'Doctor Zhivago' on Blu Ray Today: ****stars

'McCabe and Mrs. Miller' and 'Nashville'

the robert altman classic 'mccabe and mrs.miller reunited julie and her former lover warren beatty. julie really stretched here playing an opium addicted madam in a small mining town. she received an academy award nomination for her 'mrs. miller'. she lost to jane fonda for 'klute'. a tough call really.

but the film is altman's all the way. along with 'nashville' they are classics. julie had a funny cameo in 'nashville' playing... well playing julie christie.





'mccabe and mrs. miller': A
'nashville': A+

'Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing' on DVD:***stars

1973: alan j. pakula gave us this tragicomedy love story starring maggie smith and timothy bottoms. i love this film of unthinkable lovers traveling thru spain on holiday. how did i miss this september 2009 dvd release. oh well i found it now. pakula was amazing. 'the sterile cuckoo', 'to kill a mockingbird', 'klute', 'love with a proper stranger' and 'starting over' are among the highlights on his resume. he passed on 11/19/1998 and hollywood suffered a great loss.












the dvd cover



the trailer

'African Queen' Finally Released on DVD and Blu Ray

after restoration now on dvd and blu ray



before restoration and what we.ve been watching for years