Tag: Yul Brynner

4K UHD Review: The Ten Commandments

A network television staple during Easter and Passover, Cecil B. DeMille’s The Ten Commandments is to that season what It’s A Wonderful Life is to Christmas time. A true epic, Paramount has released a beautiful 4K transfer that will allow…

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Blu-ray Review: Return of the Magnificent Seven

A cowboy retelling of Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai, The Magnificent Seven ushered in more realistic depictions of life in the American west. The film was exciting, had plenty of action and enough movie stars to live up to its moniker…

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Blu-ray Review: The Magnificent Seven

A cowboy retelling of Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai, The Magnificent Seven marked the transition from the old style John Ford/John Wayne films to the spaghetti westerns starring Clint Eastwood that would change the genre forever. Released in 1960, The Magnificent…

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Blu-ray Review: The Ten Commandments

Paramount | 1956 | 231 mins. | G A network television staple during Easter and Passover, Cecil B. DeMille’s The Ten Commandments is to that season what It’s A Wonderful Life is to Christmas time. A true epic, Paramount has…

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The Ten Commandments Coming to Blu-ray

HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. – For sheer pageantry and spectacle, few motion pictures can claim to equal the splendor of renowned director Cecil B. DeMille’s (Ben Hur) 1956 epic THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.  To commemorate the 55th anniversary of this beloved masterpiece, on…

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DVD Review: Catlow

Warner Bros. | 1971 | 101 mins. | Rated PG-13 Yul Brynner is best known for his portrayal of the King of Siam in the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical The King and I on both stage and screen. He played…

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