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Paris Blues (Blu-ray Review)   28 Jul, 2014

Martin Ritt’s star-powered drama from Marlon Brando’s production company is one of the first...More>>

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Brannigan (Blu-ray Review)   28 Jul, 2014

In this cinematic nut job, John Wayne plays a Chicago detective who heads to London to track down a...More>>

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Caught (Blu-ray Review)   21 Jul, 2014

Here’s another example of what used to be called a “woman’s picture,” in which Barbara Bel...More>>

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Big Chill, The (Blu-ray Review)   20 Jul, 2014

Lawrence Kasdan's 'The Big Chill' gets a sparkling Blu-ray edition showcasing its soundtrack of...More>>

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Noah (Blu-ray Review)   18 Jul, 2014

For whatever ways director Darren Aronofsky’s 'Noah' strays from the biblical tale, at least it...More>>

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Woman’s World (DVD Review)   14 Jul, 2014

One cannot be oblivious to the reality that 'Woman’s World' portrays a universe that must seem...More>>

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All That Heaven Allows (Blu-ray Review)   30 Jun, 2014

The best Douglas Sirk movies are domestic social commentaries couched as visually sumptuous soap...More>>

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Masters of Sex: Season One (Blu-ray Review)   24 Jun, 2014

Several shows have attempted to emulate the “Mad Men” formula of exploring modern themes...More>>

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Breaking Bad: The Complete Series (Blu-ray Review)   18 Jun, 2014

Fans of “Breaking Bad” who don’t already have the show on disc from its individual seasons...More>>

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Test Pilot (DVD Review)   16 Jun, 2014

A huge one in its day that has somehow never before gotten a DVD release, this exercise in...More>>

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True Detective (Blu-ray Review)   7 Jun, 2014

HBO’s “True Detective” is pretty much what one would expect of a show from the network:...More>>

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Forever Amber (DVD Review)   2 Jun, 2014

Otto Preminger’s sumptuously mounted adaptation of Kathleen Winsor’s once scandalous...More>>

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Public Defender, The (DVD Review)   26 May, 2014

Despite it having come out during the Hoover Administration, we could be talking about a movie from...More>>

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Coogan's Bluff (Blu-ray Review)   19 May, 2014

This German Blu-ray release of director Don Siegel’s amusingly trashy sociopath-out-of-water...More>>

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Pompeii (3D Blu-ray Review)   16 May, 2014

As it turns out, the volcano doesn’t explode until 67 minutes into the film’s easily manageable...More>>

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Up the Junction (Blu-ray Review)   12 May, 2014

A curiosity at best, this rather handsome color release stars Suzy Kendall as a rich girl who runs...More>>

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Double Indemnity (Blu-ray Review)   5 May, 2014

The Blu-ray of this increasingly durable version of James M. Cain’s novel is the visually darkest...More>>

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Riot in Cell Block 11 (Blu-ray Review)   5 May, 2014

The backstory to this example of what used to be called a “shaky-A” is probably a little more...More>>

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King of Comedy, The (Blu-ray Review)   28 Apr, 2014

This discomforting film from Martin Scorsese absolutely nails the show-biz nerd subculture,...More>>

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Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (Blu-ray Review)   28 Apr, 2014

This is the one Sam Peckinpah movie, according to the director himself, that he got to make without...More>>

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