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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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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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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Into The Woods: ‘Coach To Vienna’ Reviewed
From Sondheim musicals to Robert Frost poems, there’s always been a supernatural quality to the woods. Throw in some fog
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Blu-Ray Review: ‘Snowpiercer: The Complete Second Season’
[***Warner Bros. Home Entertainment provided me with a free copy of the Blu-Ray I reviewed in this article. The opinions
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(Un)welcome Romance: ‘Back Street’ Reviewed
Between the adorable waiter (Ludwig Stössel) getting all bent out of shape because Walter (Charles Boyer) isn’t putting his order
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Natalie Wood And George Segal Are ‘The Last Married Couple In America’ Reviewed
When your couple friends start breaking up, it’s always the football game that suffers. For Mari (Natalie Wood) and Jeff
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If I Could Turn Back Time: ‘Repeat Performance’ Reviewed
Usually when a film does a time loop it’s a Groundhog Day situation, where the day keeps repeating over and
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Billy Wilder Hits Some Sour Notes In ‘The Emperor Waltz’ Reviewed
Not every dog can have a Lady and the Tramp romance, but no dog should want an Emperor Waltz love story
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Not Your Typical Film About A Brothel: ‘The Balcony’ Reviewed
You’d think that even a brothel might have trouble staying open in the middle of a warzone, but not in
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Loyalty And Rabbits: Reviewing Second Run’s Blu-Ray Of ‘Celia’
Imitation might be the sincerest form of flattery, but that doesn’t mean other Blu-Ray labels always have to step on
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One Box Set To Rule Them All: The ‘Middle Earth Ultimate Collector’s Edition’ Reviewed
WBHE provided me with a free copy of the box set I reviewed in this article. The opinions I share
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David Bowie And Marlene Dietrich (Almost) Meet In ‘Just A Gigolo’: Shout! Factory’s Blu-Ray Reviewed
Having lost the chance to prove himself in the army (World War I ended the day he arrived in the
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The Mystery Of The Pierced Ears: ‘Golden Earrings’ Reviewed
Men can be just as gossipy as women but it’s always fun when a movie recognizes that. Maybe “fun” is
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Blu-Ray Review: ‘Jack Irish’ Series 3
Jack Irish has always had this sort of rambling existence. First there were the Jack Irish TV movies, which started
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‘Harold And Maude’ Is Back On Blu-Ray From Paramount Presents
In the pantheon of great movie endings, few can touch Harold and Maude’s. Hal Ashby’s film turns 50 this year
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Perfectly Splendid: ‘The Haunting of Bly Manor’ Reviewed
Blame it on the streaming effect, but when you don’t have to consciously choose whether or not you want to
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Dick Van Dyke Double Feature: ‘Fitzwilly’ And ‘The Art Of Love’
From Bert in Mary Poppins to Rob Petrie on The Dick Van Dyke Show, Dick Van Dyke could’ve retired in
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Another Charismatic Gangster Role For James Cagney: ‘Angels With Dirty Faces’ 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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Noriaki Yuasa’s Live-Action Manga: ‘The Snake Girl And The Silver Haired Witch’ Reviewed
Never has a character in a horror film taken more things on the chin than Sayuri (Yachie Matsui) in Noriaki
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Once Upon A Time: ‘Bedtime Story’ Reviewed
Ralph Levy’s Bedtime Story isn’t for kids, but anyone tuning in to catch the opening credits would be excused for
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Gina And Rock Know How To Dance In ‘Come September,’ Available Now On Blu-Ray
Lisa (Gina Lollobrigida) and Robert (Rock Hudson) have an arrangement. Every September they meet-up at Robert’s villa to spend the
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Film Review: ‘Antlers’ (2021)
In the past few years, a new subgenre of Horror has come about. As it is often referred to, “trauma-based
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If You’ve Never Seen A Mike Leigh Film, ‘All Or Nothing’ Is A Great Place To Start
In 2017, a lot of hubbub was made about David Lynch including an extended scene of a man sweeping in
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Blu-Ray Review: Arrow Films’ ‘Yōkai Monsters Collection’
There’s a reason Arrow’s Yōkai Monsters Collection includes a documentary called ‘Hiding in Plain Sight.’ Pop culture is full of
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Blu-ray Review: ‘Pennyworth’ Season 2
Coming off of this weekend’s announcement at DC FanDome that Pennyworth will be returning for a third season, it seemed
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For The First Time On English-Language Blu-Ray: ‘The Fourth Victim’ Reviewed
It might make for an off-putting image, but Severin’s Blu-Ray cover for Eugenio Martín’s The Fourth Victim makes a lot more
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For Fans Of Agnes Varda: Márta Mészáros’ ‘Adoption’ Reviewed
What would you do if a person you only knew by sight asked if they could use a room in
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The Great Bull Robbery: ‘Rancho Deluxe’ Reviewed
The Wild West has bred a lot of outlaws over the years, but none as amateur yet successful as Jack
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Film Review – ‘Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle Of The Realms’
A few months ago, when I reviewed the Mortal Kombat live-action films for the Franchise Expansion (or Implosion) column, I
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Mary Tyler Moore Double Feature: ‘Thoroughly Modern Millie’ And ‘What’s So Bad About Feeling Good?’
Between The Dick Van Dyke Show ending and The Mary Tyler Moore Show beginning, Mary Tyler Moore would star in a
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