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No Gun, No Plea Of Self-Defense: ‘Warning Shot’ Reviewed

It isn’t a question of whether Sergeant Tom Valens (David Janssen) killed Dr. James Ruston (Donald Curtis). It’s a question

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January 3, 2023January 3, 2023 Rachel Bellwoar 448 Views Blu-Ray, Kino Lorber, Warning Shot
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Esther Williams’ Technicolor Neo-Noir: ‘The Unguarded Moment’ Reviewed

As much as her colleagues would love to blame her marital status for everything, being single isn’t the reason Lois

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December 14, 2022December 13, 2022 Rachel Bellwoar 401 Views Blu-Ray, Esther Williams, Kino Lorber, The Unguarded Moment
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Pre-Code Horror: ‘Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde’ Reviewed

Science is about testing boundaries. In Rouben Mamoulian’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, that’s exactly what Dr. Jekyll (Frederic March) does

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December 8, 2022December 9, 2022 Rachel Bellwoar 472 Views Blu-Ray, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, horror, Miriam Hopkins, Warner Archive
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Noir Double Feature: ‘Kiss The Blood Off My Hands’ And ‘Larceny’

From Key Largo to The Big Clock, 1948 was a great year for film noir. That statement holds true in

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November 29, 2022November 28, 2022 Rachel Bellwoar 435 Views Abandoned, Blu-Ray, Deported, Indicator, Kiss the Blood Off My Hands, Larceny, Naked Alibi, noir, The Web, Universal Noir
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Hunger During Wartime: ‘Le Soldatesse’ Reviewed

There have been many films about WWII. Valerio Zurlini’s Le Soldatesse (also known as The Camp Followers) is a film about hunger and what

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November 28, 2022November 28, 2022 Rachel Bellwoar 371 Views Anna Karina, Blu-Ray, Kino Lorber, Le Soldatesse, Raro, The Camp Followers
Film Reviews 

Boxing And Barbara Stanwyck: ‘Golden Boy’ Reviewed

In cases where a film has a predominately male cast, it’s always best to be wary about how plum a

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November 25, 2022November 25, 2022 Rachel Bellwoar 591 Views Barbara Stanwyck, Blu-Ray, Golden Boy, Imprint Films, William Holden
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Spend Halloween With Roger Corman’s ‘The Raven’ (1963)

While one could argue that the speaker’s language in Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven is good for a chuckle or

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October 31, 2022October 31, 2022 Rachel Bellwoar 491 Views Blu-Ray, Boris Karloff, Edgar Allan Poe, Kino Lorber, Peter Lorre, The Raven, Vincent Price
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Walter Huston Rains On Joan Crawford’s Parade: Lewis Milestone’s ‘Rain’ Reviewed

Sadie Thompson (Joan Crawford) is a prostitute with a heart of gold. Mr. Davidson (Walter Huston) is the missionary who

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September 29, 2022September 29, 2022 Rachel Bellwoar 572 Views Blu-Ray, Joan Crawford, Rain, VCI Entertainment
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The Little Red Dress That Sparked A Murder Spree: ‘I’m Dangerous Tonight’ Reviewed

They say every woman should have a little black dress in their closet. A murderous red dress might not be

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September 22, 2022September 22, 2022 Rachel Bellwoar 686 Views Anthony Perkins, Blu-Ray, I'm Dangerous Tonight, Kino Lorber, Madchen Amick, tobe hooper
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The Vulnerability Of Joanne Woodward: ‘Rachel, Rachel’ Reviewed

Warner Archive provided me with a free copy of the Blu-Ray I reviewed in this article. The opinions I share

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September 1, 2022September 1, 2022 Rachel Bellwoar 627 Views Blu-Ray, Joanne Woodward, Paul Newman, Rachel Rachel, Warner Archive
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Revenge And Creepy Stepsisters: ‘Jack Be Nimble’ Reviewed

Early in Garth Maxwell’s Jack Be Nimble, Jack and Dora’s mom (Patricia Phillips) turns on a record of a fairy

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August 31, 2022August 30, 2022 Rachel Bellwoar 534 Views Altered Innocence, Beyond Gravity, Blu-Ray, Jack Be Nimble, Naughty Little Peeptoe
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Wartime From A Female Perspective: ‘So Proudly We Hail’ Reviewed

Mark Sandrich’s So Proudly We Hail isn’t the only film to have been made about the battle of Bataan. In

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August 24, 2022August 23, 2022 Rachel Bellwoar 532 Views Blu-Ray, Kino Lorber, So Proudly We Hail
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‘Salt & Pepper’ / ‘One More Time’ Double Feature Reviewed

Before he directed the Lethal Weapon movies, Richard Donner directed Salt & Pepper, a buddy comedy starring Rat Pack members,

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August 19, 2022August 19, 2022 Rachel Bellwoar 822 Views Blu-Ray, Kino Lorber, One More Time, Peter Lawford, Salt and Pepper, Sammy Davis Jr.
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Short Shorts And The Viking Movie: ‘The Long Ships’ Reviewed

Shorts don’t come shorter than the ones Tony Curtis wears in Richard Fleisher’s The Vikings, but ever wish there was

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August 18, 2022August 17, 2022 Rachel Bellwoar 733 Views Blu-Ray, Imprint Films, Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, The Long Ships
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Love, Marriage, And A Fiddler On The Roof: ‘Fiddler’s Journey To The Big Screen’ Reviewed

There would be no film version of Fiddler on the Roof without the Broadway show. How cool is it, though,

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August 13, 2022August 15, 2022 Rachel Bellwoar 695 Views Blu-Ray, documentary, Fiddler on the Roof, Fiddler's Journey to the Big Screen, Kino Lorber, musical, Zeitgeist Films
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‘The Eurocrypt Of Christopher Lee Collection’ Volume 2

The Eurocrypt of Christopher Lee Collection Volume 2 might not be the best showing of Christopher Lee as an actor

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August 3, 2022August 8, 2022 Rachel Bellwoar 1088 Views Blu-Ray, christopher lee, Dark Places, Dracula and Son, Mask of Murder, Murder Story, Severin Films, The Eurocrypt of Christopher Lee Collection, The Secret of the Red Orchid, Uncle Was A Vampire
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Emeralds, Amnesia, And Murder: ‘Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema VIII’ Reviewed

For their eighth box set Kino Lorber have taken some liberties, in terms of what qualifies as “noir,” but they’ve

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July 20, 2022July 20, 2022 Rachel Bellwoar 810 Views Blu-Ray, Enter Arsene Lupin, film noir, Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema, Kino Lorber, Street of Chance, Temptation
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Blu-ray Review: ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’

Going into Everything Everywhere All At Once, it helps to know that the Daniels (Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert) are

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July 7, 2022July 8, 2022 Rachel Bellwoar 1706 Views Blu-Ray, Everything Everywhere All At Once, Lionsgate, Michelle Yeoh
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Blu-Ray Review: ‘Pastor Hall’

Pastor Hall is about a German priest (Wilfrid Lawson) who stands up to the Nazi Stormtroopers that have taken control of

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June 22, 2022June 21, 2022 Rachel Bellwoar 713 Views Blu-Ray, Indicator, Pastor Hall, WWII
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Lubitsch’s Postwar Drama: ‘Broken Lullaby’ Reviewed

Early in Ernst Lubitsch’s Broken Lullaby, Paul (Phillips Holmes) voices his concern that a second war is coming. Today, we

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June 21, 2022June 21, 2022 Rachel Bellwoar 630 Views Blu-Ray, Broken Lullaby, Ernst Lubitsch, Kino Lorber
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The Boy Who Cried Submarine: ‘Murphy’s War’ Reviewed

Murphy (Peter O’Toole) isn’t trying to take out a sub because he believes in the war effort. Murphy wants revenge.

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June 17, 2022June 17, 2022 Rachel Bellwoar 1108 Views Blu-Ray, Indicator, Murphy's War, Peter O'Toole
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Telekinesis And The Greek System: ‘The Initiation of Sarah’ Reviewed

Sisters who pledge together, stay together. If only that were the case in The Initiation of Sarah, Robert Day’s TV

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June 8, 2022June 8, 2022 Rachel Bellwoar 859 Views Arrow Films, Blu-Ray, The Initiation of Sarah, TV movie
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A Somber Shirley Temple Film — ‘Now And Forever’ Reviewed

The trick with Shirley Temple movies is while her characters usually have to face a lot of adversity, they tend

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June 3, 2022June 3, 2022 Rachel Bellwoar 1311 Views Blu-Ray, Carole Lombard, Kino Lorber, Now and Forever, Shirley Temple
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Audrey Hepburn, The Paramount Years: A Review of The ‘Audrey Hepburn 7-Movie Collection’

I don’t remember what year it was that my family got their first DVD player. It had to be the

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May 30, 2022May 30, 2022 Rachel Bellwoar 1097 Views Audrey Hepburn, Blu-Ray, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Funny Face, My Fair Lady, Paramount Pictures, Paris When It Sizzles, Roman Holiday, Sabrina, War and Peace
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What’s So Great About Being President: ‘The Whistle At Eaton Falls’ Reviewed

Losing the Granite State Shoe Company was hard enough. The last thing Eaton Falls needs is to see another factory

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May 27, 2022May 27, 2022 Rachel Bellwoar 785 Views Blu-Ray, Flicker Alley, The Whistle at Eaton Falls
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Blu-Ray Review: Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘Parallel Mothers’

In geometry, parallel lines don’t have to be identical. One can be thick, one can be thin. One can be

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May 24, 2022May 24, 2022 Rachel Bellwoar 1040 Views Blu-Ray, Parallel Mothers, Pedro Almodovar, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
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A Solid Diamond Caper: ‘Grand Slam’ Reviewed

While money has been known to tear families apart, diamonds are what bring criminals together in Giuliano Montaldo’s Grand Slam.

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May 8, 2022May 8, 2022 Rachel Bellwoar 1184 Views Blu-Ray, Grand Slam, Kino Lorber, Klaus Kinski
Film Reviews 

Musical Romance: Joe Wright’s ‘Cyrano’ Reviewed

Besides the many other film adaptations of Edmond Rostand’s play, Cyrano de Bergerac, that have been done, the premise of

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April 27, 2022April 27, 2022 Rachel Bellwoar 1171 Views Blu-Ray, Cyrano, Peter Dinklage
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A Tale Of Two Brothers: Lino Brocka’s ‘Cain And Abel’ Reviewed

Action movies sometimes have a habit of treating female characters like window dressing. Melodramas, on the other hand, often center

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April 15, 2022April 15, 2022 Rachel Bellwoar 1253 Views Blu-Ray, Cain and Abel, Kani Releasing, Lino Brocka
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Severin’s Release Of ‘Blood For Dracula’ Reviewed

Being undead, it makes sense that vampires are usually pale. They don’t usually look old, though. That’s the whole perk

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April 6, 2022April 5, 2022 Rachel Bellwoar 1136 Views 4K, Blood for Dracula, Blu-Ray, Severin Films
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Cotton Gins And Coca Cola: Reviewing Elia Kazan’s ‘Baby Doll’

For all the harmless nicknames out there, there are just as many damaging ones. In Elia Kazan’s Baby Doll, Baby

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March 30, 2022March 30, 2022 Rachel Bellwoar 1142 Views Baby Doll, Blu-Ray, Carroll Baker, Eli Wallach, Karl Malden, Warner Archive
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