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The Hunted
William Friedkin whips up some terrific action and nasty knife-fighting with solid input from Tommy Lee Jones and Benecio Del Toro. Despite…
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Revenge of the Zombies
The living dead didn't hunger for brains back in the 1940s, but they did walk with Frances Dee, elect a King and…
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Slap the Monster on Page One
Some Italian thrillers post-1968 became very political. Marco Bellocchio's outright accusation against the power elite of Milan all but drops the thriller…
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Body and Soul
Abraham Polonsky and Robert Rossen's ringside classic is a key film noir and a key social issue film; John Garfield and Lilli…
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Scarface
Howard Hawks' ferocious, never-bettered gangster saga has the best of pre-Code thrills -- sex and violence at the service of basic All-American…
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Pulp Fiction — 30th Anniversary 4K
How soon will it be before Quentin Tarantino's films are considered 'old man's movies?' This time-twisted hit man tale made a big…
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Interstellar
Competing for gift box attention this holiday is this impressive 4K Ultra HD anniversary release of Christopher Nolan's intelligent answer to 2001,…
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Little Women
This Winona Ryder version of Alcott's venerated page-turner is the most satisfying to date, as adapted by Robin Swicord, directed by Gillian…
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Galaxy Quest
Never give up, never surrender! A comic spoof of Star Trek and Trekkie worship does not sound promising, but this bright and…
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Nothing is Sacred: Three Heresies by Luis Buñuel
Three Buñuel masterpieces arrive in remastered Blu-ray presentations, accompanied by excellent new extras. The Exterminating Angel clobbers élitist complacency. The irreverent Simon…
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Paper Moon
It's a seriocomic fable from the Great Depression: Ryan O'Neal's Moses Pray runs a predatory racket hawking expensive Bibles, and the only…
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The Walking Dead
The Dead Walk -- and accuse! One of the best non-classic horror films of the '30s is a polished production: Michael Curtiz…
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Funny Girl
Barbra Streisand's movie debut takes a slot in the Criterion Collection, and jumps to 4K Ultra HD. Opened up from Broadway and…
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The Proud and Profane
Deborah Kerr shines as an emotionally troubled war widow who volunteers to do Red Cross work in the Pacific Theater of WW2.…
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Seven Samurai
Behold a 'world cinema classic' that needs no defending, no way, no how ... a review isn't really necessary, just see it!…
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Film Noir the Dark Side of Cinema XXII
22 is a lucky number for noir: D.A. Humphrey Bogart defies Murder Incorporated in The Enforcer. Sexpot Carol Ohmart lures Tom Tryon…
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Irving Berlin’s White Christmas
🎶 Let's all get up and dance to a song movie that was a hit before your mother was born 🎶 ... or your…
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Seven Chances + Sherlock Jr.
We think these two silent comedies are fantastic examples of Buster Keaton's directorial genius. Seven Chances exaggerates the dilemma of a fellow…
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Godzilla
The original Japanese super-dragon is back, for the first time in the USA in an improved Toho remaster that restores the awesome…
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The Invasion
This fourth remake for Jack Finney's mind-bending Sci-fi horror tale didn't click at the box office, but our Pandemic experience has made…
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Night of the Blood Beast + Attack of the Giant Leeches
This '50s cult monster double bill was produced by the Corman brothers Roger and Gene. The first re-plays ideas from several Sci-fi…
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Circus of Horrors
Dr. Rossiter will give you something to scream about! Sidney Hayers' Big Top terror flick is luridly oversexed, excessively gruesome -- and…
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Enough Rope
Taken from a story by Patricia Highsmith, director Claude Autant-Lara's murder thriller can boast an attractive cast: Maurice Ronet, Gert Fröbe, Robert…
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Made in England: The Films of Powell & Pressburger
David Hinton's documentary celebration of the 'Archers' team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger is a feature-length rumination filtered through Martin Scorsese's…
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I Remember Mama
George Stevens' back-from-the-war masterpiece honors family vaues and stability with the near-reverent story of a Norwegian immigrant family subsisting in San Francisco…
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The Tenant
Roman Polanski's twisted 'apartment horror' creepshow melds supernatural and psychological possession -- a meek clerk finds himself being possessed by the previous…