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The Brain from Planet Arous
In 1957, Screen Gems released 52 of Universal’s classic horror films to television in a package called Shock! Typically broadcast around the…
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Touch of Evil 4K
One of Orson Welles' best has arrived in 4K! Kino Lorber has revived Universal's 3-version study of the bordertown crime & corruption…
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The Brotherhood
Lewis John Carlino's family-oriented Mafia tale was filmed four years before The Godfather: Kirk Douglas is a loose-cannon capo who bosses his…
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The Impossible
Easily one of the best movies of its kind, J.A. Bayona's minute-by-minute tale of survival poses an immediate challenge to audiences: could…
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Columbia Noir # 5 Humphrey Bogart
Columbia Noir #5 Humphrey Bogart Region B Blu-ray Dead Reckoning, Knock on Any Door, Tokyo Joe, Sirocco, The Family Secret, The Harder…
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Love Slaves of the Amazons
"Woman Warriors in Brutal Death Battle!" This adventure thriller has no reputation to speak of, and is mainly notable as a strange…
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Shaft 4K
Richard Roundtree's two-fisted detective tale burst on the scene announcing that a craze called Blaxploitation was on the way. No matter that…
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Pastor Hall
Kudos to Powerhouse Indicator for releasing this dramatic propaganda piece based on an actual German churchman imprisoned for refusing to kowtow to…
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The Tales of Hoffmann
The term 'filmed opera' in no way describes this phantasmagoria. Powell & Pressburger re-envisions the Offenbach work with dance sequences refracted through…
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True Romance 4K
The edgy screenplay for this flashy, rough-edged 'lovers, drugs & guns' saga served to jump-start Quentin Tarantino's movie career; he's identified it…
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Killer’s Kiss 4K
Ultra HD puts Stanley Kubrick's second feature film in a new light -- his B&W images of New York lend a 'Weegee'…
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The Foreign Adventurism Western
What happens the moment gunmen go South of the border in American westerns? Implied foreign policy, that's what! Updating an old 'MGM…
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Raiders of the Lost Ark 4K
4K discs are selling like hotcakes so it's only natural for studios to give Home Theater fanatics the biggest vintage blockbusters. George…
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The Wicker Man
While away on assignment in Scotland, a melancholy company man experiences a life-changing, and possibly supernatural, transformation. This tale of magic and…
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The Guilty + High Tide
The Film Noir Foundation puts across more impressive rescues in concert with the UCLA Film and Television Archive: a pair of independently-produced…
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The Untouchables 4K
This big screen, big star crowd-pleaser is a whopping entertainment yet too disjointed to satisfy as a gangster movie. It can ignore…
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The Clock
Vincente Minnelli took a break from musicals to feature Judy Garland in the first movie to show her dramatic acting range, a…
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Darby O’Gill and the Little People
A late ‘50s showcase for classic horror films, Shock Theater managed to captivate children and worry their over-protective parents. But the kids…
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Film Noir the Dark Side of Cinema VII
Film Noir the Dark Side of Cinema VII The Boss, Chicago Confidential, The Fearmakers Blu-ray KL Studio Classics 1956-1958 / B&W /…
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The Horse Soldiers
Despite its so-so critical reputation John Ford's cavalry picture is still a superior Civil War drama, making excellent use of a real…
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Across 110th Street
Gritty inner city crime pix don't get any rougher than this -- I witnessed the walk-outs personally. Barry Shear and a crack…
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W.C. Fields X 2
Paramount Pictures presents a grudge match for the ages, W.C. Fields vs. The World. Headlining the bill are two of the combative…
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The Carey Treatment
Most noted for its troubled production background, this hospital-set murder thriller turns a doctor into a detective: James Coburn's medico undertakes an…
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Sacco & Vanzetti
Welcome to Ground Zero for 'Committed Cinema' Italian style. Director Giuiano Montaldo filmed his dream project on location in Ireland and a…
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Ben & Charlie
UK correspondent Lee Broughton returns with coverage of a well-realised Spaghetti Western, Michele Lupo's irony-laden semi-comedy Ben & Charlie. The film's eponymous…
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Ilya Muromets
Accept no substitutes! Aleksandr Ptushko's fairy-tale folk hero saga is the real deal in medieval spectacle. When the nation calls, warriors rise…