Yes, this is another Blu-ray review coming out of my my PC World Blu-ray boxed set gift guide. If you've read Peter Biskind's excellent history of Hollywood in the 70s, Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-and-Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood, you know something about BBS, the small, short-lived production company that changed everything. … Continue reading America Lost & Found: The BBS Story

So here we are with another war film set (and shot) in the jungle. And like the previous one I wrote about, The African Queen, Bridge On the River Kwai was produced by Sam Spiegel. Aside from that, the only things these films have in common are that they were made in the 1950s and … Continue reading The Bridge On the River Kwai Blu-ray Collector’s Edition

In six years of writing this blog, I've only had two occasions to tell readers that they could catch John Huston’s 1951 romantic comedy action adventure on the big screen. Now I can tell you about a great way to own it. True, even Blu-ray can't compete with sitting in the dark, surrounded by hundreds … Continue reading African Queen Commemorative Blu-ray Box Set