This is a 1954 Vincent Price film in 3-D, made very quickly after House of Wax, the film that started the 3-D craze. Price was still a bankable star for major studios at this point, before his days of “slumming it” for Wiliam Castle and Roger Corman. Price is of course the Mad Magician of … Continue reading Blu-Ray Review – The Mad Magician →

Knives Out is the latest film by Rian Johnson, and one of the best films of last year. Along with Once Upon a Time…In Hollywood, it was one of the few box office hits of 2019 that wasn’t a franchise movie, and one of only three or four non-sequel, non-remake Hollywood films to break the … Continue reading Blu-Ray Review – Knives Out →

James Mangold is a director who has carved out a niche of really good, classical Hollywood-type movies. He started out in the independent film world in the 90s, most notably with Copland, and has worked his way up to becoming one of this decade’s most powerful directors. His previous film to this, Logan, was a … Continue reading Blu-Ray Review – Le Mans ’66 (Ford v Ferrari) →

Beat the Devil is one of John Huston’s worst movies (the only one I hate more is Annie). Basically, it was just an excuse for him and Humphrey Bogart to get blasted on the film set in Italy. You can tell there was really no script—even though the script is credited to Huston and Truman … Continue reading Blu-Ray Review – Beat The Devil →

The Lords of Flatbush is probably a more interesting film on paper than it is for the viewer. To set the stage: the year is 1974, and the US is in the height of the ’50s revival of the ‘1970s, with American Graffiti becoming a surprising smash hit (the film, however, is actually set in 1962). Grease is on Broadway, … Continue reading Blu-Ray Review – The Lords of Flatbush →