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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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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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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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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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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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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Love Is In The Air: Reviewing ‘Next Time We Love’ For Valentine’s Day
They say absence makes the heart grow fonder but for recently married couple, Chris (James Stewart) and Cicely Tyler (Margaret
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Carole Lombard And Pre-Code Charles Laughton: ‘White Woman’ Reviewed
Try as Judith (Carole Lombard) might to put the past behind her, bad reputations tend to stick, so when she
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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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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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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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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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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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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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‘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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Warm Up Your Winter With ‘The Hot Spot’ And ‘Hot Saturday’
Winter doesn’t officially begin until next week, but if you’re already starting to feel the chill here’s a double feature
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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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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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