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LOLITA, BARRY LYNDON, and PAPILLON Blu-ray Reviews

by Andre Dellamorte    Posted: May 25th, 2011 at 6:30 am

Two Kubrick films left out of the original Kubrick Box set and Papillon. What do these films have in common? All three have recently been put out by Warner Brothers. For Lolita and Barry Lyndon, it’s a bare bones affair, but for Papillon, it’s got a nice book casing, and a period featurette. Actually with Papillon the best supplement is the packaging itself. Still, these are catalog films that it’s good to see on the format, and our reviews of Lolita, Barry Lyndon and Papillon on Blu-ray follow after the jump.

THE LADYKILLERS Blu-ray Review

by Andre Dellamorte    Posted: March 3rd, 2010 at 12:09 pm

The most underrated facet and best aspect of the Blu-ray revolution is seeing a classic film in a great 1080p transfer. The pleasures of a modern films transferred to the format is almost redundant as few modern films on Blu-ray look anything less than pristine. But you get a classic color movie, and it’s the one that’s going to benefit the most from the clearer picture, if the quality in the transfer is there. So seeing Alec Guiness, Hebert Lom and Peter Sellers playing bank robbers whose greatest foe is an elderly lady (Katie Johnson) in a classic Ealing black comedy is one of the better Blu-ray experiences. My review of the Alexander Mackendrick triumph The Ladykillers after the jump.

David Mamet and Disney Reopen THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK

by Nicole Pedersen    Posted: August 12th, 2009 at 12:17 am

Disney has acquired the rights to “The Diary of Anne Frank”, the justly famous memoir of a young Jewish girl’s life in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam.  David Mamet will adapt the screenplay and direct the film for the studio.  More after the jump.

GHOSTBUSTERS and DR. STRANGELOVE Blu-ray Reviews

by Andre Dellamorte    Posted: June 18th, 2009 at 10:01 am

Ray Parker Jr. has continued to work. You wouldn’t probably know it unless you were a fan. But he put out an album in 2006. At this point, not only is Ray Parker Jr. not afraid of no ghosts, no one is afraid of no ghosts. People may be more afraid of Ray Parker Jr. than ghosts. We like in a post-scared of no ghosts culture. It is hard to know how good busting makes someone feel, though.

Ghostbusters is a bona-fide “classic” now. It’s a loosey-goosey movie, it’s tightly put together, but it feels free. The set pieces never feel stuck in their boxes, and the comedians seem to bring their own sensibilities to the material. Directed by Ivan Reitman from a script by Harold Ramis and Dan Ayroyd, it moves at a quick clip and balances the boo scares with the jokes successfully. It’s one of the film effects driven comedies that works as a comedy first. But it’s Bill Murray’s movie.

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