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The Deep
Peter Benchley's follow-up to Jaws is a treasure hunt thriller starring Robert Shaw and filmed in the pearly waters off Bermuda. The…
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Dark Intruder
Produced in 1965, Universal Pictures intended Dark Intruder for television but when NBC executives screened the film they took a pass—set in…
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The Parallax View
Paranoia strikes deep! Alan J. Pakula made THE Watergate-era conspiracy creepshow in this sinister extrapolation of political trends. Warren Beatty's investigative reporter…
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Christopher Plummer R.I.P.
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Columbia Noir #2
The UK disc purveyors Powerhouse Indicator are back with a second installment of Region B Film Noir goodies from the darker end…
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A Tale of Two Cities
Few '30s classics have held up as well as this MGM blockbuster, a costume thriller that in spirit is quite faithful to…
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Giant from the Unknown
¡Ai Caramba! The best movie ever made about a killer Spanish Conquistador from beyond the grave (!) is probably the most satisfying…
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Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 2
With their bawdy gags and come-hither chorus girls, Tex Avery’s cartoons might seem better suited to the burlesque stage than a movie…
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Southland Tales
It takes too many words to properly describe Richard Kelly's followup to Donnie Darko, but the oversized dystopian sci-fi epic just might…
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Room for One More
Cary Grant and co-star/missus Betsy Drake do honor to the 'family picture’ genre -- with a filmic boost to child foster programs…
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Cloris Leachman R.I.P.
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Tough Guys
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Wings of the Hawk 3-D
All hail Blu-ray 3-D ... a format still hanging on as one of the best features of home theater. Budd Boetticher's trim…
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Mouchette
France's Robert Bresson's theory about a 'pure' cinema defies basic rules of the movie mainstream -- like, 'no acting allowed.' But his…
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PVT Chat
From the moment we first encounter unwell online gambler “Blackjack” Jack (Peter Vack), he is a cheerful loose cannon. In this case,…
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The Kiss Before the Mirror
James Whale’s The Kiss Before the Mirror opens on familiar terrain for the director of Frankenstein—a moon-lit backroad littered with crooked trees…
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The Bride with White Hair
Lee Broughton returns with a critique of Hong Kong filmmaker Ronny Yu's magical, mystical and martial arts-laden reimagining of William Shakespeare's Romeo…
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The Galbraith Puppetoon Interview
It’s a guest article by author and long-time associate Stuart Galbraith IV, an interview with Arnold Leibovit, the man behind an impressive,…
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Tremors 4K
This 1990 monster romp still feels bright, smart & fresh, a mix of light comedy and old-fashioned scares. The entire show is…
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The Pajama Game
New superlatives are needed to express just how good is this wonderful Americana musical from the 1950s boom years. The Broadway creator…
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Essential Film Noir Collection 1
Viavision's first deluxe Film Noir boxed set gives us four titles that emphasize star power -- Glenn Ford, Ray Milland, Kirk Douglas…
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Getting Small
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I Start Counting
The disturbing British coming-of-age thriller I Start Counting (1970), starring Jenny Agutter, makes its US Blu-ray debut on a pristine remastered Region…
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And Hope to Die
Director René Clément brings an entertainingly eccentric David Goodis crime story to the screen in high style. A big score is being…
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Cinema Paradiso 4K
Giuseppe Tornatore's romantic ode to the movies charmed America, convincing theater-goers that little Italian kids are the cutest in the world. Little…