A Pretty-Pretty Box Set For A Sci-Fi Classic: Arrow’s Release Of ‘Barbarella’ Reviewed
Durand Durand is missing. No, not the band (though that’s how the band got its name – from Barbarella). The
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The Grass Isn’t Always Greener With Faye Greener: ‘The Day of the Locust’ Reviewed
There are a lot of things off about John Schlesinger‘s The Day of the Locust (many of them intentional) but
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Blu-ray Review: ‘Audie Murphy Collection III’
In this third box set of Audie Murphy westerns, Murphy gets paired with some great co-stars, including John Saxon and
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Chicago-Bound With Candice Bergen: ‘T.R. Baskin’ Reviewed
Is it a name? Is it a place? Is it a knock-off of Baskin-Robbins? Whatever T.R. Baskin means (and there
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Blu-ray Review: ‘For All Mankind’ Season 1
The Astronaut Wives is one of those one-season shows that if you didn’t watch it when it aired on ABC
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Lionel Barrymore Will Have His Revenge In Tod Browning’s ‘The Devil Doll’
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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Blu-Ray Review — ‘Justified: City Primeval’
Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant) isn’t in Kentucky anymore, but he’s still a US Marshal in season 1 of the Justified spinoff, Justified:
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This Is Halloween: Umbrella Entertainment’s ‘Hammer Horror’ Volume 1 Box Set Reviewed
Delve into three of cinematographer-turned-director, Freddie Francis’, five films for Hammer in this box set from Umbrella Entertainment. Freddie Francis’
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Swimming With Tom And Jerry: Esther Williams’ ‘Dangerous When Wet’ 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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Surviving The American Frontier: ‘Westward The Women’ 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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The Plight Of The Accused: Reviewing Orson Welles’ ‘The Trial’
Imagine… It’s the middle of the night. You’re asleep. Suddenly you wake up and, a moment later, a stranger walks
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Caught On Polaroid: ‘Drylongso’ Reviewed
Anymore it feels like most movies can’t resist namedropping the title of their film at some point in the dialogue.
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Rod Steiger Picks Up A Hitchhiker: ‘Three Into Two Won’t Go’ Reviewed
Sometimes it’s the hitchhikers getting killed (Road Games). Other times it’s the hitchhikers doing the killing (The Hitch-Hiker). No matter
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Sean Connery Orchestrates A Caper: ‘The Anderson Tapes’ Reviewed
Someone is listening. Someone is watching. Add in, “He knows when you’re awake,” and the trailer for Sidney Lumet’s The
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Warner Archive Visits France: ‘Gay Purr-ee’ And ‘The Last Time I Saw Paris’ 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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More Ida Lupino From Kino Lorber: ‘Outrage’ Reviewed
In Fritz Lang‘s M, it’s the killer who infamously whistles. In Ida Lupino‘s Outrage, Ann (Mala Powers) can be heard
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Arrow’s ‘Blood Money: Four Western Classics Volume 2’ Reviewed
Picking up where Arrow’s first box set left off, Blood Money: Four Western Classics Volume 2 sees four more Euro
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Mia Farrow Double Feature: ‘The Haunting of Julia’ And ‘A Dandy In Aspic’ Reviewed
Mia Farrow grapples with ghosts and dating a Russian double agent in the following double feature: Richard Loncraine’s The Haunting
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Talking ‘Soundies: The Ultimate Collection’ With Series Curator Susan Delson
Jukeboxes might not be as popular today as they were in the ’50s, but it’s still possible to come across
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Looking Back At ‘Dark Winds’ Season 1
When it comes to the FBI, Lieutenant Leaphorn (Reservation Dogs’ Zahn McClarnon) isn’t under any illusions. He knows they aren’t
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Noir Double Feature: ‘Angel Face’ And ‘Caged’ Reviewed
Diane tries to avoid prison while Marie is a first offender in these two recent releases from Warner Archive. Otto
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‘Bus Riley’s Back In Town’ And In Love With Ann-Margret: A Blu-ray Review
Sometimes a title tells you everything you need to know and Bus Riley’s Back in Town is definitely like that.
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Camus, Grief, And Christmas Tree Lights: A Review Of Fun City Editions’ Blu-ray Of ‘Morvern Callar’
Never assume you know what a person’s going through in real life. An easy enough statement to agree with, but
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How An Unsent Letter Can Get You Pinned For Murder: ‘The Sunday Woman’ Reviewed
If there’s a moral to Luigi Comencini’s The Sunday Woman, it’s this: never assume your actions won’t have consequences. You might
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Alain Delon Tries To Save His Own Head: Reviewing ‘Joy House’ On Blu-Ray
If you’re going to have an affair with someone’s wife, you should probably avoid women who are married to gangsters.
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Warner Archive’s Royal Court: ‘King Solomon’s Mines’ And ‘Queen Christina’ Reviewed
They might take place two centuries apart and on different continents, but that doesn’t mean these two new releases from
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Spencer Tracey For President: Frank Capra’s ‘State Of The Union’ Reviewed
Running for election is hard enough when you want the job. Grant (Spencer Tracey) has to be convinced in Frank
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Crime Doesn’t Pay In Fritz Lang’s ‘You And Me’
Fritz Lang is famous for a lot of things – his silent film, Metropolis; his contributions to film noir; his
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Redefining What It Means To Be A Good Neighbor: ‘Moment To Moment’ Blu-ray Review
There are certain things you can tell about a neighbor in advance: Are they nosy? Would they be willing to
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That Darn Cat: ‘The Cassandra Cat’ Blu-ray Reviewed
When Mourek the cat wears sunglasses in Vojtěch Jasný‘s The Cassandra Cat, it’s not for fashion. It’s because people don’t like
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Rebel With A Badge: ‘Death Of A Gunfighter’ Reviewed
Out with the old, in with the new. At least that’s what the people of Cottonwood Springs would like to
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