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Cannon for Cordoba
A middling entry in the genre of blow-it-up big action spectacles, Paul Wendkos' Spain-filmed western gives us all the excitement promised by…
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The Pirates of Blood River
Can a pirate be a substitute monster? Hammer Films gives yet another genre a spin with this box-office winner that launched a…
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I’ll Be Seeing You
This unusually sensitive, overlooked WW2 romance skips the morale-boosting baloney of the day. Two people meet on a train, each with a…
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The Green Slime
Look out! Gamma Gamma Hey! It's the attack of screaming, arm-waving green goober monsters from a rogue planetoid, here to bring joy…
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The Vampire’s Ghost
Is it a classic? Well, not exactly, but it's also not a typical disappointing '40s Z-picture. Screenwriter Leigh Brackett pens a nice…
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S.O.S. Tidal Wave
Republic raids an early RKO talkie for a fantastic special effects sequence, and you won't believe how it's repurposed -- in a…
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Hypnotic Chill! Monster Thrill!
This short article is in the spirit of the crowded ad-mat advertising blurbs that, once upon a time, would show up in…
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Dawson City: Frozen Time
This Blu is a fascinating hybrid of experimental film and historical documentary by Bill Morrison of Decasia fame. Lost film history and…
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Captain from Castile
One of the best Hollywood historical epics takes Technicolor to Mexico for a Production Code version of La conquista: the Inquisition is…
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In this Corner of the World
Away from Hollywood's stifling commercial limits, Fumiyo Kouno's manga about a young bride in wartime Japan has no illusions regarding the human…
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The Killer is Loose
Psycho killers long ago lost their novelty, but in 1956 Budd Boetticher and Wendell Corey gave us Leon 'Foggy' Poole, a screen…
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Play Dirty
In a war film, what's the difference between nasty exploitation and just plain honest reportage? André De Toth made tough-minded action films…
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City of Industry
Harvey Keitel takes center stage as a double-crossed crook goes for blood after a major jewel heist turns sour -- and bloody.…
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Hell on Frisco Bay
I tell you it's rough out there on Frisco Bay, especially when you say the word 'Frisco' within earshot of a proud…
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Porky Pig 101
A welcome to new CineSavant guest reviewer "B", whose encyclopedic knowledge has been a boon to the page since it began. This…
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Topper
They're non-corporeal cut-ups, rich ghosts on the town with nothing better to do than spice up the love life of Roland Young's…
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Junior Bonner
Sam Peckinpah was a fine director of actors when the material was right, and his first collaboration with Steve McQueen is an…
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The Old Dark House — 1932
It's a genuine Universal horror classic that to my knowledge has never been available in a decent presentation -- but The Cohen…
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The Sea Wolf
Now restored to perfection, this genuine classic hasn't been seen intact for way over sixty years. Michael Curtiz and Robert Rossen adapt…
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T-Men — Special Edition
Found: a must-see Film noir in all its brutal glory, restored to a level of quality not seen in years. Anthony Mann…
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Lost Horizon (1937)
It's a wonder movie from the 1930s, a political fantasy that imagines a Utopia of peace and kindness hidden away in a…
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Superman: The Movie – 2 Film Collection
I guess there are plenty of adults now too young to remember when Christopher Reeve made his debut as The Man of…
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Portrait of Jennie
David O. Selznick's marvelous romantic fantasy ode to Jennifer Jones was almost wholly unappreciated back in 1948. It's one of those peculiar…
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Avanti!
Need a break from violence, misery, and injustice? Or maybe just the network TV news? Billy Wilder's last great comic romance is…
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Big Business Girl
What does a working girl have to do to get ahead, when all she has in her favor is an incredible face,…
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The Lure
No jokes about fish and visitors please -- Agnieszka Smoczyńska's horror fantasy musical is indeed about delectable creatures from the deep, but…