Tootsie: Criterion Collection (Blu-ray)
Highly Recommended THE MOVIE: Please Note: The stills used here are taken from promotional materials and other sources, not the Blu-ray edition under review.
December 28, 2014
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Highly Recommended THE MOVIE: Please Note: The stills used here are taken from promotional materials and other sources, not the Blu-ray edition under review.
Recommended Please Note: The stills used here are taken from promotional materials and other sources, not the Blu-ray edition under review.
Highly Recommended Adapted from the eponymous 1975 play by Leah Napolin and Isaac Bashevis Singer—and in turn, Singer's earlier short story “Yentl the Yeshiva Boy” —Barbra Streisand's Yentl (1983) is an uncompromising personal project that's held up quite nicely during the last three decades. Our story follows Yentl Mendel (Streisand) and her father (Nehemiah Persoff) in early 20th century …
Rent It The Film: While Daniel Radcliffe revealed steady growth in his acting capabilities during the progression of the Harry Potter series of films, it's only throughout the past year-plus that he's revealed the versatile nature of his cinematic talent. From his transformative performance as Allen Ginsbergn in Kill Your Darlings to a subtler application of his innate charms in What If , the …
DVD Talk Collector Series Poirot Complete Blu-ray Review Agatha Christie's Poirot: Complete Cases Collection is easilythe most ultimate set for fans of the long-running mystery seriesPoirot. Thecollection features all 70 episodes (which represents all of thematerial thatwas written by Christie featuring the character) and in the originalbroadcastorder. The series began airing as a British ITV …
Skip It The Movie: Written and directed by John Herzfeld and funded through a Kickstarter crowdsourcing campaign, revolves around the effects of a self-help book written by a mysterious writer named Teddy (Tom Berenger). As the book becomes increasingly popular, its effects can be seen in the lives of a variety of characters, all of whom live in Los Angeles
Rent It The Movie: In River's Edge , a clique of disaffected kids in small town '80s California don't know how to react when one of their peers is coldly murdered by another in their group. As the gravity of the situation dawns on them, their reactions range from a total freakout to wondering why the death of a TV character made them cry – where an actual death involving their close friend …
Skip It THE MOVIE: The slang term “23 skidoo” is a reference to making a fast getaway, of getting out while the getting is good. If only someone had walked onto the set of Otto Preminger's 1968 generation-gap comedy Skidoo and shouted “23 skidoo!” just before cameras rolled. Had cast and crew scattered, never to return, a lot of veteran performers could have saved themselves some embarrassment …
Recommended The Movie: Directed by Lewis Allen in 1951, Appointment With Danger stars genre stalwart Alan Ladd in what would wind up being his farewell to film noir.' Ladd plays Al Goddard, a United States Postal Inspector with an unusually suspicious mind that, quite frankly, tends to serve him well in his position. He's a Chicago based worker who is asked to head to Gary, Indiana to …
Highly Recommended The Movie: Coming Home is proof that, then and now, attempting to return to normal life after combat duty is pure hell. As one of the few feature films to go into the psychological toll of returning war vets, the 1978 Vietnam War-era drama ended up as the most acclaimed work from maverick director Hal Ashby ( Harold and Maude ; Shampoo ).