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Revenge of the Blood Beast
It’s back into the genre argument pits with the interesting director Michael Reeves. Reeves has persisted as a cult figure far longer…
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David and Bathsheba
Right in the middle of WW2, 20th Fox struck religious pay dirt with two respectful religion-themed movies, one about a miracle and…
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Something Wild (1961)
After writing up an earlier MOD disc release of the 1961 movie Something Wild, I received a brief but welcome email note…
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The Accountant
Comic book action thrillers are so influential today, that more naturalistic suspense thrillers are giving way under the strain. Just winding up…
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The Keys of the Kingdom
The Twilight Time label has access to much of the Fox library, and draws from the vault what’s been fully restored and…
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The Barefoot Contessa
As a teenager, many of my first and strongest movie impressions came not from the movies, but from certain critics. I memorized…
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The Internecine Project
Don’t let the ugly Italian poster art on the disc box throw you — The Internecine Project is a clever plot-driven murder…
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Battleground
“The Guts, Gags and Glory of a Lot of Wonderful Guys!” — say, what kind of movie is this, anyway? Action movies…
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The People vs. Fritz Bauer
What happens when a prosecutor tracks down one of the most evil criminals of the century, only to find that politics and…
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His Girl Friday / The Front Page
The restoration of a newly rediscovered director's cut of the 1931 The Front Page prompts this two-feature comedy disc -- Lewis Milestone's…
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The Driller Killer
It's icky, drippy and grindingly gross -- and will make your forehead itch -- but Abel Ferrara's Bowery-set dime store horror opus…
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Wait Until Dark
Is this a genuine classic? I think so. Sure, it's the old story of the blind girl in jeopardy, but it's been…
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‘Pimpernel’ Smith
How could England have won the war without him? Horatio Smith sneaks about in Nazi Germany, liberating concentration camp inmates right under…
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Loophole (1981)
It sounds like a winner -- Albert Finney and Martin Sheen team up for a daring subterranean bank robbery in the heart…
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Deepwater Horizon
Does your memory go as far back as 2010, or have too many catastrophes and cataclysms blurred your vision? Peter Berg's tense…
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50 Years with Peter Paul and Mary
The immensely popular singing trio provides an extremely pleasant eighty minutes of musical nostalgia - with plenty of full-length performances but also…
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Bad Day at Black Rock
Don't mess with the one-armed man -- did you know that at 56 years, Spencer Tracy could whup Ernest Borgnine to a…
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Sully
The story didn't end with the Miracle in the Hudson — hero pilot Sully Sullenberger is tried by an investigative committee. Clint…
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The 3 Worlds of Gulliver
Ray Harryhausen eases up for his second color Dynamation feature, restricting the stop-motion and instead utilizing traveling mattes to make a more…
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Dreamscape
One of the better-remembered '80s sci-fi horror thrillers is back in an improved Blu-ray with a pile of extras. Dennis Quaid gets…
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DVD Savant 2016 Favored Disc Roundup
or, Savant picks The Most Impressive Discs of 2016 Above, from 1989: In Bronson Caverns, Savant and the intrepid Todd Stribich encounter…
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Federico Fellini’s Roma
Federico Fellini's best non-narrative feature is an intoxicating meta-travelogue, not just of the Eternal City but the director's idea of Rome past…
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I Want to Live!
It's a powerful plea against the death penalty, but also an Oscar bid for a fiery actress. And don't forget the cool…
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100 Rifles
A big, loud, lusty western battle movie with sexy stars and zero brains, this was a big hit back in '69, just…
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Brazil (1944)
Good neighbor policy? Wartime exigencies inspired an intra-hemisphere cultural exchange, with the movies seizing on the new popularity of Latin music. Republic's…
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The House on 92nd Street
Just what is the dreaded 'Process 97'? Henry Hathaway's docu-drama combined newsreel 'reality' with a true espionage story from the files of…