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You know, it's ridiculous (and somewhat embarassing) how many times over the years I've listened to Bernard Herrmann's score for Garden of Evil, and yet, until tonight, had never actually seen the movie! Not only was I smitten by the crazy thing* - have already watched it twice - but thought...

Another TT title that - rather surprisingly - remained unseen until this Blu-ray Charles. In 1971, I was just another grubbing university student, catching most of my film fare via free campus screenings. After that, it just fell through the cracks...not even a rental along the way. Which is...

...to which I'd like to file under "marvelously quirky acting", the fascinating work of Mr. Robert Wagner as the prodigal son. I can scarcely believe I just wrote that. I mean, we all have our petty, irrational dislikes when it comes to certain performers - nothing specifically wrong with their...

Not a bad batting average Kevin. Any dough in the pools? My own picks were less prescient (and less profitable), except for Rylance, whom I stubbornly stuck with when all around me were saying "No way; it's going to be a career roll-up for Stallone" Well, "Nyah, Nyah." My other outlier pick...

...hopefully on the "Ultimate Trip" "beyond the infinite" for a certain film's 50th Anniversary in 2018.

<picayune> My petty fiddling with TT's packaging started and stopped with those squared-off blue cases. I replaced those en masse with standard blue Elites. Haven't touched the clear cases though, and won't, since all of TT's recent titles have double-sided inserts with photos better served by...

Another one that jumped off the page for me was The Member of the Wedding. Never seen it; know nada about it. But with Fred Zinneman directing Julie Harris and Ethel Waters in a script by the Anhalts, plus another early Alex North score (same year as his wonderful work on Pony Soldier)...well...

When I saw what Fox did with their remastering of TT's recent Broken Lance, my fingers were crossed that Garden of Evil wouldn't be far behind. Early 2.55:1 'Scope, with more Richard Widmark, plus another Herrmann at Fox score isolated...they got me on all fronts with this baby.

It was around '65/'66 when I began taking day trips by train to Toronto to catch the roadshows...especially 70mm releases. Prior to that, in the small Eastern Ontario city I grew up in we typically waited up to a year to see these pictures...and then in 35mm only...more often than not cut. Once...

According to my best available sources, Hawaii cost an estimated $15 million and grossed $35 million, with a mere $15 million in domestic rentals. Even today, that B.O. ratio would be considered at best "underperforming", or just as likely a tin-plated "flop". So I thought I was being kind by...

Historical context is important though Rick. I mean, we're talking about mid 60s pop movies, which, in those days, had one predominant trajectory...Reserved Seat Roadshow (for the anointed few)...Wide Theatrical Release (for everything else)...the ABC/CBS/NBC [fill-in-the-blank] Night at the...

I haven't seen this yet, but all other 'perfect world' considerations aside, MGM's out of print DVD still fetches upwards of $20.00...used...and it's 2.35:1 letterboxed! Considering that sorry alternative, I can't imagine TT's release not being an improvement.

Ironically, up here in the great white, unshrinkwrapped slipcovers are the rule rather than the exception, especially with first run new releases. But with no sensormatic tagging of the slip itself, some unscrupulous collectors simply pilfer the slipcover and either tuck it away until the price...

Somebody please school me on this HDR thing. If the 4k UHD TV display engine supports HDR, then wouldn't the set itself provide at least some of the benefits of such processing when upscaling from standard Blu-ray discs? Or is HDR only as good as the weakest link in the playback/display chain...

While we're on the subject of 'truth in advertising', Paramount's first UHD catalogue title should be this. :lol: