Tag: Zero Mostel

4K UHD Review: The Front

Set during the McCarthy-era witch-hunts of the early 1950s, when the US government was exposing supposed communists in the entertainment industry, 1976’s The Front was the first film to address the issue, with a cast and crew including individuals who…

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Blu-ray Review: The Producers (1968)

Widely regarded as one of the funniest movies ever made, The Producers (1968) has had its detractors from the start, seen as offensive by many moviegoers and critics alike when it was first released. “Dismally unfunny satire,” wrote Leslie Halliwell….

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Blu-ray Review: Panic in the Streets

Panic in the Streets arrived rather early in director Elia Kazan’s career. When the film was released in 1950, Kazan was really just breaking free of the studio and theatrical constraints that he felt hampered much of his earlier work,…

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Mr Belvedere Rings the Bell

DVD Review: Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell

10th grade, Flanagan High School, Pembroke Pines, Florida, computer class first thing in the morning. An easy elective, but nothing to do in the first few minutes of class while attendance was taken and announcements came over the PA, so…

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