It’s not even summer yet and already the new DVD and Blu-ray releases are heating up. This time around, we’ve got a restored edition of a Stanley Kubrick/Kirk Douglas favorite, a reboot of a popular videogame film series, a smart…
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Gregory Peck Shines in the Cold War Tale “Night People”
Night People is a riveting 1954 drama that is set in Berlin in the tumultuous years following the end of World War II. When a young American G.I. stationed in West Berlin is grabbed by the Soviets and spirited over…
Read more →Five-Star Entertainment: Gregory Peck As “MacArthur”
And now the time has come for us to salute a superb 1977 effort, MacArthur. Just out on Blu-ray this week, the film is an action-packed account of one of the most controversial public figures of the century. Gregory Peck…
Read more →Check Out This Week’s “Colossal” New DVD and Blu-ray Releases
August comes in swinging with a jaw-dropping amount of new releases to kick off the month. In fact, there are so many new releases now available that we want to jump right in. From a wildly inventive kaiju story that…
Read more →Audrey Hepburn and the Timeless Getaway of a “Roman Holiday”
Upon its release in 1953, Roman Holiday immediately became a film sensation. Starring Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck, it remains one of the definitive romantic comedies. In the film, Hepburn (who won an Academy Award for Best Actress for the…
Read more →The Five Best Movies About Big Business
For today’s guest post, Classic Film and TV Cafe’s Rick Armstrong presents his picks for the best business flicks: 1. Patterns (1956). What would you do if you worked for the world’s worst boss? If you answered “quit, of course,”…
Read more →Horses, Trains and Carriages: Duel in the Sun (1946)
King Vidor’s Duel in the Sun, with Jennifer Jones and Gregory Peck, was a frontier tale of forbidden love. But it also reflected how the coming of the railroad changed the landscape of the Old West and its inhabitants, according to guest writer Emily Rauber.
Read more →Casting the Go Set a Watchman Movie
Who will play Jean Louise Finch (“Scout”) and Atticus Finch in the inevitable movie version of Harper Lee’s “new” book, Go Set a Watchman? See if you agree with these picks to play the beloved characters in a film version of the already-controversial novel.
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The Stalking Moon (1969): A Classic Movie Review
Having watched The Law and Jake Wade (1968) recently, I decided to continue working my way through the Warner Home Video Western Classics Collection and watched The Stalking Moon from the same set this afternoon. The Stalking Moon was recently…
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