Month: September 2022

rachel, rachel Blu-ray review

For those of us who are loners, introverts, or live a quiet lifestyle, not going to parties or gatherings and do forth, this movie is for you! rachel, rachel is a 1968 drama film produced and directed by screen legend Paul Newman and starring his wife, Joanne Woodward! The movie also stars Estelle Parsons and…


He Who Must Die Blu-ray review

He Who Must Die (French: Celui qui doit mourir) is a 1957 French-Italian film directed by Jules Dassin. It is based on the novel Christ Recrucified by Nikos Kazantzakis. It was also published as The Greek Passion. Taking place in a Turkish-occupied Greek village shortly after World War I, villagers want to stage a Passion…


Blu-ray Review – The Munsters (2022) – Universal Pictures

Poor Lily (Sheri Moon Zombie). She’s just an undead gal looking for the right reanimated corpse to spend her afterlife with, and the dates that her vampire grandpa (Daniel Roebuck) sets her up on are the wrong kind of monstrous. Then she spots the gorgeous hunk Herman Munster (Jeff Daniel Phillips) fresh off the mad…


So Proudly We Hail! Blu-ray review

So Proudly We Hail! is war drama film from 1943 that was directed and produced by Mark Sandrich and starring screen greats Claudette Colbert, Paulette Goddard, and Veronica Lake. Paulette Goddard was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in this film, which is indeed one of her very best!…


Format Festival 2022 Day Three

Hiya, everybody! If you’re just joining me, I’ve documenting my awesome journey through the Format Festival 2022 here in Bentonville, Arkansas and you can check out Day One HERE and Day Two HERE. Everybody caught up? Cool. Today I have some family stuff (groceries aren’t gonna get themselves), so I’m heading to the festival a…


Format Festival 2022 Day Two

Hi, folks! I decided to create a kind of concert journal for my sojourn to the Format Festival 2022 here in Bentonville, Arkansas. If you’re just tuning in, you can check out what I checked out on Day One HERE. Without further ado, on with the show! I wake up feeling utterly exhausted…  My step…


Sparrows (1926 film) Blu-ray review

Mary Pickford was one of the leading ladies during the silent era and one of the most powerful, influential females in Hollywood. Not only did she star in dozens of silent movies, but she often produced them as well. Sparrows, a 1926 silent film that she both starred in and produced, is the story about…


The Last Train from Madrid Blu-ray review

The Last Train from Madrid is war drama film from 1937 that is directed by James P. Hogan and starring Dorothy Lamour, Lew Ayres, and Gilbert Roland. The film takes place during the Spanish Civil War. The story follows several characters from different social classes that are trying to escape the horrors the Spanish Civil…


Format Festival 2022 Day One

When the Format Festival was announced back in April, I was immediately pretty jazzed but also a little weary.  Northwest Arkansas has indeed been growing by leaps and bounds over the last few years, due in no small part to the propensity of the Waltons (the heirs to the Walmart fortune) to pump tons of…


The Cop (Un Conde) Blu-ray review

The Cop (Un Conde) is a French- Italian crime film from 1970 directed by Yves Boisset. This film is known for some scenes of both extreme violence and themes of police corruption that had to be cut or re-shot for the film to be released in France. The violent story is about a various crime…