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Watching the Screen Actors Guild tribute to those we lost last year reminded me that Laraine Day was among those who passed. Immediately after the show I fired up my off-air recording of The Locket, and my wife watched it with me for her first time. We deserve a proper R1 release.

I really look forward to Crime Wave because it was mentioned several times in the v.3 documentary. Maybe it is considered good marketing, but I found it irritating that they mentioned a film so many times that was not included in the collection or past volumes (in contrast to mentions of Murder...

Did anyone pick up the Ghost in the Shell SAC Complete 1st Season Box Set? I can't find anything regarding whether it collects the regular or limited (with DTS) editions as well as anything on extras. I've been holding off on the single discs waiting for the box set. I didn't realize it came out...

Yep, the 2nd disc included some but not all of the Singer video journals. Exactly where I purchased it, however, I'm afraid I can't remember.

I have the 2-disc Look, Up in the Sky SE (there was also a 1-disc regular edition), and it has different artwork (Routh only) than what's included in my ultimate collection (animated as well as Routh Supermans). But the new artwork I have doesn't really "match" the other discs. The Look...

This is exactly what I have done since volume 1. I might have to label some blank amarays. Now if a forum member were to photoshop some covers with nice spine labels . . . ?

"It's not who you are underneath, it's what you do that defines you." Our fount of wisdom: Rachel. She says this first to Bruce after the restaurant "swim."

Edit: Please ignore -- turned out the arrow keys do work. It's just hard to tell that the options are in fact being selected. The yellow coloring when an option is selected doesn't stand out much for me. And that's with my 60' HDTV. [Does anyone else have troubles the "Languages" submenu in...

My replacement experience here in Phoenix: Submitted webpage request 7/1; received mailer 7/6; mailed bad disc 7/8; received good disc 7/16.

Jim: You're not seeing the whole page. Not only is there is a "Submit" button at the bottom, but it comes after text boxes for zip code, country, phone, and where purchased. Try shrinking the text or a different browser?

How about a Region 3 Korean extended Superbit edition with DTS? Any such R3 precedent following an R1 extended release?

Scott, welcome back to the world of noir! In answer to your question, and to avoid this list's tendency to rehash earlier discussions :), I suggest you consult Robert's arc on 5 Greatest noirs-3 Historically important noirs-2 Otherwise interesting noir films. It started here...

Has anyone compared the PQ and SQ on the R2 Japanese versus the R3 Korean versions? I'm a lucky one with an all-region player, and want to upgrade from the R1 version.

While its only an n=2, it looks like we're getting 1 set a year, five films each time. Besides technical restoration considerations, what is WB's business model to have them dribble out like this? Could it be whipping up a furor over a handful a year? Could it be fear of oversaturating the...

richardWI, thanks for the dvdjournal link. Quote therein: "Strangely, the DVD contains none of the notoriously misleading advertising for Sky Captain, not even the trailer, which cast the film as a straight-ahead action film." Three trailers are included on the Walmart bonus disc plus a...

Re: film references Some easy ones I caught on my own: Wuthering Heights and Kings Row on downtown movie marquees. While film references can come from any year (eg., 1941's Citzen Kane and 1951's Strangers on a Train), I found it odd that 1942's Kings Row would show up on a 1939ish...

Non-spoiler film references in Sky Captain? Anyone care to cite Sky Captain's many references to classic films? Besides the oft-mentioned Fleischer Superman Mechanical Monsters short and the Wizard of Oz clip, I learned from the director commentary (not finished with it yet): Newspaper...

Barrie adds this about one of my favs: "Goodtimes will have The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946, with Barbara Stanwyck) on Jan. 25th." We'll have to see how it compares to the Image disc.

quote: ----- Roswell: The Complete First Season (Fox) Popular music has been replaced with music that was cheaper to license for DVD. If you can provide a link with a list of original and replaced music, it would be appreciated. ----- Here's one site that lists most of the original music...

"Anyone cataloguing which special features from the orginal releases are not repeated on the new collection?" Michael Pedrosa asks this Q on p14, and I'm surprised the forum hasn't answered with a fine tooth comb. Not that I'm able to, but back on p3 it's noted that the original Matrix...

TCM - Some January 2005 highlights Jan 17: Three film versions of Maltese Falcon: Dangerous Female (1931), Satan Met A Lady (1936), The Maltese Falcon (1941) -- interspersed among the first three of the Thin Man films. Jan 18: Phantom Lady (1944), Murder, My Sweet (1944), Strange Illusion...

"Bad: L801 9661 22224060 @ N40704-04Y" No skips/freezes with this "bad" numbered disc on three different machines: Panasonic RP82, Panasonic DMR-E100, and my Apple PowerBook 12" 1 GHz Aluminum.

TCM special on Edgar Ulmer, Friday Sept 17 My regrets if you don't get TCM, but this Friday is devoted to Edgar Ulmer including these noir efforts: Bluebeard (1944) The Strange Woman (1946) Detour (1945) Strange Illusion (1945) I've only seen/own Detour myself, so I've got the DVD...

Thanks, but sorry about not first checking for the other thread (excellent review!)

New vs. Old Strangers on a Train? Anyone in a position to comment on the 9/7 release? Especially regarding picture/sound quality compared to the 1998 release? Of couse, the older release has both the US and UK versions while the new release has the documentaries. For those of us with the...

Rather than noir, I'd put Leon closer to Casablanca – an obvious compliment. Just my 2 cents.

In case you haven't seen it (and see this post in time), my second favorite Barbara Stanwyck noir is airing today on TCM at 4:00PM EST: The Strange Love Of Martha Ivers (1946). Indeed there's a TCM Stanwyck fest today which includes other noirs such as Clash By Night (1952) at 6:00PM EST.

Regarding Detour:

Regarding noir in 4:3 vs. widescreen aspect ratio: I find that widescreen can actually produce a more claustrophobic effect by pronouncing a lower ceiling effect. 2.35:1 even more so than 16:9. Definitely in interior scenes but even in night exteriors where buildings, storefronts and lamp...