4K UHD Review: Evil Under the Sun
Peter Ustinov first appeared as famed detective Hercule Poirot in Death on the Nile (1978) and returned as the titular character, once again leading an all-star cast in 1982’s Evil Under the Sun that includes Colin Blakely, Jane Birkin, Maggie Smith, Roddy McDowall, Sylvia Miles, James Mason, and Diana Rigg. While looking into an insurance […]
Blu-ray Review: Inside Daisy Clover
Inside Daisy Clover, a fictional tale about a child star in the 1930’s, stars Natalie Wood as Daisy Clover. A fifteen-year-old tomboy, she lives with her senile mother Lucile (Ruth Gordon) on the beach, selling forged autographed pictures of movie stars to passerby. Expressive and quick to anger, Daisy smokes cigarettes, writes graffiti, and uses […]
Blu-ray Review: Midnight Lace
Doris Day became one of Hollywood’s biggest film stars of the early 1960’s due to the success of several lighthearted comedies, including three co-starring Rock Hudson–Pillow Talk in 1959, for which she received the only Best Actress Academy Award nomination of her career, Lover Come Back (1961) and Send Me No Flowers (1964)–However, in 1960, […]
Funny Lady (Blu-ray)
Released seven years after Funny Girl made Barbra Streisand an Oscar winning movie star, Funny Lady had an uneasy production history. Though contractually obligated to do another movie for producer Ray Stark, Streisand balked at doing the film, reportedly telling him, “It would take litigation to make her do a sequel.” As it turned out, […]
Blu-ray Review: Cleopatra (1963)
For many moviegoers, Cleopatra (1963) has long been lauded for its undeniable kitsch value. It’s the most epic of Hollywood epics, got co-stars Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton entangled in one of the most talked about love affairs of the 20th century, and nearly bankrupt 20th Century Fox. Oddly enough, once you get past all […]
Blu-ray Review: Overboard
A twist on the reliable storyline of the snob who learns how the other half lives; the character is stuck up, arrogant and spoiled. Eventually, something happens that brings them down to reality. By the end of the film, the hero has discovered humility, gratitude and the true meaning of love. In the case of […]