Laura's Miscellaneous Musings (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
... AND FOUR QUEENS is available on DVD . It's an excellent print. There are no extras. A review by Glenn Erickson was posted at the TCM website. It's also had a VHS release.
DVD Talk (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Recommended Reviewed by Glenn Erickson Paramount has reissued the John Hughes comedy Planes, Trains and Automobiles in a Those aren't Pillows!" Edition that adds little more than a lenticular 3D slipcase cover to previous releases. Writer-director John Hughes passed away just three months ago, renewing interest in his stellar 80s string of box office hits. P,T&A teams the talented...
Laura's Miscellaneous Musings (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
... IN PARIS (1937), BLUEBEARD'S EIGHTH WIFE (1938), NO TIME FOR LOVE (1943), THE EGG AND I (1947). Glenn Erickson has reviewed the set in detail. As a Colbert fan, I'm very much looking forward to receiving this set and seeing three new-to-me Colbert titles. November 3rd is also the release date for Columbia Pictures Film Noir Classics Vol. I . The five titles included are THE SNIPER,...
DVD Talk (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Recommended Reviewed by Glenn Erickson Remarkable movie star Claudette Colbert was always considered at the very top of her game over a film career that lasted 34 years, 50 if you count an extra TV movie appearance. A consummate professional, she played the game her own way, neither fighting to be the best-regarded actress nor the most desired lover. Stories about her on-set demands...
DVD Talk (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Highly Recommended Reviewed by Glenn Erickson Sony/Columbia's first major Noir collection is a hefty slice of fifties' noir gold, a great sampling of the style in its second phase. The shadow-haunted expressionist 40s faded away as noir moved into the daylight and took on a gritty documentary realism. Most of the pictures below use extensive location shooting, placing authenticity before...
DVD Talk (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Highly Recommended Reviewed by Glenn Erickson Proof positive of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment's commitment to classic films on DVD comes with The Sam Fuller Collection . The seven-disc set packages two of the iconoclastic writer-director's Columbia efforts, preceded by five pictures for which he took story or screenwriting credit. The films feature strong characters from the idealistic...
Laura's Miscellaneous Musings (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
... of movies to watch for some time now. I was motivated to pull it out after reading an interesting Glenn Erickson review of Anthony Mann's THE TALL TARGET, released the same year as THE NARROW MARGIN. Erickson compares the Mann film, which I enjoyed nearly a year ago, to THE NARROW MARGIN, and the parallels he drew piqued my curiosity. After watching THE NARROW MARGIN, I agree...
