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‘Pimpernel’ Smith
How could England have won the war without him? Horatio Smith sneaks about in Nazi Germany, liberating concentration camp inmates right under…
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Loophole (1981)
It sounds like a winner -- Albert Finney and Martin Sheen team up for a daring subterranean bank robbery in the heart…
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Deepwater Horizon
Does your memory go as far back as 2010, or have too many catastrophes and cataclysms blurred your vision? Peter Berg's tense…
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50 Years with Peter Paul and Mary
The immensely popular singing trio provides an extremely pleasant eighty minutes of musical nostalgia - with plenty of full-length performances but also…
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Bad Day at Black Rock
Don't mess with the one-armed man -- did you know that at 56 years, Spencer Tracy could whup Ernest Borgnine to a…
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Sully
The story didn't end with the Miracle in the Hudson — hero pilot Sully Sullenberger is tried by an investigative committee. Clint…
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The 3 Worlds of Gulliver
Ray Harryhausen eases up for his second color Dynamation feature, restricting the stop-motion and instead utilizing traveling mattes to make a more…
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Dreamscape
One of the better-remembered '80s sci-fi horror thrillers is back in an improved Blu-ray with a pile of extras. Dennis Quaid gets…
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DVD Savant 2016 Favored Disc Roundup
or, Savant picks The Most Impressive Discs of 2016 Above, from 1989: In Bronson Caverns, Savant and the intrepid Todd Stribich encounter…
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Federico Fellini’s Roma
Federico Fellini's best non-narrative feature is an intoxicating meta-travelogue, not just of the Eternal City but the director's idea of Rome past…
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I Want to Live!
It's a powerful plea against the death penalty, but also an Oscar bid for a fiery actress. And don't forget the cool…
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100 Rifles
A big, loud, lusty western battle movie with sexy stars and zero brains, this was a big hit back in '69, just…
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Brazil (1944)
Good neighbor policy? Wartime exigencies inspired an intra-hemisphere cultural exchange, with the movies seizing on the new popularity of Latin music. Republic's…
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The House on 92nd Street
Just what is the dreaded 'Process 97'? Henry Hathaway's docu-drama combined newsreel 'reality' with a true espionage story from the files of…
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Short Cuts
Success in the '90s gave Robert Altman the opportunity to experiment once again. Several short stories by Raymond Carver interlock in a…
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The Exterminating Angel
Will somebody explain the sheep and the bear? Luis Buñuel really knows how to disturb people. This, his most characteristic surreal drama…
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Bad Girl
All sing the praises of Frank Borzage, a gentle director fully committed to the idea of romance in an imperfect world. Sally…
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Pretty Poison
Psycho launched a thousand twisted sickos and pathological relationships in films, but none can best Noel Black's fascinating, funny romance between a…
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Sudden Fear
Joan Crawford controls every aspect of this glamorous, Oscar nominated noir about a murderous marriage double-cross. Good acting enlivens a by-the-book, gimmick-laden…
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Cry of the City
Robert Siodmak's superb noir classic pits two graduates of Little Italy against one other: a crook who can deceive relatives and seduce…
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Pete’s Dragon (2016)
Does anybody still care about great movies for small children? If so, here's a good one. A big, furry green dragon named…
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The Asphalt Jungle
John Huston's primal heist film is an almost perfect movie, with a score of unforgettable characterizations. A solid crime noir, it concerns…
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The Undying Monster
Fox's first official monster movie is a terrific-looking but mostly flat mystery that tries its utmost not to be a horror film…
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The Quiet Earth
Remember the warning to avoid 'crossing the streams' in Ghostbusters? Director Geoff Murphy enjoyed a world-wide release for this eerie sci-fi fantasy…
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Moby Dick
I have a back file of reader notes asking for a Blu-ray for John Huston's Moby Dick, and more pointedly, wondering what…
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C.H.U.D.
Can an old-fashioned monster movie still work in the 1980s? The dedicated cast for this overachieving chiller takes its story of 'Cannibalistic…