National Velvet is a sports drama film directed by Clarence Brown and was shot in Technicolor. The 1944 film stars the future iconic actress Elizabeth Taylor who was age 12 during the making of this picture, along with fellow screen icons Mickey Rooney and Angela Lansbury. In National Velvet, Michael “Mi” Taylor (Mickey Rooney, A…
Some Came Running Blu-ray review
Some Came Running is a drama film from 1958 and tells the tale of a returning war veteran and author who has come home and is discontent. This film was released in Cinemascope and Metrocolor. The film was also nominated for five awards at the 31st Academy Awards which is something to be said about…
Night Shift (1982 film) Blu-ray review
Night Shift is a 1982 comedy film directed by Happy Days icon Ron Howard and stars Henry Winkler (Fonzie, also from Happy Days) along with Michael Keaton and Shelley Long in her first film. Maybe it’s just me, but there is an interesting dynamic having one Happy Days star direct another. Winkler is anything but…
The Last Sunset Blu-ray review
The Last Sunset is a 1961 Western film directed by legendary director Robert Aldrich and starring screen legends Rock Hudson, Kirk Douglas, and Dorothy Malone. The film boasts a superb supporting cast with Joseph Cotten, Regis Toomey, Carol Lynley, Neville Brand and Jack Elam, although the latter two didn’t get much in the way of…
The Devil in Maddalena Blu-ray review
The Devil in Maddalena is a love story of about a woman who wants to give love to a priest who is battling to stay celibate. Maddalena (Lisa Gastoni, Come Play with Me) is a woman who is desperate to find real love in a steady, secure relationship. Her husband (Ivo Garrani, Hercules, Waterloo) is…
Eye of the Devil Blu-ray review
Eye of the Devil is a 1966 black and white supernatural horror film about the occult! This picture was directed by J. Lee Thompson (Cape Fear) and stars Deborah Kerr, David Niven, Donald Pleasence, Sharon Tate, and David Hemmings. Deborah Kerr, who faced ghosts in The Innocents, now faces Satan worshippers! The movie is based…
The Gestapo’s Last Orgy Blu-ray review
The Gestaopo’s Last Orgy is an Italian Nazi exploitation film directed and co-written by Cesare Canevari and starring Daniela Poggi. It’s one of the sleaziest films in cinema and not for the faint of heart or those with weak stomachs. Lise Cohen (Daniela Levy aka Daniela Poggi, Speed Cross, Last Harem), a Jewish WWII survivor…
Come September Blu-ray review
Come September is romantic comedy film from 1961 that is directed by Robert Mulligan and starring legendary actor Rock Hudson, along with legendary musician Bobby Darin, Gina Lollobrigida, and Sandra Dee. In this movie Rock Hudson (The Mirror Crack’d, Written on the Wind) stars as wealthy playboy Robert Taylor who visits his mistress Lisa…
The Rape of Virgin Girls DVD review
If you like Brazilian exploitation films with graphic softcore porn scenes, The Rape of Virgin Girls is just for you! Also known as Violentadores de Meninas Virgens, The Rape of Virgin Girls is the story of a group of wealthy, perverted men who hire a pimp to provide them with virgin women with them and…
Fury (1936) Blu-ray review
Fury is a 1936 drama directed by Fritz Lang (The Big Heat) and stars screen legends Silvia Sidney and the great Spencer Tracy in one his greatest roles. Both actors had film careers that lasted for over 40 years! Fury is the tale of vengeance and morality of an innocent man who is nearly killed….