Attack, also called Attack! is a 1956 War thriller directed by legendary director Robert Aldrich. The story is about the grim realities of war and of cowardice. Taking place in 1945, during the final days of World War II, a National Guard infantry company sets up an artillery observation post, but there is tension…
ROUGH NIGHT IN JERICHO BLU-RAY REVIEW
Rough Night in Jericho is a Western thriller that was directed by Arnold Laven and stars three screen legends in Dean Martin George Peppard, Jean Simmons. In this film, Dean Martin is the antagonist, which is the one and only time he played a villain. The movie was based on the 1965 novel The Man…
DIARY OF A MAD HOUSEWIFE BLU-RAY REVIEW
For all you would be husbands out there, there are plenty of movies in cinema that shows you the ways not to treat your wife. Diary of a Mad Housewife from 1970 is such a film filled with how not to be a good supporting husband. The movie is a comedy drama about a housewife…
ROCK HUDSON COLLECTION BLU-RAY REVIEW
Kino Lorber has once again decided to do what is called an ‘actor themed box set’. The sets have included Deanna Durbin, Cary Grant and Carole Lombard. This go-around features the one and only Rock Hudson! The Rock Hudson Blu-ray collection is a box set showcasing three technicolor films early in the career of the…
Drifting / White Tiger Blu-ray review
I must admit that I really enjoy the silent films that Kino Lorber has released over the years having found some amazing discoveries for me. The label recently released a silent film double-feature on Blu-ray-Drifting and White Tiger. Both films have a lot in common; they are from 1923, directed by Tod Browning and feature…
Play Misty for Me Blu-ray review ( Kino Lorber release)
Play Misty for Me is one of my favorite Clint Eastwood films mainly because I am a lifelong fan of suspenseful thrillers and horror movies, which this movie is. The movie not only stars Clint Eastwood, but it is also directed by him, and is noteworthy of being the first film that he directed. In…
Two Mules for Sister Sara Blu-ray review (Kino Lorber)
Two Mules for Sister Sara is another Western starring the great Clint Eastwood. This movie also stars another screen great in Shirley MacLaine (The Children’s Hour). The film was co-written by Budd Boetticher, who was synonymous with Westerns, having directed plenty of them in the mid to late fifties. At the helm for this film…
The Secret Ways Blu-ray review
Screen great Richard Widmark, known for his lead roles in some of the best Noirs from the forties and fifties such as Road House, Kiss of Death and Night and the City, stars in a crime-espionage thriller called The Secret Ways. This movie is one I had not heard of, but when Kino Lorber announced…
Apache Blu-ray review
Burt Lancaster is one of the great American actors and had a brilliant career starring in Film Noirs, dramas, Westerns and comedy. He had great range as an actor. Perhaps his greatest ‘range’ was in the 1954 Western film Apache where he plays an Apache Indian! The film was based on the novel Broncho Apache…
P.J. Blu-ray review
P.J. is a neo-noir crime mystery thriller from 1968 directed by the great John Guillerman(King Kong ‘76) and starring George Peppard(The Blue Max) and screen legend Raymond Burr(Perry Mason). For those who have seen The Long Goodbye, Busting and Shadows of an Empty Room, P.J. has similar elements. New York private eye “P.J.” Peter Joseph…