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The She-Creature
Part of a perfect 1956 matinee double bill, Alex Gordon's supernatural thriller features an iconic monster, a piece of real horror art…
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Downton Abbey A New Era 4K
It may be this year's 'comfort food' film but Julian Fellowes' second theatrical sequel to his revered long-running TV show is quality…
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The Flesh Eaters
We still remember the scary AM radio ads from back in the 6th grade: THEY EAT HUMAN FLESH! Mainstream 'nabe theaters that…
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Violent City
Director Sergio Sollima sets the template for twenty years of violent action cinema for Rough Tough Charles Bronson. Precise stunt scenes and…
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Miller’s Crossing
Feature number three for the Coen Brothers is an eccentric gangster saga with a wonderful slate of mugs -- Gabriel Byrne, John…
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In the Heat of the Night 4K
Walter Mirisch earned his Oscar for this Sidney Poitier hit directed by Norman Jewison. The tense mystery thriller was also a significant…
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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
This grouping of Bogart's Columbia output has one bona fide noir, a pair of exotic 'romantic intrigue' thrillers and three social issue…
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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 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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Film Noir the Dark Side of Cinema VII
Kino's Noir boxes offer interesting noir-adjacent crime and mystery pix. This seventh return to the well of darkness brings up the organized…
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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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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…