Elia Kazan is an Oscar-winning filmmaker but nothing here is able to save this adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Last Tycoon. In releasing the film on Blu-ray, it comes from a brand new HD master from a 4K scan of the original 35mm camera negative. The film’s release in 1976 came over two decades after Kazan’s second Oscar for directing and 13 years after his final directing nomination. Unfortunately, Kazan just wasn’t the same…
"The Last Tycoon: Elia Kazan’s 1976 Film Is On Blu-ray"Tag: Robert De Niro
Casino is an epic crime drama that marked the ninth collaboration between filmmaker Martin Scorsese and actor Robert De Niro. The film has been remastered for Blu-ray some four years and change after the 4K Ultra HD release in 2019. Scorsese also reteams with Nicholas Pileggi after the pair had written Goodfellas together. This time around, the adapt another one of the author’s book, setting the film in 1973. A number of the names were…
"Casino: Another Martin Scorsese Epic"
A Bronx Tale celebrated its 30th anniversary this year with a special screening during the Tribeca Film Festival and a 4K Ultra HD release. The film follows MTA bus driver Lorenzo (Robert De Niro) in his efforts to protect his son, C (Francis Capra at 9, Lillo Brancato at 17), from mob boss Sonny (Chazz Palminteri). During his childhood, C witnesses Sonny kill and shoot a man but later stays quiet when the cops question…
"A Bronx Tale Gets 4K UHD for 30th Anniversary"
The Criterion Collection released Martin Scorsese’s Mean Streets in 4K Ultra HD just in time for the film’s 50th anniversary. Martin Scorsese made two feature films before this one but Mean Streets would really be the one that placed him on the map. It would also become an influential film in American indie film canon and inspire a number of filmmakers. That being said, it’s not unfair to say that Mean Streets took some time…
"Mean Streets Gets Criterion Collection 4K UHD"
The latest Martin Scorsese film, Killers of the Flower Moon, could have really benefited from an intermission with its lengthy run time. I’ve been struggling what to say about the new Scorsese film for the better part of the month. It is a very long film–running nearly 3.5 hours long. Honestly, I don’t blame the theaters that decided to give it an intermission. Personally speaking, I’d have done the same if I were watching the…
"Killers of the Flower Moon Needed An Intermission"
About My Father is a laugh-out-loud hysterical comedy in which a son brings his immigrant hairdresser father to meet his fiancé’s family. Sebastian (Sebastian Maniscalco) is looking to propose to his girlfriend, Ellie (Leslie Bibb), but finds himself in a dilemma when her family invites her to their summer house. His girlfriend guilts him into going but then he realizes his father, Salvo (Robert De Niro) would be all alone in Chicago. She encourages him…
"About My Father Is Laugh-Out-Loud Hysterical"
The King of Comedy–the fifth collaboration between filmmaker Martin Scorsese and actor Robert De Niro–marks its 40th anniversary. According to the film’s logline on Hulu, it “is a funny depiction of the dangers of celebrity fandom.” This is partially true because The King of Comedy is a film about the depiction of celebrity fandom but it’s definitely not funny. If it were funny, there would have been plenty of laughs over here but the laughs…
"The King of Comedy Marks 40th Anniversary"
Jackie Brown, which gave new life to Pam Grier and Robert Forster’s careers, marks the 25th anniversary of its theatrical release in 1997. In Quentin Tarantino’s adaptation of Elmore Leonard’s Rum Punch, the filmmaker pays homage to the 1970s blaxploitation films. The gist of the film is that Jackie Brown (Pam Grier) is a flight attendant who is smuggling money for Ordell Robbie (Samuel L. Jackson) and authorities catch her in action. But before that…
"Jackie Brown Marks 25th Anniversary"
On paper, Amsterdam has the right pedigree to be a serious Oscar contender but the film has a David O. Russell problem. Amsterdam is described as “a fascinating and richly intricate tale that brilliantly weaves historical fact with fiction for a timely, cinematic experience.” It is a “crime epic about three close friends who find themselves at the center of one of the most shocking secret plots in American history.” 20th Century Studios released both…
"Amsterdam Has A David O. Russell Problem – Oscars Watch"
The Untouchables arrives on 4K Ultra HD just in time to celebrate the gangster drama’s 35th anniversary at the end of the week. This film takes us back to Prohibition era Chicago when Al Capone (Robert De Niro) ruled the day. During this era, Bureau of Prohibition agent Eliot Ness (Kevin Costner) led his famous Untouchables team in taking down Capone. Ness is assisted in his efforts by Irish cop Jimmy Malone (Sean Connery), account…
"The Untouchables Marks 35 Years With 4K UHD"
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