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High School Confidential (Blu-ray Review)   1 Sep, 2014

This pot-inevitably-leads-to-heroin exposé howler often has enough going for it not to be one of...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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So This Is New York (Blu-ray Review)   14 Jul, 2014

'So This Is New York' has one of the two big-screen roles that radio humorist Henry Morgan ever...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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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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Young at Heart (Blu-ray Review)   14 Apr, 2014

Frank Sinatra’s first post-comeback romantic lead deserves attention even today, though the...More>>

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Cry Danger (Blu-ray Review)   7 Apr, 2014

Like a lot of noirs from the era, this one affords some welcome location work, which often times...More>>

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Bells of St. Mary's, The (Blu-ray Review)   18 Nov, 2013

Leo McCarey’s Oscar-winning 'Going My Way' for Paramount was the most popular movie released...More>>

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Plunder Road (Blu-ray Review)   21 Oct, 2013

This is hardly a film to be oversold, but it easily fills the bill if you like your ‘50s cinema...More>>

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Big Combo, The (Blu-ray Review)   30 Sep, 2013

As gold standards go, Jean Wallace comes pretty close to filling the bill as noir’s definitive...More>>

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Shack Out on 101 (Blu-ray Review)   23 Sep, 2013

A Communist-conspiracy spy drama (or spy comedy, who knows?) set in a Pacific highway...More>>

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Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (Blu-ray Review)   9 Sep, 2013

Based on a novel by Horace McCoy, this is an extremely zippy chunk of nastiness from James...More>>

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God's Little Acre (Blu-ray Review)   26 Aug, 2013

Olive’s prints are no-frills affairs, but what we get here are the fruits of a nice UCLA Archives...More>>

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Shark! (Blu-ray Review)   8 Jul, 2013

The picture is hardly any lost treasure (which, as a matter of fact, is what motivates the...More>>

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Dark Command (Blu-ray Review)   24 Jun, 2013

For a Republic release that began showing up on TV when Eisenhower was still president, Olive’s...More>>

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File on Thelma Jordon, The (Blu-ray Review)   17 Jun, 2013

There was never even a 'Thelma' VHS, so this one’s way overdue in getting a home release.More>>

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Champion (Blu-ray Review)   27 May, 2013

Kirk Douglas’ breakthrough performance in this 1949 boxing-pic landmark is still dynamic. More>>

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Men, The (Blu-ray Review)   20 May, 2013

The Olive print is nothing special, and I suspect the Blu-ray version brings little to the...More>>

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China Gate (Blu-ray Review)   22 Apr, 2013

Filmed during a kind of heyday for Samuel Fuller when the producer-director-writer found 20th...More>>

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Atomic Kid, The (Blu-ray Review)   15 Apr, 2013

Everything here is a lark, which is part of the movie’s demented fascination. More>>

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