Tag: Shelley Winters

Blu-ray Review: Odds Against Tomorrow

A late noir, 1959’s Odds Against Tomorrow puts aside the femme fatales and husbands in distress in favor of an apparently simple crime—robbery for the sake of acquiring some much needed cash—and taps into the racial unease of the era…

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A Patch of Blue

Blu-ray Review: A Patch of Blue

These days, A Patch of Blue is dismissed by some as being corny and predictable. Perhaps, but I, a longtime fan of star Sidney Poitier (Lilies of the Field) have always enjoyed the film. Released in 1965, it’s a story…

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Blu-ray Review: How Do I Love Thee?

[amazon_link asins=’B07BF3T9D7′ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazett03-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’858c6585-6d97-11e8-9356-15465a932bbc’]In 1970, it was hard to imagine that a comedy with a cast that included Jackie Gleason (Skidoo), Maureen O’Hara (McLintock!) , Shelley Winters (Harper) and Rosemary Forsyth would be a complete box office bomb,…

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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…

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DVD Review: Elvis (1979)

Shout Factory | 1979 | 170 mins. | Not Rated Airing on ABC just two years after his untimely death, Elvis was the first film to examine the life of the legendary entertainer. Directed by John Carpenter (Halloween, Big Trouble…

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DVD Review: Pete’s Dragon

High-Flying Edition Disney/Buena Vista | 1977 | 129 mins. | Rated G Walt Disney died of cancer in 1966. The death of their founder seemed to leave employees of the Walt Disney Company in a quandary for years. Though a…

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