Although Clint Eastwood gained his greatest critical acclaim as a director for 1992′s “Unforgiven” and 2003′s “Mystic River” — both of which are incredible pieces of American cinema — his best film remains this perennially popular Western from 1976. Here’s Eastwood’s own take on it: “I do believe that if I’d made that picture in [...]
At this yearly pase I will have to wait till about the year 2020 to have a complete Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies-collection! So keep them coming! I love the favorites, but I also like and am interested in the lesser known ones! Here’s data on Golden Collection #4: * Includes 60 episodes on a Four-Disc Set. [...]
Advertised as a comedy when originally released, LITTLE BIG MAN is much, much more than that.Director Arthur Penn’s sweeping film depicting the clash of the Indian and white cultures will have you chuckling one moment, then shaking your head sadly at man’s inhumanity to man the next.Dustin Hoffman as the ever industrious Jack Crabb takes [...]
Sergio Leone’s classic trilogy of films with Clint Eastwood arrives on Blu-ray (and also in a separate DVD release ) under “The Man with No Name” with varying results. All three films “Fistful of Dollars”, “For a Few Dollars More” and “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly” (the last film previously released on Blu-ray [...]
True to the schedule and quantity of cartoons, Warner Bros. is releasing the Fifth Volume of Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies Golden Collection right on time. These have been such a joy to look forward to each year around Halloween. I do hope the minimal of 10 volumes contines to be carried out. I recently heard there’s [...]
Remember all those old movies where the swashbuckling hero swoops down to the rescue and saves the day for one and all, defeating the enemies and getting the girl all within a few hours’ entertainment? “The Mask of Zorro” is a testament to those movies, embodying all of these characteristics in its magnificent story and [...]
Larger than life and with twice as many brothers, “Wyatt Earp” struts onto the DVD scene in a “Special Edition” that looks stunning but is less filling than one might have expected. This sprawling episodic tale begins with Wyatt as a child preparing to run away from home and join the Union army like his [...]