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Soldier of Fortune
Two-fisted Hong Kong racketeer Clark Gable goes out on a limb to recover Susan Hayward's husband, held prisoner in Red China. In…
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A Bucket of Blood
Roger Corman's 'sick sick sick!' horror comedy is still a delight, and Olive's Signature edition accompanies it with some excellent Elijah Drenner…
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Circus of Horrors
Four out of five psychologists agree that something rotten is alive and well between the sawdust and the high wire in the…
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90° in the Shade
Everyday Noir in Prague: a one-of-a-kind Czech/Brit coproduction teams fine British actors (Anne Heywood, James Booth, Sir Donald Wolfit) with the home-grown…
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Noir Archive 9-Film Collection Volume 3
Mill Creek and Kit Parker have raided the Columbia vault once again in search of Noir Gold from the 'fifties. Their selection…
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Who Saw Her Die?
Giallos run hot and cold, but this one has plenty to recommend it -- a serious outlook, a focus on elements other…
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Dinosaurus!
Were movie folk blind in 1960? We kids were so dino- crazy, ANY movie about dinosaurs would have cleaned up at the…
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Magnificent Obsession
One of the strangest 'uplifting moral tales' of the 1950s was a huge hit, and launched Rock Hudson as a major star.…
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Death Ship (1980)
From the golden age of Canadian tax shelters comes a horror movie about a fiendish, fearful freighter fraught with frills, I mean,…
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Wagon Master
John Ford's favorite western of his own work is a curiously gentle, endearingly simple hark-back to the verities of silent filmmaking. Mormons…
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A High Wind in Jamaica
Alexander Mackendrick's exhilarating pirate adventure mixes accurate history with a fine story of innocence corrupting the corrupt: Anthony Quinn's pirate goes soft…
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The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice
There's nothing like the term 'Transcendental Style' to intimidate a filmgoer, but have no fear: Yasujiro Ozu's tale of a domestic trial…
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The Witches (1990)
Roald Dahl's marvelous horror thriller for children (the ones ready for it) doesn't soft-pedal the scary stuff. Horrible (but sexy) witches plot…
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The Man in the White Suit
File this great comedy under social science fiction, subheading 'H' for hilarious. Alec Guinness's comic boffin hero is both a bringer of…
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Day of the Outlaw
How does Hollywood sell a gritty, realistic western? With a sexy shot of star Tina Louise! Viewers will be surprised: this fine…
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Wild in the Country
Elvis fans laud this high-end drama, an attempt by the superstar to lock into a mainstream acting career. Presley has fine dramatic…
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Seven Chances & Battling Butler The Buster Keaton Collection Vol. 3
In his day Buster Keaton's popularity trailed that of Charlie Chaplin and Harold Lloyd, but now those reputations have switched around. These…
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An Angel at My Table
Here's the story of a woman who overcame adversity -- not the dramatic, historical kind, but the sort of mundane discriminatory issues…
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Moonfleet
It's Fritz Lang versus CinemaScope, for the first and last time. The format suited to snakes and funerals effectively hamstrings the great…
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4D Man
An old monster formula props up this fantastic film but at its heart is a brilliant premise that excites the imagination. Jack…
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Alice, Sweet Alice
This unique proto-slasher is not a rip-off of The Exorcist and for my taste is more meaningful, despite associating innocent children with…
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A Foreign Affair
If you like Billy Wilder but haven't seen everything he's done, this is the film for you, a sparkling but typically sharp-tongued…
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The Last American Hero
All-American race car mania is alive and well in this excellent Jeff Bridges movie, a true biographical story researched by Tom Wolfe.…
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Quatermass 2
What ought to be appreciated as one of the most prescient of 1950s suspense films holds a place among the best science…
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Behold a Pale Horse
Here's a highly suspenseful thriller with fine characterizations, set in a grim but meaningful place -- Fascist Spain in the late 1950s,…
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The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
Someone save Judith Hearne, for she can't save herself. Jack Clayton's film of Brian Moore's novel has stunning performances by Maggie Smith…