Martin Scorsese's "Raging Bill," an underdog in its day and a undisputed classic today, makes another comeback on Blu-ray, via MGM's 30th anniversary edition. "Raging Bull" fans still viewing the Robert De Niro-starrer on DVD should make the upgrade to high definition. This stunning black-and-white release is about as definitive as it's going to … [Read more...]
‘Mad Max,’ prelude to a nightmare
George Miller's exploitation classic “Mad Max” hits the road again via a visually super-charged Blu-ray from MGM. Images are startling in their clarity, especially considering this was a low-budget Australian effort from the days before the Down Under film industry grew up. The audio, while nothing special, does deliver the original … [Read more...]
‘Night of the Hunter’: beauty and the beast
"The Night of the Hunter" director Charles Laughton, born in England, found old weird America a poetic place, one caught between the polarities of love and hate. The hate came from Robert Mitchum's deadly preacher man, one of the great movie villains. The love? It flowed like the river from a shotgun-toting Lillian Gish. Criterion's … [Read more...]
Blu-ray review: ‘The Sound of Music’
The hills are alive with "The Sound of Music" -- and a dusting of serious grain. That's the good and bad news about the long-awaited Blu-ray debut of the Julie Andrews classic. Previous home video versions of the 1965 musical failed to truly dazzle due to the source materials' age-related defects. Fox’s new Blu-ray eliminates most of the … [Read more...]
‘The Last Waltz’: Playing with the Band
Martin Scorsese's "The Last Waltz" -- the "Raging Bull" of concert movies -- opens with a knockout punch: Members of the Band, exhausted after six hours of nonstop performing, power into their final song, "Don't Do It." Although the performance was recorded live nearly 30 years ago, the Blu-ray audio startles with its punch and immediacy. Bass … [Read more...]
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