Welcome to DVDMovieReview.co.uk
Dvd Review Vhs Article
This is a selection made from among articles on Dvd Review Vhs. For a permanent link to this article, or to bookmark it for future reading, click here.
Casablanca (DVD) Review
from: Britt GilletteOne of the greatest, and certainly one of the most quoted, films in cinema history, Casablanca contains all the essential elements of a Hollywood blockbuster: adventure, romance, intrigue, suspense, and of course, evil Nazi bad guys (if you doubt this last one as an essential element, then reference the success of the Indiana Jones films). With a director (Michael Curtiz) and cast second to none, Casablanca makes a strong case for consideration as the best movie ever made. And although I loath clichés, it is true that they just don’t make ‘em like this one anymore…
Casablanca unfolds in a place called Rick’s, a popular watering hole in Vichey-controlled Morocco on the outskirts of Nazi dominated Europe. An important travel hub, Casablanca plays host to numerous colorful characters with any number of varying agendas. Arms dealers, spies, and revolutionaries walk side-by-side through streets littered with pickpockets. But at Rick’s, everyone seems to enjoy themselves. Owner Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) seems content with his life of serving customers and making money, at least until the day she walks in, Ilsa Lund (Ingrid Bergman), the love of Rick’s life.
Less than two years earlier, as the Nazis moved into Paris, Rick and Ilsa fell in love. But in the act of fleeing the Nazi advance, Ilsa sent Rick a note at the train station informing him that she could not go with him. She offered no explanation. Now, she was appearing in his establishment with her husband, fugitive and Nazi resistance leader Victor Laszlo.
As the hours pass, and the Nazis desperately search for Laszlo in an attempt to cut off his escape, Rick learns the truth about Ilsa and her reason for leaving. For the moment, Laszlo’s fate is in his hands. Since his days in Paris, Rick’s made a habit of being practical, both in his business life and in his personal life… But will Rick use his influence and connections to help himself or Victor Laszlo? Will his idealism prevail over his hardened pragmatism? The Third Reich is closing in, and Rick must make a decision regarding Ilsa and Laszlo before time runs out…
The recipient of widespread critical acclaim in the more than six decades since its release, Casablanca is one of the few films deemed as a “cinema classic” that actually lives up to the mega-hype surrounding it. The set design, costumes, and direction are absolutely flawless. The dialogue is superb. Bogart and Bergman are perfect as the lovers torn apart, and Claude Rains is unforgettable as Captain Renault. If you have an aversion to pre-1980 movies or some other strange reason for missing out on this one, then I highly encourage you to watch Casablanca. You won’t regret it.
About the Author:
Britt Gillette is author of The DVD Report, a blog where you can find more reviews like this one of the Casablanca (DVD).
Read more articles by: Britt Gillette
This article is distributed by: www.iSnare.com
 |
 |
Dvd Review Vhs News
DVD Review: Paranormal Activity 3
Paranormal Activity 3Genre: HorrorDirectors: Henry Joost and Ariel ShulmanStars: Chloe Csengery, Jessica Tyler Brown and Christopher Nicholas SmithRate: ** 1/2The makers of this creepy cash cow happily resisted the impulse to call this “prequel threequel” something awkward like Paranormal Activity: The Awakening. They’ve kept it simple with a lean running time of 81 minutes. Even better, they ...
Read more...Music DVD Review: PJ Harvey & Seamus Murphy - Let England Shake: 12 Short Films by Seamus Murphy
Music DVD Review: PJ Harvey & Seamus Murphy - Let England Shake: 12 Short Films by Seamus Murphy Seattle Post-Intelligencer Copyright 2012 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 06:52Â a.m., Wednesday, January 11, 2012 eighties when MTV was all the rage (and actually played music videos), some of the ...
Read more...Annie Hall (Blu-ray)
Highly Recommended THE FILM: Please Note: The screen captures used here are taken from the 1998 DVD , not the Blu-ray edition under review. Annie Hall isn't Woody Allen's best film, but it is inarguably the one that definitively marked his transformation from cinema-savvy comedian whose comic persona could sustain a feature-length movie to full-blown, serious cin aste. Here, for the first time ...
Read more...film review
Did you find this article engaging? Challenging? Thought-provoking? Just plain wrong? Leave a comment and let others know what you think Fifty years on from its cinema release and a good twenty since its brief appearance on VHS (should we forget that ancient format), Go To Blazes has just received a release on DVD, recalling an era of British comedy that was particularly, and almost exclusively ...
Read more...Review: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
With new commentary specific to the 3-D release.
Read more...