The long-awaited Blu-Ray of the first season of Columbo is here, one of the better-made TV shows of the ‘70s, has arrived. The high quality was mainly due to Peter Falk, one of the most underappreciated actors ever, as he was able to create a character so effortlessly, but they were also well-shot and well-directed. Some major … Continue reading Columbo: The Complete First Season – Blu-Ray Review
Oh, Jean-Luc, what have you have ye done? Jean-Luc Godard is undeniably one of the greatest directors who ever lived. That's mostly down to his incredible body of work from roughly 1960 to '68, plus he made a handful of good films in the '80s. However, since the late '80s his films have become deliberately … Continue reading The Image Book – Film Review
Age of Consent is the last feature directed by Michael Powell, who was the great cinematic wizard of British cinema until the early '60s, when the work dried up after the disastrous release of Peeping Tom. Powell kept trying to get films financed, but it wasn’t until he went down under to Australia that he … Continue reading Age of Consent – Blu-Ray Review
Gosford Park is a Robert Altman movie, and was considered somewhat of a return to form for the director when it was made in 2001. That’s an unfair assessment considering the freewheeling nature of the movies he made, which meant they were always hit or miss. He worked in a lot of different genres, told … Continue reading Gosford Park – Blu-Ray Review
Charlie Bubbles is the one and only film directed by Albert Finney (not counting a TV movie in the ‘80s), and features Liza Minnelli’s first credited role. It might be a bit over-rated—some people think it’s the great British film ever made—but it showcases Finney in he role of an incredibly successfully working-class guy who … Continue reading Charlie Bubbles – Blu-Ray Review
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