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 that exists within the criminal element as well as anywhere else. Directed by Robert Wise, […]
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 of a deep friendship that transcends race and class. The film, written and directed by […]
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, yet it happened. A decidedly unusual romantic comedy based on the novel Let Me Count […]
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 “Gia,” (Janet Margolin) also in town, is excited at the prospect of meeting anyone who […]
DVD Review: Frosty’s Winter Wonderland – Deluxe Edition
Frosty’s Winter Wonderland picks up where 1969’s Frosty the Snowman left off. Things begin with Frosty keeping his promise to return from the North Pole. Naturally, the children of Winterwonderland are thrilled to see him. Unfortunately, all is not well for Frosty; as much as he enjoys playing with the children, he finds himself pining […]
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 in Little China), the three-hour biopic ends in 1969, thus avoiding the last several years […]
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 new management team was put in place, throughout the seventies their mantra seemed to be, […]
Blu-ray Review: The Diary of Anne Frank – 50th Anniversary Edition
20th Century Fox | 1959 | 180 mins | Not rated I want to go on living even after I’m dead. — Millie Perkins as Anne Frank On June 12, 2009, Anne Frank would have celebrated her eightieth birthday. But, as much of the world knows, Anne Frank died of typhus at Bergen-Belsen. She was […]