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This may have appeared elsewhere, but besides being underwhelmed by Artisan's hazy "digital remastering" of various Laurel & Hardy shorts -- which should look much better than this -- I also noticed something very disturbing: "Sons of the Desert" appears to have stock music tracked into the...

DVD Review – The Long Ships Director, Jack Cardiff; Producer, Irving Allen; Screenplay, Berkely Mather and Beverley Cross, based on the novel by Frans Bengtsson; Director of Photography, Christopher Challis; Art Directors, Vlastimir Gavrik and Zoran Zorcic; Editor, Geoffrey Foot; Music, Dusan...

To answer a few questions: Yes, I also received The Great Dictator, The Gold Rush, and Limelight. I'll be going through those over the next few days. I've also just received The Long Ships, The Mouse That Roared, and Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River, and will somehow try and cram...

DVD Review – Modern Times Director, Producer, and Screenplay, Charles Chaplin; Directors of Photography, Ira Morgan and Rollie Totheroh; Art Directors, Charles D. Hall and Henry Bergman; Editor, Charles Chaplin; Music, Charles Chaplin. Cast: Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Henry Bergman...

Here it is again, folks.... DVD Review – Christ in Concrete Director, Edward Dmytryk; Producers, Nat A. Bronsten and Rod E. Geiger; Screenplay, Ben Barzman, based on the book by Pietro di Donato; Director of Photography, C.M. Pennington-Richards; Art Director, Alex Vetchinsky; Editor, John...

DVD Review – Gangs of New York Director, Martin Scorsese; Producers, Alberto Grimaldi and Harvey Weinstein; Screenplay, Jay Cocks, Steve Zaillian and Kenneth Lonergan, based on a story by Jay Cocks; Director of Photography, Michael Ballhaus; Art Director, Dante Ferretti; Editor, Thelma...

Good questions about the "muttering" -- that's something I should have addressed in the review. The answer is most but not all the mutterings are subtitled. There is no French audio track nor are there French subtitles, alas. Considering that HTF has readers from around the world, I...

DVD Review – Popeye Director, Robert Altman; Producer, Robert Evans; Screenplay, Jules Feiffer, based on the comic strip by EC Segar; Director of Photography, Giuseppe Rotunno; Art Director, Wolf Kroeger; Editors, John W. Holmes and David A. Simmons; Music & Lyrics, Harry Nilsson. Cast: Robin...

DVD Review – Giant Director, George Stevens; Producers, Henry Ginsberg and George Stevens; Screenplay, Fred Guiol and Ivan Moffat, based on the book by Edna Ferber; Director of Photography, William C. Mellor; Art Director, Boris Leven; Editor, William Hornbeck; Music, Dimitri Tiomkin. Cast...

DVD Review – Murphy’s War Director, Peter Yates; Producer, Michael Deeley; Screenplay, Stirling Silliphant, based on the book by Max Catto; Director of Photography, Douglas Slocombe; Art Director, Disley Jones; Editors, John Glen and Frank P. Keller; Music, John Barry and Ken Thorne. Cast...

DVD Review – The Desperate Hours Producer and Director, William Wyler; Screenplay, Joseph Hayes, based on his novel and play; Director of Photography, Lee Garmes; Art Director, J. McMillan Johnson; Editor, Robert Swink; Music, Gail Kubik. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Fredric March, Arthur Kennedy...

Look for reviews of both later tonight . . . . Stuart Galbraith IV

DVD Review – Jaws III Director, Joe Alves; Executive Producers, Alan Landsburg and Howard Lipstone; Screenplay, Richard Matheson and Carl Gottlieb, based on a story by Guerdon Trueblood; Director of Photography, James A. Contner; Art Directors, Paul Eads and Woody Mackintosh; Editors, Corky...

DVD Review – Chisum Executive Producer, Michael Wayne; Producer and Screenplay, Andrew J. Fenady; Director, Andrew V. McLaglen; Director of Photography, William H. Clothier; Art Director, Carl Anderson; Editor, Robert Simpson; Music, Dominic Frontiere. Cast: John Wayne, Forrest Tucker...

DVD Review – Is Paris Burning? Director, Rene Clement; Producer, Paul Graetz; Screenplay, Francis Ford Coppola and Gore Vidal, based on the book by Larry Collins and Dominique LaPierre; Director of Photography, Marcel Grignon; Art Director, Willy Holt; Editor, Robert Lawrence; Music, Maurice...