Hair was the surprise film that Miloš Forman directed as a follow-up to the runaway success of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, which is still one of the few films to win the Oscars in the five most sought-after categories: Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay. As with a lot of … Continue reading Hair – Blu-Ray Review
Midsommar is the big horror movie of the year, so everyone has an opinion on it, pro or con. Along with Us, it's definitely up there for horror movie of the year. It's Ari Aster's follow-up to Hereditary, and a far better film than that. Although Aster makes horror movies, he believes he's above the … Continue reading Midsommar – Blu-Ray Review
Badge 373 is one of those post-The French Connection cop thrillers that came out on the heels of that film's runaway success. The character of Popeye Doyle in The French Connection was based upon a real cop, Eddie Egan, and he was also the basis for Eddie Ryan (Robert Duvall) in Badge 373. He appears in both films as his … Continue reading Badge 373 – Blu-Ray Review
Birdy is an Alan Parker film, made at the height of his run in the 1980s. He was from the generation of British filmmakers as Ridley Scott and Adrian Lyne, directors who cut their teeth on advertisements and got into filmmaking in the 1970s, when they quickly became the darlings of Hollywood. Birdy was Parker's … Continue reading Birdy – Blu-Ray Review
Man of a Thousand Faces was one of the first bio-pics of a famous movie star: Lon Chaney. There had been a couple in the 50s, most notably The Buster Keaton Story, which by all accounts is incredibly awful. That as was supremely inaccurate, and so was this one, as not that much was really … Continue reading Man of a Thousand Faces – Blu-Ray Review
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