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1776: Director's Cut (Blu-ray Review)   15 Jun, 2015

The 4K restoration of this somewhat underappreciated flop, an adaptation of the Tony-winning...More>>

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42nd Street (Blu-ray Review)   11 May, 2015

The movie that established Busby Berkeley as a major force is just what one would hope a pioneer...More>>

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Alice Through the Looking Glass (DVD Review)   8 Feb, 2010

You can’t get too snarky over an oddity for the ages that casts Jimmy Durante as Humpty Dumpty....More>>

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All That Jazz (Blu-ray Review)   8 Sep, 2014

'Jazz' is probably the only musical with graphic footage of open-heart surgery. Protagonist Joe...More>>

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Anything Goes (DVD Review)   28 Mar, 2011

What we have in this most welcome release isn’t an 'Anything Goes' for purists, but it ought to...More>>

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Athena (DVD Review)   1 Aug, 2011

This is a handsome release, and there are some raw musical outtakes included that are fun to watch.More>>

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Band Wagon, The (Blu-ray Review)   30 Mar, 2015

In a kind of daring move roughly around the two-thirds mark, story considerations get scrapped...More>>

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Beauty and the Beast (2017) (Blu-ray Review)   2 Jun, 2017

This new 'Beauty and the Beast' is mostly the animated movie in a live-action form, with a few new...More>>

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Bedknobs and Broomsticks: Enchanted Musical Edition (DVD Review)   2 Sep, 2009

The biggest difference between this new DVD edition of 'Bedknobs and Broomsticks' and the 2001 30th...More>>

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Bells Are Ringing (Blu-ray Review)   20 Feb, 2017

For such a frequently ingratiating movie, Vincente Minnelli’s ‘Bells Are Ringing’ exudes an...More>>

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Bing Crosby: The Television Specials Vol. One (DVD Review)   31 May, 2010

Bing Crosby was unquestionably the most important American entertainer from the first half of the...More>>

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Bye Bye Birdie (Blu-ray Review)   3 Sep, 2012

Ann-Margaret’s seminal role cast her as a storybook teen in Central Ohio selected from thousands...More>>

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Carmen Jones (Blu-ray Review)   13 Jan, 2014

Carmen Jones was something else: color, CinemaScope (at almost exactly the one-year anniversary of...More>>

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Cover Girl (Blu-ray Review)   23 Jul, 2012

The production numbers here are good, and a couple of them are even better than that, but the...More>>

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Damsel in Distress, A (DVD Review)   18 Jul, 2011

A spotty curio with big league compensations, 'A Damsel in Distress' merits at least mild affection...More>>

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Deep in My Heart (Blu-ray Review)   16 Nov, 2015

A last-ditch effort to rekindle its ’40s commercial successes with all-star composer biopics,...More>>

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Desert Song, The (DVD Review)   6 Oct, 2014

This isn’t a movie that emboldens one to go to the mat even in a fixed wrestling match, but it is...More>>

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Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog (DVD Review)   26 May, 2009

What is that indelible quality that makes ardent fans want to embrace anything Joss Whedon creates?More>>

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Fantasia & Fantasia 2000: 2-Movie Collection Special Edition (Blu-ray Review)   19 Nov, 2010

While the films look amazing in high-definition, the real selling point of this 'Fantasia'...More>>

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Funny Face (Blu-ray Review)   21 Apr, 2014

One of the most beautiful-looking movies ever to come out of Hollywood, Funny Face benefits from...More>>

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