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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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Labor Day (Blu-ray Review)   25 Apr, 2014

Adapted from the 2009 novel by Joyce Maynard, Jason Reitman’s 'Labor Day' is an intimate...More>>

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Men in War (Blu-ray Review)   21 Apr, 2014

Gritty and even brutal for its day, 'Men in War' is one of the better and grownup combat movies of...More>>

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Swimmer, The (Blu-ray Review)   14 Apr, 2014

Imperfect as it is, this troubled adaptation of the deservedly famous John Cheever short story is...More>>

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Practice: The Final Season, The (DVD Review)   9 Apr, 2014

In fact, this final season of “The Practice” is essentially the real first season of “Boston...More>>

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Conrack (Blu-ray Review)   7 Apr, 2014

The feel-good message of 'Conrack' steers clear of white-guy-helps-a-bunch-of-black-kids clichés....More>>

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Side Out (DVD Review)   3 Apr, 2014

Combining the simplistic character beats of a teen angst comedy with the clichéd plotting of a...More>>

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Front, The (Blu-ray Review)   31 Mar, 2014

There’s surprising humor to be had in this very grown-up look-back at the early 1950s Hollywood...More>>

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Here Comes the Navy (DVD Review)   24 Mar, 2014

This movie is a natural for buffs of naval history, and much of the backdrop action involves...More>>

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Wolf of Wall Street, The (Blu-ray Review)   21 Mar, 2014

Director Martin Scorsese masterfully molds the excesses of wealth and the lives of stock brokers...More>>

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Eddy Duchin Story, The (Blu-ray Review)   17 Mar, 2014

This film about society pianist Eddy Duchin was rated one of the best biopics of the era, ...More>>

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What Price Hollywood? (DVD Review)   17 Mar, 2014

This David O. Selznick-George Cukor collaboration is a still-relevant, unofficial first screen...More>>

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American Hustle (Blu-ray Review)   12 Mar, 2014

Viewers looking to spend some time in the disco era hanging out with a cast of ‘A’-list stars...More>>

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King of the Hill (Blu-ray Review)   10 Mar, 2014

Based on the adolescence look-back memoir of writer A.E. Hotchner, King of the Hill is one of the...More>>

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