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Netflix Slips, Belfast Ascends: The 2022 Streaming Wars Commence
It’s that time again, dear readers: the Streaming Wars have kicked off in 2022! Throughout 2021, as you will no doubt recall…
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 4K (2011)
This 2011 theatrical remake of John le Carré's spy classic is a happy surprise -- it's every bit as distinctive and accomplished…
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Stingray: The Complete Series Deluxe Edition
If nothing else, Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s Stingray should be celebrated for inspiring Team America: World Police, the gonzo marionettes-on-the-make political satire…
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Even More Movies You Never Heard Of
Sometimes movies escape our attention, for many reasons. We were busy with other things, we were sick when it was released, we…
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Walker
Alex Cox attacks the Reagan years with a political tale sung in the key of the Italo Spaghetti Western: expect plenty of…
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China Gate
The messy politics of the Indo-China War didn't confuse writer-director Samuel Fuller; as the machine gun- toting Nat King Cole snarls, hating…
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Fit for a King
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Miracle in Milan
Still believe in the goodness of people? Still hold out hope for the future? If so this is one picture…
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You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man
Charlie McCarthy was W.C. Fields’ most formidable antagonist—a wide-eyed charmer with a bright (not to mention permanent) smile, Charlie was everything the…
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Conquest of Space
George Pal's ill-fated 'future docu' followup to Destination Moon still stirs the imagination, rendering in vivid Technicolor the visionary images that amazed…
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Hester Street
Every breakout independent hit seems like a miracle. This delightful 'little' picture was fated to be ghetto-ized into ethnic theaters before its…
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Edgar G. Ulmer Sci-Fi Collection
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The Whistle at Eaton Falls
TCM premiered a welcome restoration of this honorable Louis de Rochemont drama last year, and now it's on a pristine-quality Blu-ray. Almost…
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Oscar Heavies Storm The March JustWatch Top 10
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the big nominees for the 94th annual Academy Awards stormed the JustWatch streaming charts last month. The biggest movie since…
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The Apartment 4K
Writer-director Billy Wilder's favorite and perhaps best movie takes the leap to 4K, revealing even more beauty in the images of Joseph…
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Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 3
There may still be people unaware of the anarchic joy of Tex Avery, so we're making it our business to enlighten them.…
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Down 3 Dark Streets
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Captains of the Clouds
Michael Curtiz's flashy and splashy wartime morale booster began as a pre-Pearl Harbor show of support of our Canadian friends' contribution to…
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Broken Lullaby
The lasting horror of war is the blight it leaves on the lives of those left behind. Early sound pictures tried to…
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Countercultural Appropriation
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Ordinary People
This celebrated dysfunctional family story won four Oscars, the most deserved easily being Alvin Sargent's superb adapted screenplay. The viewer buzz initially…
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Le cercle rouge 4K
Jean-Pierre Melville in 4K? That's an inviting idea. All of Melville crime pictures are memorable, and this is one of his best-remembered,…
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The Oscars As Popularity Contest: A JustWatch List
The Academy Awards are rarely a popularity contest these days. This year, outside of Dune, none of the big-budgeted blockbuster hits of…
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Shakedown 1950
There's always somebody new in the rat race trenches whose motto is 'how to make friends and deceive people.' Howard Duff's photographer…
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RoboCop 4K
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