Recommended An above-average Danny Kaye comedy, Knock on Wood (1954) was written, produced, and directed by the team of Norman Panama and Melvin Frank, who were also responsible for Kaye’s best film, The Court Jester (1956) and his biggest hit, White Christmas (1954).
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Skip It THE FILM: Click an image to view Blu-ray screenshot with 1080p resolution. If you’re going to shoot a “found footage” movie in 2013, you better have a damn good reason for doing so. I’m not against this cinematic trick sparked by The Blair Witch Project in 1999, but I am against lazy, nauseating filmmaking.
Recommended The Film : The story of Thor Heyerdahl’s 5,000-mile expedition across the open seas on a wooden raft has already been visualized by a trustworthy source: himself, in his Oscar-nominated documentary from the late-’40s.
Recommended The Movie: One of the main takeaways about the film This Is 40 (other than how long it seemed to feel) was how the Paul Rudd character and by extension, the film’s director Judd Apatow were fans of bands that had perhaps been overlooked during their contemporary period and they should be given ample attention now. And with Apatow’s fondness for the band Graham Parker and The Rumour …
Skip It Please Note: The stills used here are taken from promotional materials and other sources, not the Blu-ray edition under review. The Movie: Let me preface this review with a disclaimer: I never liked Danny Kaye all that much. As a kid, I was baffled by his doddering presence on TV (in Disney specials, on talk shows) and always wondered why he was famous in the first place
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. I am not sure what is more disturbing: James Cagney’s performance as the sociopathic gangster Ralph Cotter in the 1950 film Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye or the fact that Phil Spector was allegedly watching the movie in his limo the night he shot …
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Rent It THE FILM: Click an image to view Blu-ray screenshot with 1080p resolution. The road to adapting Jack Kerouac’s 1957 novel “On the Road” for the screen was filled with potholes and began several decades ago when the author courted Marlon Brando for the lead role of Beat generation drifter Dean Moriarty. Brando expressed little interest in the part, and Francis Ford Coppola eventually …
Rent It THE FILM Please Note: The images used here are photos provided by Sony Pictures Classics and do not directly reflect the picture quality of the Blu-ray edition under review. Without a doubt, writer/director Ramin Bahrani ( Chop Shop , Goodbye Solo ) has a head on his shoulders and a thoughtful engagement with the impact of our social, political, cultural, and economic climate and its …