by Douglas Barnett, Aug 29 2011 // 11:00 AM
This week’s pick is director John Sturges’s classic World War II thriller The Eagle Has Landed. The film stars some of Hollywood’s best talent: Michael Caine (Col. Kurt Steiner), Donald Sutherland (Liam Devlin), Donald Pleasence (Heinrich Himmler), Robert Duvall (Col. Max Radl) Jenny Agutter (Molly), Anthony Quayle (Adm. Canaris), Jean Marsh (Mrs. Grey), Treat Williams (Capt. Clark), and Larry Hagman (Col. Pitts).
The Eagle Has Landed supposes the theory that a team of German commandos clandestinely enters England and kidnaps Prime Minister Winston Churchill (the least heavily guarded world leader) and hold him for ransom in order to make the British sue for peace, thus allowing the Germans to continue on as the masters of Europe.
Amazed by the rescue mission to free Italian dictator Benito Mussolini from his mountain prison, Hitler proposes the idea to kidnap Churchill. The high command brings in architect colonel Radl (Duvall) to devise the plan in how to kidnap Churchill. Radl settles on Col. Kurt Steiner (Caine) a decorated paratrooper whose anti-Nazi reputation and crack unit are just the ones to pull off a mission considered too risky.
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Posted in: Action · Classics · Columbia Pictures · DVD · DVD Reviews · Mystery and Suspense · Netflix · War · War Movie Mondays
Tagged: Anthony Quayle, Donald Pleasence, Donald Sutherland, Jean Marsh, Jenny Agutter, John Sturges, Larry Hagman, Michael Caine, Robert Duvall, Treat Williams
by Joe Gillis, Jan 19 2010 // 3:00 PM
2010 is in full swing and some really great movies are hitting store shelves this week for the first time and for the first time on Blu-ray. This week’s releases include Gamer, Magnolia, Boogie Nights, Che, Damages, the complete run of ABC’s canceled too soon Defying Gravity and the Blu-ray release of Whiteout with Kate Beckinsale (pictured above).
Check out this week’s releases:
Movies
According to Greta ~ Hilary Duff, Ellen Burstyn (DVD)
Boogie Nights ~ Mark Wahlberg, Heather Graham, Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore (Blu-ray)
Bourne Supremacy (Single-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo) ~ Matt Damon, Brian Cox, Karl Urban (Blu-ray)
Bourne Ultimatum (Single-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo) ~ Matt Damon, David Strathairn, Scott Glenn (Blu-ray)
Che (Criterion Collection) ~ Benicio del Toro (Blu-ray)
Gamer ~ Gerard Butler, Amber Valetta, Michael C. Hall, Kyra Sedgwick (DVD and Blu-ray)
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Posted in: Blu-Ray · DVD · Movies · News · TV
Tagged: Aziz Ansari, Blu-Ray, Boogie Nights, Che, Dallas, Damages, Defying Gravity, DVD, Gamer, Gerard Butler, Kate Beckinsale, Larry Hagman, Magnolia, Mark Wahlberg, Matt Damon, Movies, Tom Cruise, TV, Weeds, Whiteout, William Shatner
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