Carmen Jones (Blu-ray)
Recommended The Movie: As far as all-black musicals are concerned, 20th Century Fox’s 1954 production Carmen Jones is a towering achievement.
December 19, 2013
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Recommended The Movie: As far as all-black musicals are concerned, 20th Century Fox’s 1954 production Carmen Jones is a towering achievement.
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Recommended The Vivien Leigh Anniversary Collection is a mostly worthwhile set of the four of the five British films actress Leigh appeared in just prior to leaving for America to star in Gone with the Wind (1939). For those, like this reviewer, who know Leigh primarily for that film, A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), Ship of Fools (1965) and one or two others, the set is an intriguing one.
Rent It The Movie: A nice thing sometimes about actors from previous eras is that their sheer volume of work is almost overwhelming for those unfamiliar with it.
Recommended Reviewed by Glenn Erickson Desk Set is usually given a low standing among the string of Tracy/Hepburn movies. It may not be as inspired as Woman of the Year or as beautifully written as Adam’s Rib , but this comedy about career insecurity in the newly-established corporate America has a lot of relevance today, even if its concept of the supposed threat posed by computers is way off …
Recommended THE FILMS: With Paramount’s Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit on the horizon, it is appropriate to revisit the four older Ryan thrillers. Culled from Tom Clancy’s novels, each film has its merits and all are worth watching. The series has thus far had three leading men – Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford and Ben Affleck – and Chris Pine is set to play the sometimes CIA agent Ryan in Shadow Recruit …
Highly Recommended The Film: Thomas Vinterberg has found a way to turn a pre-school girl into something of a villain in The Hunt ( Jagten ), a morally and psychologically complex dramatic-thriller — perhaps even a bit of a horror film — centered on the crowd mentality of inquisitions based on unfalsifiable accusations. By design, the material here is tough to digest: it focuses on how a …
Highly Recommended THE MOVIE: Please Note: The stills used here are taken from the DVD copy included in the package, not the Blu-ray edition under review.
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 The Movie: Written and directed by David Schmoeller in 1986, Crawlspace (not to be confused with the made for TV movie of the same name) is a twisted thriller that once again found the writer/director working with producer Charles Band (then with Empire Pictures, prior to starting Full Moon).