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The Ladykillers
British comedy has always depended on an understated quality, and nothing was as understated as their black comedies. From Kind Hearts and…
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Words and Music
The Warner Archive's latest MGM Technicolor bon-bon is this strained musical bio -- Mickey Rooney as Lorenz Hart? -- that nevertheless can…
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Clockwatchers
Corporate culture had been around for years when the 'Office Hell' genre arrived, and this sleek fable from cubicle-land is both one…
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Burn, Witch, Burn
No sooner do we dig up an old review for this horror masterpiece, than StudioCanal remasters it with a 4K scan and…
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The Project A Collection
Jackie Chan's legendary 'Project A' pictures reach 4K in a boxed set as lavish as home video can get. Chan's pals Sammo…
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The Lost Picture Show
A grungy mix of sex, violence, and mushroom clouds, Vinegar Syndrome‘s The Lost Picture Show is a radioactive slice of American cheese,…
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Kosmicheskiy reys: Fantasticheskaya novella
"Space Flight: A Fantastic Story." As '50s kids we assumed that Soviet claims of 'firsts' in space science were a pack of…
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The Battle of Chile
Patricio Guzmán's 3-part 'you are there' documentary of the beleaguered presidency of Chile's Salvador Allende goes into great detail to show how…
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The Long Good Friday
It's still the best gangster film of the post- Godfather era. Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren are a striking couple at the…
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Film Noir the Dark Side of Cinema XXI
Film Noir the Dark Side of Cinema XXI Blu-ray KL Studio Classics 1946-1957 / B&W / 1:85 widescreen + 1:37 Academy 275…
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Three Little Words
All of the Warner Archives' newly-remastered MGM musicals are terrific, and this 1950 musical bio with Fred Astaire is no exception. His…
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Bringing Out the Dead
Martin Scorsese and Paul Schrader teamed several times, and this harrowing nightmare about Ambulance EMTs trying to wade through the chaos of…
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Mother Nature’s Monsters
Underestimate Bert I. Gordon at your peril, his movies stunk on ice but their influence was profound. The director began his reign…
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How Did They Ever Make A Movie of Lolita?
The headline was inescapable; “How did they ever make a movie of Lolita?” Thanks to the persistence of the Hollywood hype machine,…
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Perfect Days
Wim Wenders' tale of one man's attainment of personal harmony is halfway between documentary and drama, with a strong dose of clear-headed…
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Le Doulos
Enjoy one of Jean-Pierre Melville's finest, remastered on 4K and looking good. It's a complicated story of thieves betraying thieves, the wrinkle…
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Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet
One of the most accomplished Czech fantasies comes to Blu-ray -- nostalgic pulp fiction set in 1900 Prague. Yankee detective Nick Carter…
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Bad Company
Fans of westerns will love Robert Benton's takedown of wild west mythmaking: Civil War draft evaders Jeff Bridges and Barry Brown learn…
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We Still Kill the Old Way
It's a paranoid murder thriller without shoot-outs or car chases. The 'we' administer an entirely corrupt system of law and justice that…
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Doubt
Doubt and uncertainty have a life of their own. John Patrick Shanley's film of his powerhouse play studies the cloud of suspicion…
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The Shape of Night
Yet another eye-opener from 1960s Japan -- the story of a young woman's downfall is told with truth and conviction, with an…
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High Noon
It's the most over-analyzed and over-interpreted western ever. Postwar politics may be quicksand, but it's still about Gary Cooper's Marshall Kane getting…
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Risky Business
This big hit from the yuppie decade launched a career that won't die: with digital de-ageing, Tom Cruise can now throw out…
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Navajo Joe
Burt Reynolds was among the first American actors to 'do a Clint Eastwood' and rush to Rome, but in his case the…
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Marie: A True Story
This excellent true story of political bribery in Tennessee has a genuine heroine at its center. Sissy Spacek plays a governor's aide…
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Bob le flambeur
Take a trip to the '50s roots of French crime cinema, now redubbed 'French noir.' Obsessed with American cars and movies, Jean-Pierre…