George Cukor directed Born Yesterday in 1950, at the height of his fame. He is probably best-known to modern audiences for his version of A Star is Born (the Judy Garland one) and his comedies with Katherine Hepburn, The Philadelphia Story and Adam's Rib. From the ‘30s into the '60s, Cukor was the unofficial head … Continue reading Born Yesterday (1950) – Blu-Ray Review
Opera is the final entry in the run of films that Argento made in the '70s and '80s, a series that cemented him as a master of horror. His best film by leaps and bounds was Suspiria, and none of the others came remotely close to the hallucinatory, operatic nature of that film. But despite … Continue reading Opera – Blu-Ray Review
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte is the film that reteamed Robert Aldrich and Bette Davis after the shock monster success of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?. It was originally set to also star Joan Crawford, who of course co-starred in Baby Jane, but she had a life-long rivalry with Davis that only intensified when she accepted a … Continue reading Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte – Blu-Ray Review
American Animals is an odd beast of a motion picture: it's part dramatized action, part interviews with the real people depicted in the film. The results is a heist picture about these dumb kids in Kentucky who tried to steal some of the most valuable books in the world from the Transylvania University Library. It's … Continue reading American Animals – Blu-Ray Review
R.P.M. is a 1970 Stanley Kramer film about the student protest movement. Kramer made many films about social issues from the 1950s onwards. Anthony Quinn plays a well-liked professor at a West Coast university that is taken over by the students. He tries to play both sides, pleasing the students but also trying to restore … Continue reading R.P.M. – Blu-Ray Review
