Blu-ray Review: The Seduction of Joe Tynan
A flawed drama, the actors performances (including an early appearance by Meryl Streep), makes “The Seduction of Joe Tynan” worth watching.
Blu-ray Review: Sweet Bird of Youth
Accompanied by special ‘for adults only’ notices when it opened in 1962, Tennessee Williams’ Sweet Bird of Youth had been cleaned up considerably for the big screen. Though much of the ugliness of the stage version has been excised by screenwriter/director Richard Brooks rewrite, Paul Newman, Ed Begley, Rip Torn and particularly Geraldine Page maintain […]
The Man Who Fell to Earth (Limited Collector’s Edition) (Blu-ray)
Particularly during the 1970’s, the late David Bowie often cast himself as a kind of ulterior being–something not of this world, a kind of Space Oddity. How appropriate then, that he play the role of an alien in Nicolas Roeg ‘s The Man Who Fell to Earth. Adapted from the novel by Walter Tevis, Bowie […]
The Man Who Fell to Earth Arrives on Limited Collector’s Edition Blu-ray Combo Pack & Digital HD January 24
Relive the imaginative and compelling cult classic, The Man Who Fell to Earth, when the Limited Collector’s Edition arrives on Blu-ray Combo Pack (plus Digital HD) January 24 from Lionsgate. International icon David Bowie stars in his unforgettable debut role as an alien who has ventured to Earth on a mission to save his planet […]
Pork Chop Hill (Blu-ray)
Produced by star Gregory Peck, and based on the book by U.S. military historian Brigadier General S. L. A. Marshall, Pork Chop Hill was the first Hollywood film to openly question those in charge of the American armed forces. April, 1953 in Korea. With the talks Panmunjom ongoing, and a ceasefire expected, Lt. Joe Clemons […]
Airplane II: The Sequel (Blu-ray)
Often considered one of the top ten comedies of all time, the original Airplane! is a perfect spoof of the popular disaster films of the 1970’s. Highly quotable, some of its most famous lines are still repeated today, more than thirty years after the film’s release. Given the box office success of Airplane!, it’s no […]
Blu-ray Review: King of Kings
Warner Bros. | 1961 | 168 mins. | PG-13 The second of producer Samuel Bronston’s big-gauge roadshow epics filmed in Spain, King of Kings (1961) is a tasteful rendering of the Christ story and was MGM’s follow-up to their phenomenally successful release of Ben-Hur (1959). Nicholas Ray directs the film with his usual intelligence, however, […]