Reviews of drama DVDs and Blu-ray Discs.
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Death on the Diamond (DVD Review) 7 Dec, 2015
This MGM eye-roller about mass homicides during a pennant race is probably worth 71 minutes of any...More>>
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Hurricane, The (Blu-ray Review) 30 Nov, 2015
Director John Ford’s solemn tale of a Polynesian unfairly imprisoned by a French colonial...More>>
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Devil’s Disciple, The (Blu-ray Review) 23 Nov, 2015
'The Devil’s Disciple' is an engaging and indisputably all-star (if rather odd) screen take on...More>>
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Broken Lance (Blu-ray Review) 23 Nov, 2015
A revamping of the 1949 family-oriented banking drama 'House of Strangers' into a Western setting,...More>>
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One Deadly Summer (Blu-ray Review) 9 Nov, 2015
Ultimately, this revenge saga belongs to Isabelle Adjani and a vibrant “look” with a color...More>>
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Matchstick Men (Blu-ray Review) 9 Nov, 2015
When Nicolas Cage is good and has watchable material, he’s really good, such as his memorable...More>>
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Diary of a Lost Girl (Blu-ray Review) 2 Nov, 2015
If you think you’ve seen sordid, a characterization meant as a compliment, do not go through your...More>>
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Wind Across the Everglades (DVD Review) 2 Nov, 2015
This oddball directed mostly by Nicholas Ray (who was fired and replaced by writer Budd Schulberg)...More>>
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Beginning or the End, The (DVD Review) 26 Oct, 2015
'The Beginning or the End' does touch on a lot of important material (while leaving a lot out) and...More>>
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American Tragedy, An (DVD Review) 19 Oct, 2015
Josef von Sternberg’s only Paramount talkie not to star Marlene Dietrich attempted to adapt a...More>>
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Invisible Monster, The (Blu-ray Review) 12 Oct, 2015
It’s fun to see ‘The Invisible Monster’ getting a decent Blu-ray treatment, though it isn’t...More>>
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Fat City (Blu-ray Review) 28 Sep, 2015
John Huston’s unsentimental adaptation of Leonard Gardner’s still rhapsodically praised source...More>>
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House of Bamboo (Blu-ray Review) 7 Sep, 2015
Samuel Fuller reportedly studied up on his Japanese cinema before tackling this completely...More>>
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Kitty (DVD Review) 31 Aug, 2015
Generally regarded as the most successful vehicle that Paulette Goddard had to carry on her...More>>
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Scorpion: Season One (Blu-ray Review) 28 Aug, 2015
“Scorpion” adheres to a tried-and-true formula for episodic procedurals, with the twist being...More>>
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Day for Night (Blu-ray Review) 24 Aug, 2015
Francois Truffaut’s more joyous than ever love song to filmmaking (but most of all to film crews)...More>>
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Best of Everything, The (Blu-ray Review) 17 Aug, 2015
'The Best of Everything' is a novel that’s still talked about today, due to its time-capsule...More>>
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Big House, U.S.A. (Blu-ray Review) 17 Aug, 2015
Structurally, this unusually brutal-for-its-day toughie is something of an odd bird because (given...More>>
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Fabulous Baker Boys, The (Blu-ray Review) 10 Aug, 2015
Writer-director Steve Kloves’ close-to-unique sibling-rivalry story about a pair of second-tier...More>>
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He Ran All the Way (Blu-ray Review) 3 Aug, 2015
Pioneer “rebel” actor John Garfield might not be quite the cult figure he is today without the...More>>
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