Private Life Of Sherlock Holmes, The

Sherlock Holmes saw something of a resurgence in the 1970s. All sorts of directors took their stabs at the character, including Bob Clark (Murder by Decree), Herbert Ross (The Seven-Per-Cent Solution), and even Gene Wilder (The Adventure of Sherloc...

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Public Enemy, The

Making The Public Enemy, a story adapted from the book Beer and Blood about gangsters and booze-running gangs during prohibition, was a brave step by Warner Bros in 1931 that drew some flack at the time. Warner head of production Darryl F. Zanick s...

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Public Enemy, The DVD

Making a story adapted from the book Beer and Blood about gangsters and booze-running gangs during prohibition, was a brave step by Warner Bros in 1931 that drew some flack at the time. Warner head of production Darryl F. Zanick said it was a way ...

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Pulp DVD

On paper, 1972's Pulp sounds like a dream come true for yours truly. Not only does the film feature screen legends Michael Caine and Mickey Rooney, the story is a quirky, Agatha Christie-style mystery, with a cynical writer as the lead characte...

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Quiet Man, The

For decades, John Wayne's status as a bona fide man's man has gone unchallenged. Even today, he remains a perennial Hollywood tough guy, the sort of movie star some modern action heroes can only dream of resembling. That's why it may co...

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Quiet Man, The DVD

A stand alone DVD of The Quiet Man was released in 2002 as a collector's edition. In 2007 it was included in the John Wayne Collection: Vol. 1 The Quiet Man, The Sands of Iwo Jima, Flying Tigers, The Wake of the Red Witch), and in the Collector...

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Quo Vadis

In Quo Vadis Emperor Nero (Peter Ustinov) is the ruler of ancient Rome 64-68 AD at a time when Nero's corruption of the Roman Empire runs head on with a ground swell of Christianity.  Robert Taylor takes on the role of Roman military commander...

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Rachel Rachel

Joanne Woodward can do no wrong - at least when it comes to acting. As the sexually repressed spinster schoolteacher in Rachel Rachel (1968), Woodward expresses emotion with a raised eyebrow or a torrent of tears. She earned the Golden Globe and ga...

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Rachel Rachel, DVD

Joanne Woodward can do no wrong - at least when it comes to acting. As the sexually repressed spinster schoolteacher in Rachel Rachel (1968), Woodward expresses emotion with a raised eyebrow or a torrent of tears. She earned the Golden Globe and ga...

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Raging Bull

One can often tell when a movie is going to be worthy by the opening film score. The music intro of Raging Bull – "Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo" by the Orchestra of Bologna Municop Thetra, notes such a forecast. Direction by Martin ...

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