Blu-ray Review: Stalag 17 (70th Anniversary)
Never one to shy away from controversy, director Billy Wilder took on Stalag 17; a comedy tinged war film less than a decade after the end of World War II and with the United States mired in the Korean War. Reworked by Wilder and Edwin Blum from a play by Donald Bevan and Edmund Trzcinski, […]
Blu-ray Review: The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Based on the hard-hitting novel of the same name by James A. Michener, The Bridges at Toko-Ri is set in 1952, during the Korean War. Rear Admiral George Tarrant (Fredric March) commands Task Force 77 aboard a Naval aircraft carrier. When bomber pilot Lt. Harry Brubaker (William Holden) ditches his wounded plane and lands in […]
Blu-ray Review: Frankie and Johnny (1966)
[amazon_link asins=’B071Z7HDXR’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazetteo-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’353f65fd-787a-11e7-b887-b1ac73fc0eb2′]A few months after turning thirty in January of 1965, Elvis Presley started filming on Frankie and Johnny, inspired by the old folk song of the same name, that’s been attributed to several songwriters over the years. Less than a decade earlier, Presley had been the epitome of cool, and […]
The Grace Kelly Collection (DVD)
[AMAZONPRODUCTS asin=”B00JF81XBS”]Though her career only spanned six years and eleven films, Grace Kelly is considered one of the most iconic, fashionable stars in cinematic history. Just shy of what would have been Grace Kelly’s 85th birthday, Warner Brothers has released The Grace Kelly Collection, a DVD compilation of six of her most notable and memorable […]
Blu-ray Review: Stalag 17
Never one to shy away from controversy, director Billy Wilder took on Stalag 17; a comedy tinged war film less than a decade after the end of World War II and with the United States mired in the Korean War. Reworked by Wilder and Edwin Blum from a play by Donald Bevan and Edmund Trzcinski, […]