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The Jetsons: The Complete Original Series
In 1962 Kennedy’s New Frontier was in full effect – the country was still celebrating John Glenn’s heroics and Disney’s Tomorrowland had proved…
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Parasite 3-D
Nope, this isn't the new Bong Joon-ho movie, but a 3-D oldie from 1982. Although it's by no means a great picture,…
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The Lavender Hill Mob
They're 'The Men Who Broke the Bank and Lost the Cargo!' Alec Guinness and Stanley Holloway shine in one of the funniest…
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Time Without Pity
Joseph Losey's fortunes as an expatriate director took an upswing with this efficient, nervous and somewhat overcooked thriller with a daunting ticking-bomb…
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ROBERT FORSTER 1941-2019
By all accounts, at least the ones I’ve heard, leading man/character actor Robert Forster, who passed away this weekend, was, despite his…
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Hercules in the Haunted World
Mario Bava excelled with at least five super sword 'n' sandal pictures -- shooting two Hercules classics and directing two viking sagas…
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Häxan
Fine art joins forces with the dark arts in Häxan, an impeccably crafted docu-drama with the lurid kick of an exploitation film.…
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Man of a Thousand Faces
Now that we can read the real story of the great silent actor and makeup magician Lon Chaney, the inaccuracies are fairly…
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The Fearless Vampire Killers
Some movies just don't get the respect they deserve, which cues pushy reviewers to sing their praises. Forget everything you've read and…
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Ida Lupino Filmmaker Collection
More than a movie star: America's one female Hollywood director working in the 1950s receives a four-title boxed set well worth the…
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Holocaust
This four part, eight hour miniseries turns the fate of a family of German Jews into a sprawling drama that covers all…
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The Letter
It's the formidable Bette Davis once again, in yet another superior William Wyler picture. The Somerset Maugham play is a classy vehicle…
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Sesame Street 50 Years and Counting
An American institution turns fifty, and the disc release to mark the event is a very long (almost six hours) compendium of…
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My Favorite Year
Nat King Cole’s shimmering version of Stardust, Rockefeller Plaza surrounded by wide-brimmed hats and two-toned Buicks – the first three minutes of…
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Whirlpool (1949)
Otto Preminger and Gene Tierney's return to the noir fold plays better now than it once did -- the performances are impressive…
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Election
In times of political malfeasance, when corruption and self-aggrandizement is the rule of law, political satire can be a tonic or a…
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The System (The Girl-Getters)
England's swingin' '60s were more than A Hard Day's Night, the Mersey Beat and slapstick in the street with Rita Tushingham. Michael…
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Gremlins 4K Ultra HD
The exclusive 4K Ultra-HD club welcomes a worthy new member, Joe Dante's evergreen horror comedy (and Christmas delight) about a cute furry…
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Popeye the Sailor: The 1940s – Volume 3
E. C. Segar’s Popeye made his newspaper debut in 1929 and his first animated appearance in 1933 with Max Fleischer’s Popeye the Sailor.…
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The Major and the Minor
This can't-lose comedy is ace writer-director Billy Wilder's first solo directing credit; he and writing partner Charles Brackett concoct a side-splitting crowdpleaser…
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The Tall Men
The legendary director Raoul Walsh hits The Big Trail one more time for a CinemaScope & stereophonic 'big star' cattle drive movie,…
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The Mind Benders
This strange picture goes forth in search of a genre, mainly because its theme -- the destruction of the human personality --…
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Local Hero
Beginning with the aptly named That Sinking Feeling in 1979, the Scottish filmmaker Bill Forsyth has produced comedies whose bittersweet humor barely concealed the hurt.…
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Touchez pas au grisbi
'Hands off the Loot!' Jacques Becker's crackling Paris crime tale is a time machine to an age of Parisian tough guys in…
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Jezebel
Which Bette Davis movies qualify for greatness? Her flawed character in this costume picture doesn't conquer all, and it's historically more…