’s one-time agent Arthur Landau, hit the best seller lists and became one of the hottest books of the year. Critically panned and the subject of several lawsuits—including one from Jean Harlow’s own elderly father—was a decidedly salacious, heavily fictionalized account of […]
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: Ocean’s 11
Warner Bros. | 1960 | 127 mins. | NR The 1960’s version of the Rat Pack is the stuff of legend—Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Joey Bishop, and Peter Lawford became the epitome of cool. On the 50th anniversary of the gangs biggest film success, Ocean’s 11, Warner Brothers has given it the […]