4K UHD Review: American Graffiti (50th Anniversary Edition)
Directed by George Lucas before Star Wars took his career in a different direction, 1973’s American Graffiti is a cinematic love letter to the late fifties and early sixties, when America’s youth were preoccupied with hot rods, girls and rock n roll. Before Vietnam would serve as a reality check, stripping them of their innocence. […]
Blu-ray Review: Postcards from the Edge
[amazon_link asins=’B01N30JFZX’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazetteo-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’36c9aefb-13f2-11e7-a489-2d6023dd7b92′]To much of the world, Carie Fisher seemed to have it all. The daughter of Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher, she was cast as Princess Leia in Star Wars: A New Hope at just 19. Despite her good fortune and success, Fisher’s life was tumultuous; marked by […]
The Goodbye Girl (Blu-ray)
A 33-year old former dancer and Broadway chorus girl, Paul and McFadden’s world is turned upside down when her live-in boyfriend unexpectedly dumps her and leaves for Italy. Once again single, Paula must find a job to support herself and her 10-year-old precocious daughter Lucy (Quinn Cummings). If that weren’t enough, Paula soon discovers her […]
Blu-ray Review: Stand By Me
Sony Pictures | 1986 | 88 mins. | R Based on the Stephen King short story “The Body,” the 1986 film Stand By Me is suffused with the magic of childhood. Expertly for the screen by Raynold Gideon and Bruce A. Evans, it’s one of the most memorable movies of the 1980’s. The narrative, told […]
Blu-ray Review: James and the Giant Peach
Disney/Buena Vista | 1996 | 79 mins. | Rated G Back in the mid nineties when I read that Disney would be releasing a theatrical version of Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach, my first thought was, “what a perfect pair.” Throughout their long history, Disney’s films have often involved departed or largely absent […]
Blu-ray Review: Poseidon
Warner Bros. | 2006 | 98 mins | Rated PG-13 I admit, I’m a fan of 1972’s The Poseidon Adventure. Granted, like most of producer Irwin Allen’s films (The Towering Inferno), the story is only so-so, but the star power he could bring to a project often made his projects better than they should have […]