Tag: Ruth Gordon

Abe Lincoln in Illinois Blu-ray review

There have been several movies over the years about our former President Abe Lincoln. There was Young Mr. Lincoln from 1939 starring Henry Fonda, a 2012 film called Lincoln starring Daniel-Day Lewis to name a couple. In 1940, Abe Lincoln in Illinois is another historical, biographical drama focusing on his life from his time in…


Edge of Darkness (1943) Blu-ray review

Based on William Wood novel that was released one year prior, Lewis Milestone’s 1943 wartime drama Edge of Darkness, tells a tale of a German-occupied Norwegian village of Trollness where villagers have decided to fight back against them. It all begins when German soldiers fly over the village of Trollness, where they stop to investigate…