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The Man Who Could Cheat Death
Hammer special editions are the craze in 2025, and another fine disc label gets in on the action with a vintage title…
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Watching the Dark
The 25 Greatest Horror Films of the Past Quarter Century, Part Two
Here’s the second installment of my list of the twenty-five greatest horror films from the past quarter century, starting from the bottom…
Blood of the Vines
Antz
Pairing wine with movies! See the trailers and hear the fascinating commentary for these movies, and many more, at Trailers From Hell.…
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Outland
Peter Hyams both wrote and directed this lavish 'space hardware' movie, set in an off-world mining colony of the future. The show…
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Malpertuis
In a strange house, strange people await a new spiritual life ... or will it be a new imprisonment? Orson Welles' Cassavius…
The Last Reel
The Last Reel: Are You Still Going To The Movies?
“What is this Last Reel?” Every new show needs an Origin Story. This one starts in March of 1974, when Fearless Leader Joe…
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Flow
A philosophical animated film about animals in peril? This thoughtfully conceived, beautifully-crafted winner for Best Animated Film gives us something new in…
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The Amazing Mr. X
It's part film noir, part haunted house movie and a 100% atmospheric triumph for director Bernard Vorhaus and cameraman John Alton. Eagle-Lion's…
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Remembering Diane Keaton
Pairing wine with movies! See the trailers and hear the fascinating commentary for these movies, and many more, at Trailers From Hell. …
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The Snow Queen: Treasures of Soviet Animation Vol 2
The Magnificent Ambersons, Blade Runner, Once Upon a Time in America, each a member of an unlucky fraternity: films disfigured by studio…
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Eyes without a Face
It was the impossible, intolerable taboo horror of its day ... does it still shock as it once did, or are audiences…
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Ms .45
An 'almost' icon and a vivid memory from the New York cinema front of the early '80s, Zoë Tamerlis graced exploitation screens…
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The Strange Woman
The independent-minded Hedy Lamarr put this 'Americana noir' into motion with director Edgar G. Ulmer and excellent talent on both sides of…
Watching the Dark
Bone Lake & Good Boy
Expectations in seeing a movie can make a lot of difference. When I saw the trailer for Bone Lake, I thought it…
Blood of the Vines
Rooms with Views
Pairing wine with movies! See the trailers and hear the fascinating commentary for these movies, and many more, at Trailers From Hell. …
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The Hard Way
Underdog Warners actress Ida Lupino could hold her head high, turning out pictures like this -- a Bette Davis reject that proved…
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Nate and Hayes
This New Zealand pirate adventure had bad luck theatrically, but we welcomed its old-fashioned thrills when it appeared on cable TV. It…
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The Cinema of Powell & Pressburger Collection One
This impressive import collection of 'Archers' pictures is just one classic after another, including three of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's Technicolor…
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The Quatermass Xperiment
Wonder of wonders -- Hammer's massive boxed sets seem unreasonable until one sees the depth and breadth of the extras. Nigel Kneale's…
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Remembering Claudia Cardinale
Pairing wine with movies! See the trailers and hear the fascinating commentary for these movies, and many more, at Trailers From Hell.…
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High and Low
Akira Kurosawa's modern crime masterpiece takes the leap to 4K. It's a kidnapping tale in a context of social friction -- the…
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Captain Kronos, Vampire Hunter – 4K
Having established itself as the Cadillac of contemporary gothic horror by the early 60s, Hammer Studios suddenly found itself staggering into the…
Watching the Dark
The 25 Greatest Horror Films of the Past Quarter Century, Part One
A quarter of the twenty-first century is almost over, and there has been no lack of quality horror, filmic or otherwise, during…
Blood of the Vines
Remembering Robert Redford
Pairing wine with movies! See the trailers and hear the fascinating commentary for these movies, and many more, at Trailers From Hell. …
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1984
Here we take a 'Missing on Blu' Review break thanks to the Public Domain availability of a show we aren't convinced was…