During the 1950s, Dragnet was one of the most famous and successful television series. The series starred Jack Webb as hard-nosed Sgt. Joe Friday. The show was popular enough to give it a full-length feature film in 1954 with Jack Webb in his usual role, and also handled the directing chores. The story is simple…
Seven Sinners Blu-ray review
Seven Sinners is a romance drama starring screen icons John Wayne and Marlene Dietrich. This is the first of three films they did together, the other two being The Spoilers and Pittsburg. In this picture, Bijou Blanche (Dietrich) is a femme-fetale singer who continuously gets kicked out of various South Sea Islands because she is…
The Lost Weekend Blu-ray review
For my entire adulthood I have avoiding drinking alcohol. For one thing, I never really liked the taste of alcoholic beverages, but I have also seen first-hand how being a compulsive drinker affected people that I know. Being acquainted with those who were alcoholics turned me off to drinking. Alcoholism is one of our biggest…
Joe Kidd Blu-ray review
Joe Kidd was one of the few Clint Eastwood films I had not had the opportunity to watch until this year. Since I had since just about every other Eastwood Western, and was being announced for an upgraded Blu-ray release, I felt now was the right time and I am glad that it gave it…
High Plains Drifter Blu-ray review
If there ever was an actor outside of John Wayne who is synonymous with Westerns, it would have to be iconic actor Clint Eastwood. In the Western classic High Plains Drifter not only did he star in the movie, but he was also the film’s director. This is the second film he directed. In this…
Shock Treatment Blu-ray review
Shock Treatment, known as Traitement de choc is a French/Italian production starring the legendary actor Alain DeLon in one of his most outrageous roles, iconic French actress Annie Giradot and directed by Alain Jessua. The film is a cult favorite among fans of the genre. The story is about what lengths a person is willing…
Test Tube Babies /Guilty Parents Blu-ray review
Kino Lorber, in conjunction with Something Weird Video have released their latest Blu-ray in their Forbidden Fruit, the Golden Age of Exploitation Picture Volume 7. In this volume the two films are Test Tube Babies directed by W. Merle Connell, who was responsible for The Devil’s Sleep and Jack Townley’s Guilty Parents, which is one…
The Face at the Window Blu-ray review
The Face at the Window is a 1939 British horror thriller starring screen legend Tod Slaughter, along with Marjorie Taylor and John Warwick. It is something I would classify as a low-budget one-hour wonder which, in this case is not necessarily a bad thing! Taking place in Paris in 1880, The Face at the Window…
The Shepherd of the Hills Blu-ray review
The Shepherd of the Hills is a 1941 drama film that stars screen icon John Wayne, along with Betty Field and veteran actor Harry Carey. This movie has gone down in history as being John Wayne’s first appearance in technicolor! The movie had been made before in both 1919 and 1928 and would later be…
SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS UHD REVIEW
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows is the sequel to the 2009 blockbuster Sherlock Holmes. The film brings back the several key actors, Robert Downey, Jr. Jude Law, Eddie Marsan and Kelly Reilly. While the consensus is sequels usually are not nearly as good as the first film this movie does succeed in being every…