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Ultimate Gangsters Collection: Classics
A Warners reissue puts the cream of American gangster epics within easy reach, and at a better price. Robinson, Cagney and Bogart…
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Quatermass 2
The second Quatermass adventure sees Brian Donlevy's pushy Professor singlehandedly quash a totalitarian takeover of England in just 36 hours -- an…
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H.M.S. Defiant
We're always interested in movies about ships, and Lewis Gilbert's accomplished Napoleonic battle epic is back in a Region B disc with…
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Fire Maidens of Outer Space
Modest Z-picture Sci-fi groaners are an American staple, but this English effort is just as desperate. Landing on a moon of Jupiter,…
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Splendor in the Grass
William Inge's intense drama of teenage angst comes to HD with rich Technicolor hues. Elia Kazan's film has only improved, with performances…
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The Adventures of Antoine Doinel
Is he a feisty French everyman or a selfish jerk?  :Are we talking about the fictional character Antoine Doinel, or the actor…
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Shane
Resuming his career after WW2, George Stevens assumed the mantle of Hollywood's most serious producer-director. His 'super-western' is a beautiful piece of…
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His Kind of Woman
Howard Hughes' meddling fingerprints are all over this resort-set noir thriller. Even with RKO's dynamite stars Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell above…
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Executive Suite
When the big boss croaks, veepees maneuver to take the top slot in a furniture company. Ernest Lehman's first big screenplay was…
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The Big Heat
Crime fighting gets personal in Fritz Lang's progressive police vengeance saga. It's Glenn Ford as an ex-cop against the mob, and his…
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Danger: Diabolik
Mario Bava's big-scale fumetti adaptation hits 4K, an event of major interest in the fantasy fan-scape. John Phillip Law, Marisa Mell and…
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The Stuff
Let's clear up a common misconception. Unlike The Blob, 'The Stuff' doesn't eat you. You Eat It ... and then it eats…
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Gwen
And now for something completely different -- an art-film creation that's a surreal delight. Jean-François Laguionie's allegorical animated fable extends what conventional,…
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I, Madman
Reissued for the delight of '80s horror fans is Tibor Takács' and Randall William Cook's ode to bibliophile terror, subcategory facial mutilation.…
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Cheyenne
We didn't know that this seven-season success had racked up so many 'TV firsts' on its scoreboard. Clint Walker clicked with America…
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Unknown World
Take a cinematic trip 2,500 miles into the depths of the Earth, courtesy of a Cold War- era retelling of Jules Verne.…
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Some Like It Hot
A second 4K release for the Billy Wilder-I.A.L. Diamond classic? Yes, but the advantage goes to the extras, which include unique input…
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The Gentle Gunman
What a terrible title ... but it does describe a playwright's effort to solve the 'Ireland problem' with a single cheerful thriller…
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Sabrina
This gem is too charming to ever become old or creaky; a new viewing confirms it as a pleasing confection for Audrey…
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Black Bag
Steven Soderbergh fashions a thinking-fan's spy picture about the hunt for a traitor among a group of agents that socialize together. Married…
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Midnight
This gem of a romantic comedy is as fresh now as it was 86 years ago. Mitchell Leisen's lightest farce is also…
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Law and Order
What a surprise ... an early sound western that's solid gold genre entertainment. John Huston adapted W.R. Burnett's violent retelling of the…
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Three Comrades
Filmed in the high MGM style, this polished tragic romance stars Robert Taylor, Franchot Tone and Robert Young as Germans having a…
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Oliver!
One of the more prestigious '60s movie musicals was this extremely popular roadshow item, but late-career director Carol Reed wasn't treated kindly…
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Dark City
Let's go back to the days of 'The Matrix' when the newfangled CGI toolbox was employed to visualize virtual Sci-fi fantasy dystopias,…
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007 James Bond Sean Connery 6-Film Collection — 4K
It's a 'first look' review: we've managed to borrow a copy of the 4K remasters of the Sean Connery 007 blockbusters. The…