Chip Kaufmann’s Pick: Wake Wood (2011) Well now that the new Hammer’s latest opus The Quiet Ones is in the theaters and is not as good as its predecessors (see my review this issue), you should check out the least known of their previous four movies and that is WakeContinue Reading
Chip Kaufmann’s Pick: Sunrise (1927) Is Sunrise the greatest silent movie ever made? Who can say? What is without question is that Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (to give the film its full title) IS one of the greatest films ever made, sound or silent. The fact that weContinue Reading
Chip Kaufmann’s Pick: Chato’s Land (1972) The recent death of Ralph Waite brought back memories of The Waltons but his long stint on that show has obscured his versatility as a character actor which was put to good use in such early 1970s movies as The Stone Killer where heContinue Reading
Chip Kaufmann’s Pick: Cavalcade (1933) Noel Coward’s Cavalcade was a huge success in its day. It can easily be seen as the precursor to Upstairs, Downstairs and other iconic BBC shows that followed in its wake. The storyline focuses on two families. Robert and Jane Marryot (Clive Brook and DianaContinue Reading
Chip Kaufmann’s Pick: The Ruling Class (1972) The recent death of Peter O’Toole presents an interesting problem. Which of his eight Oscar nominations or several other fine performances that weren’t nominated should I choose for my DVD pick? Lawrence of Arabia is everywhere, Becket and The Lion in Winter areContinue Reading
Chip Kaufmann’s Pick: Cash On Demand (1961) Having done a feature article on British actor Peter Cushing for this issue, it seems only fitting to select one of his many available movies as my DVD pick. Since this is the December issue and the holidays are just around the corner,Continue Reading
Chip Kaufmann’s Pick: The Red Pony (1949) For years The Red Pony has only been available in washed out, substandard prints first on VHS and then later on budget line DVDs. This new version from Olive Films looks and sounds gorgeous. The sound is as important as the picture becauseContinue Reading
Chip Kaufmann’s Pick: Twins of Evil (1971) Now that the three missing Hammer Films titles from the early 1970s have finally arrived on Blu-Ray/DVD (see related article in this issue), I have chosen one of them, Twins of Evil, as my October pick. After all a movie about vampires makesContinue Reading
Chip Kaufmann’s Pick: Charley Varrick (1973) Since I have referenced director Don Siegel in two of my reviews this month (2 Guns, Paranoia), it seems only fitting that my DVD pick be one of his films. After some deliberation, I chose his 1973 crime caper film Charley Varrick. Siegel isContinue Reading
