4K UHD Review: Somewhere in Time
Dismissed by critics and a box office disappointment, Somewhere in Time has subsequently become a cult classic, loved for its lush soundtrack composed by John Barry, and its sentimental story. Dragged down by its slow pace, director Jeannot Szwarc tries valiantly to create an immersive illusion. Working with the classically handsome Christopher Reeve and the […]
Blu-ray Review: Something to Live For
An unofficial sequel to The Lost Weekend, George Stevens’ 1952 film Something to Live For stars Ray Milland as an alcoholic ad man in New York City trying his best to live a life of sobriety. Alan Miller’s life was nearly ruined by the bottle. Sober for fourteen months, Alan is a dedicated member of […]
The Best Years of Our Lives (Blu-ray)
By the end of 1945, the long struggle of World War II was finally over and American soldiers, who fought so long and hard, were finally settling in back home with their friends and family. Most in Hollywood felt as though the public wanted a break from the war pictures that had dominated screens over […]
Blu-ray Review: The Men (1950)
In the years following World War II, there was a spate of films dealing with soldiers and their efforts to reintegrate themselves into normal, everyday life. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) dealt with three World War II veterans who returned home to find that they and their families had forever changed by the […]
Blu-ray Review: Mrs. Miniver
Based on the fictional British housewife created by Jan Struther in 1937 for a series of newspaper columns, Mrs. Miniver was one of the first war movies to take viewers off the battlefield and into homes of people trying to live their lives, despite the war around them. Released just seven months after America’s entry […]