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Frankenstein’s Daughter
Richard Cunha's third of four horror item for Astor Pictures is perhaps the most marketable: in 1958 almost anything with the name…
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Argentine Noir
From beneath the Southern Cross come a pair of genuine noirs that happen to have been made in Argentina, where film art…
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The Harry Palmer Collection
We loved James Bond but diehard '60s spy fans hold a special admiration for Len Deighton's 'thinking man's secret agent' Harry Palmer.…
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Some Came Running
Vincente Minnelli's best non-musical drama hits on a magic combination -- a tough tale of small-town malaise, his patented hyper-expressive sense of…
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers ’78 4K
This first remake of the 1956 sci-fi classic retains many of the original's story points, clears up the bio minutiae for literal-minded…
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The Deceivers
Nicholas Meyer's 'other' fantastic film project was ignored for all the wrong reasons; Pierce Brosnan fills a heroic leading role in a…
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Midway (1976)
Walter Mirisch's slam-bang, eardrum-pounding Sensurround stock footage orgy for the Centennial Year gathers an impressive lineup of big stars to celebrate the…
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The Window
A genuine 'sleeper' hit, this 'all in the family' noir pits innocent childhood against cold blooded murderers. Little Bobby Driscoll witnesses Paul…
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The Naked Spur
MGM sends James Stewart and Anthony Mann to Colorado high country locations for their third big-ticket western, a tight & tense psychological…
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La Strada
It's a pleasant thing to revisit an old favorite and discover that it's better than you remember. The tale of Zampanò and…
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An Angel for Satan
Barbara Steele has one of her better performance showcases in Camillo Mastrocinque's classy ghost story with a somewhat dispiriting twist. Steele's fan-collectors…
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Scream 4K
Nobody did better with horror franchises than Wes Craven, who reinvigorated the genre in this relentlessly bloody thriller. Its self-referential gimmick should…
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Deep Red 4K
Dario Argento in 4K -- that sounds like a good idea, especially for his more visually jolting giallos. Arrayed in garish reds…
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The Mad Doctor
When did murder thrillers become horror pix? This one is horror only by association, and star Basil Rathbone would be a suave…
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The Ghost Ship + Bedlam
New remastered restorations of Val Lewton pictures? We're there. This terrific double bill gives us two Lewton shockers that are in…
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Mad Love
What a Halloween treat! Karl Freund stopped directing after this classic, which is a shame -- it's German expressionism's most exciting foray…
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Freud
John Huston plays every narrative card in the deck for the difficult task of expressing the great doctor's insights into psychoanalysis. His…
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High Sierra
An old favorite receives a quality restoration: Raoul Walsh, John Huston, W.R. Burnett and actress Ida Lupino launch Humphrey Bogart as an…
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Say Amen, Somebody
Talk about raising the roof with song -- George Nierenberg's documentary is still considered the best on gospel music. Made in the…
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Audrey Hepburn 7 – Movie Collection
It's been said that American women of the 1950s admired Marilyn Monroe, but they wanted to be Audrey Hepburn, who projected an…
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Corridor of Mirrors
Let loose some airy English film aesthetes with a big budget, a French film studio and a theme somewhere between Marcel Proust…
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Gray Lady Down
Military ensemble pictures work well when the excitement is all about the job and working under pressure: Charlton Heston, Stacy Keach, Ned…
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Universal Classic Monsters Icons of Horror Collection 4K
The grimacing Count, the inspired Dr. Frankenstein, the megalomanic Dr. Griffin and the unlucky Larry Talbot make the jump to 4K courtesy…
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Inglourious Basterds 4K
"We in the killin' Nazi bizness. An' cousin, bizness is boomin'!" Brad Pitt scalps his enemies, Mélanie Laurent serves up a killer…
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The Fortune Cookie
Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond's comeback comedy performed decently enough at the box office, but its real accomplishment is vaulting Walter Matthau…
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The Incredible Shrinking Man
Criterion gives this classic its first exposure on Region A Blu-ray! A new 4K remaster puts the story of a guy too…