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Seven Days to Noon
Is this movie ground zero for Atom-fear science fiction? The Boulting Brothers assemble the very first movie about a nuclear terror plot,…
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The World The Flesh and The Devil
The world could come to an end in a lot of ways but 1950s sci-fi was fond of making it end like…
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Matewan
John Sayles' coal strike epic is grand American filmmaking bolstered by fine Haskell Wexler cinematography, great performances by dedicated actors, and a…
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Scarface 4K Ultra HD
Brian De Palma's 1983 saga of hoodlum Tony Montana is an exceptional remake that's become a classic almost by default -- it's…
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An American Werewolf in London
An old-fashioned monster movie gore-fest that hasn't dimmed in popularity, John Landis's slightly twisted telling of a hiking mishap pulled nervous laughter…
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3 Silent Classics by Josef von Sternberg
The experts were right when they said that silent filmmaking was developing something unique and beautiful, before talkies came along and spoiled…
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Quatermass and the Pit
Don't run away because we use the word 'profound' to describe this 1967 sci-fi classic -- some call it the best of…
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The Devil Rides Out
Hammer's key Satanic Mass epic comes to Blu-ray in a terrific improved transfer. Christopher Lee's pitched battle with Charles Gray's necromancer Mocata…
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Parasite 3-D
Nope, this isn't the new Bong Joon-ho movie, but a 3-D oldie from 1982. Although it's by no means a great picture,…
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The Lavender Hill Mob
They're 'The Men Who Broke the Bank and Lost the Cargo!' Alec Guinness and Stanley Holloway shine in one of the funniest…
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Time Without Pity
Joseph Losey's fortunes as an expatriate director took an upswing with this efficient, nervous and somewhat overcooked thriller with a daunting ticking-bomb…
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Hercules in the Haunted World
Mario Bava excelled with at least five super sword 'n' sandal pictures -- shooting two Hercules classics and directing two viking sagas…
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Man of a Thousand Faces
Now that we can read the real story of the great silent actor and makeup magician Lon Chaney, the inaccuracies are fairly…
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The Fearless Vampire Killers
Some movies just don't get the respect they deserve, which cues pushy reviewers to sing their praises. Forget everything you've read and…
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Ida Lupino Filmmaker Collection
More than a movie star: America's one female Hollywood director working in the 1950s receives a four-title boxed set well worth the…
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Holocaust
This four part, eight hour miniseries turns the fate of a family of German Jews into a sprawling drama that covers all…
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The Letter
It's the formidable Bette Davis once again, in yet another superior William Wyler picture. The Somerset Maugham play is a classy vehicle…
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Sesame Street 50 Years and Counting
An American institution turns fifty, and the disc release to mark the event is a very long (almost six hours) compendium of…
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Whirlpool (1949)
Otto Preminger and Gene Tierney's return to the noir fold plays better now than it once did -- the performances are impressive…
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The System (The Girl-Getters)
England's swingin' '60s were more than A Hard Day's Night, the Mersey Beat and slapstick in the street with Rita Tushingham. Michael…
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Gremlins 4K Ultra HD
The exclusive 4K Ultra-HD club welcomes a worthy new member, Joe Dante's evergreen horror comedy (and Christmas delight) about a cute furry…
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The Major and the Minor
This can't-lose comedy is ace writer-director Billy Wilder's first solo directing credit; he and writing partner Charles Brackett concoct a side-splitting crowdpleaser…
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The Tall Men
The legendary director Raoul Walsh hits The Big Trail one more time for a CinemaScope & stereophonic 'big star' cattle drive movie,…
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The Mind Benders
This strange picture goes forth in search of a genre, mainly because its theme -- the destruction of the human personality --…
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Touchez pas au grisbi
'Hands off the Loot!' Jacques Becker's crackling Paris crime tale is a time machine to an age of Parisian tough guys in…
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Jezebel
Which Bette Davis movies qualify for greatness? Her flawed character in this costume picture doesn't conquer all, and it's historically more…