The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom Gets Remastered Blu-ray

The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom arrives on Blu-ray after being remastered in HD by Paramount Pictures from a 4K scan of the original negative. I generally like both Shirley MacLaine and Richard Attenborough as actors. Given the subject of the film, I feel that I would do better by watching with an audience. When watching at home, the laughs can be hit and miss. Laughter is contagious and the biggest thing that gets lost when…

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The Apartment: One Of The Best Billy Wilder Films

The Apartment, a multiple Oscar-winning film, is one of the greatest Billy Wilder films ever made and appropriate New Year’s viewing. Be a mensch. Do you know what that means? The gist of the film is that insurance clerk Calvin Clifford (C.C.) “Bud” Baxter lets senior coworkers use his Upper West Side apartment for their affairs. He does this in hopes of helping him climb up the ladder at work. Meanwhile, he is attracted to…

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Rumor Has It… Is Still Funny Over 16 Years Later

The entire basis for Rumor Has It… is that a woman learns that both her mother and grandmother were the basis for 1967’s The Graduate. Following the end of Sundance, I was in the mood for a comedy and decided to rewatch this film for the first time since the theatrical release. The fact of the matter is that this film has a solid amount of laughs and laughs are so desperately needed right now.…

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