The Name of the Rose, 1986.Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud. Starring Sean Connery, Christian Slater, Helmut Qualtinger, Michael Lonsdale, William Hickey, Ron Perlman, F. Murray Abraham, and Valentina Vargas.SYNOPSIS:An intellectually nonconformist friar investigates a series of mysterious deaths in an isolated abbey.Imagine, if you will, Sean Connery as a Columbo-style medieval monk investigating a series of […]
Blu-ray Review – Prizzi’s Honor (1985)
Prizzi’s Honor, 1985.Directed by John Huston. Starring Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner, Anjelica Huston, Robert Loggia, John Randolph, William Hickey, and Lee Richardson.SYNOPSIS:John Huston’s penultimate movie, Prizzi’s Honor, arrives on Blu-ray, but the bonus features leave a bit to be desired. You get trailers for five other movies and a commentary track featuring film historians Howard […]
