DVD Talk Collector Series The directing (and producing) career of Blake Edwards ran hot and cold, boy howdy. To his credit, he was frequently attracted to controversial and difficult-to-adapt projects; at one point he was attached to the first Planet of the Apes movie, for instance. But he also had a soft spot for classical slapstick, especially the kind of pantomime done to perfection by Laurel …
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Rent It THE FILM: Click an image to view Blu-ray screenshot with 1080p resolution. In an interview for Taken 2 , Liam Neeson said he didn’t want to make a “sloppy sequel.” I guess that didn’t quite work out, Liam. Pierre Morel’s original Taken is an unexpectedly great thriller with solid characters and an interesting story to support its slick action.
Highly Recommended The Film: The Duellists ‘ path to realization is an easy and logical one to follow: after thumbing through public-domain material to adapt and landing on a Joseph Conrad short story, Ridley Scott — then an experienced commercial director — took around a million dollars to emulate the tone and visual style of Stanley Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon, but with his own, distinctive …