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Altered States
Science fiction goes psychedelic, with an audiovisual light show that far outstrips 1960s efforts with oil smears and surreal imagery. Maverick director…
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The Beast of the City
Is this the most violent crime film of the pre-Code era? It takes an extreme Law 'n' Order position, one that downplays…
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The Curse of Frankenstein
Whoa -- this Halloween, horror fans are up to their severed necks in fancy restorations of Hammer's first Gothic horror film, the…
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The Man Who Could Cheat Death
The Man Who Could Cheat Death 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray Vinegar Syndrome 1959 / Color / 1:66 widescreen / 83 min.…
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Outland
Peter Hyams both wrote and directed this lavish 'space hardware' movie, set in an off-world mining colony of the future. The show…
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Malpertuis
In a strange house, strange people await a new spiritual life ... or will it be a new imprisonment? Orson Welles' Cassavius…
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Flow
A philosophical animated film about animals in peril? This thoughtfully conceived, beautifully-crafted winner for Best Animated Film gives us something new in…
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The Amazing Mr. X
It's part film noir, part haunted house movie and a 100% atmospheric triumph for director Bernard Vorhaus and cameraman John Alton. Eagle-Lion's…
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The Snow Queen: Treasures of Soviet Animation Vol 2
The Magnificent Ambersons, Blade Runner, Once Upon a Time in America, each a member of an unlucky fraternity: films disfigured by studio…
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Eyes without a Face
It was the impossible, intolerable taboo horror of its day ... does it still shock as it once did, or are audiences…
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Ms .45
An 'almost' icon and a vivid memory from the New York cinema front of the early '80s, Zoë Tamerlis graced exploitation screens…
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The Strange Woman
The independent-minded Hedy Lamarr put this 'Americana noir' into motion with director Edgar G. Ulmer and excellent talent on both sides of…
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The Hard Way
Underdog Warners actress Ida Lupino could hold her head high, turning out pictures like this -- a Bette Davis reject that proved…
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Nate and Hayes
This New Zealand pirate adventure had bad luck theatrically, but we welcomed its old-fashioned thrills when it appeared on cable TV. It…
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The Cinema of Powell & Pressburger
This impressive import collection of 'Archers' pictures is just one classic after another, including three of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's Technicolor…
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The Quatermass Xperiment
Wonder of wonders -- Hammer's massive boxed sets seem unreasonable until one sees the depth and breadth of the extras. Nigel Kneale's…
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High and Low
Akira Kurosawa's modern crime masterpiece takes the leap to 4K. It's a kidnapping tale in a context of social friction -- the…
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Captain Kronos, Vampire Hunter – 4K
Having established itself as the Cadillac of contemporary gothic horror by the early 60s, Hammer Studios suddenly found itself staggering into the…
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1984
Here we take a 'Missing on Blu' Review break thanks to the Public Domain availability of a show we aren't convinced was…
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Warner Archive Collection: 50s Sci-Fi Collection
While television in the 50s promoted a comforting vision of the American experience, the movies told a different story; we were a…
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Fires on the Plain
It's a chronicle of defeat and doom, hopelessness and horror ... yet director Kon Ichikawa turns it into an engrossing experience. Foot…
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Get Carter
Crime movies have grown a lot more vicious since 1971, but few pack the hard crime impact of Mike Hodges' gangster revenge…
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Airport
The blizzard looks real and the big stars are flashy, but Ross Hunter's 70mm ode to supermarket best sellers still plays like…
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Four Sided Triangle – 4K
Touted as Hammer Studio’s first brush with monsters and mad doctors, 1953’s Four Sided Triangle features a monster, alright—the green-eyed variety. The…
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Patterns
Is this the best teleplay ever written by Rod Serling? It's almost too good, even for him. Van Heflin, Everett Sloane and…
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Saraband for Dead Lovers
A striking digital Technicolor restoration brings Ealing Films' unique costume romance to vivid life. The tragedy of Princess Sophie Dorothea has a…