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    A Few Words About A few words about...™ The Searchers -- in High Defintion

    TCM's Scott McGee introduced the film at The Egyptian as his favourite film and claimed it's why he named his son Ethan.
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    A Few Words About A few words about...™ The Searchers -- in High Defintion

    The print & visual presentation at The Egyptian was certainly beautiful - it almost seemed like we were watching digital as the picture was so clean and almost totally free of any dirt or dust - I think I actually noticed two specks in the entire presentation. I thought the colors were not...
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    Blu-ray Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - 3 Godfathers -- in Blu-ray

    Leonard Maltin is introducing the 1936 version on April 19 at the TCM Classic Film Festival - in 35mm !
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    Man´s Castle and other new Borzage restorations screening at MoMA

    The restoration of Man's Castle premiered at last year's TCM Classic Film Festival. Don't have a memory of a racy nude bathing scene but that's what happens when you see five films per day....
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    Dune: Part Two (2024)

    Which showtime are you seeing, Joe ? Doesn't seem to be a lot of decent seating available for the first two days...
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    Oppenheimer (2023)

    Gratuitous ? They didn't bother me at all - in fact, if in reality Oppenheimer was the womanizer he's portrayed here it made him a fully-rounded character rather than deifying him.
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    Oppenheimer (2023)

    I know Nolan's excuse was that he didn't intend every bit of dialogue to be audible, but while realistic, it shatters the artificial world that has been created between the film and the audience. Every time there is a bit of dialogue that I assume should be clearly heard but isn't, it...
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    Oppenheimer (2023)

    My recollection is that the trailer for the film started the complaints about Hardy's dialogue and Nolan may have factored that in to the final sound mix.
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    UHD Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - Columbia Classics Volume 4 -- in 4k UHD

    The book included in the set points out that the link between all of the titles is "an exploration on the formation and dissolution of the romantic relationship".
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    Press Release SPHE Press Release: Columbia Classics 4k Ultra HD Collection: Volume 4

    I recommend catching Colin at the 1 a.m. show in the lounge - that's when he "goes blue ".
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    Theatrical Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)

    I'm the exact opposite of Jake ; when I heard the official title I thought it was brilliant and would instantly connect with the millions of fans the film has developed over the decades. I hope the film itself is half as clever.
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    UHD Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ My Fair Lady-- in 4k UHD Blu-ray

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this basically a non-issue with digital projection ? My understanding is that much like our widescreen televisions, with digital projection, the aspect ratio of a film is programmed within the basic 1:85 container which is the "full frame". A film can be...
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    Warner Archive Press Release: The Opposite Sex (1956) (Blu-ray)

    Can anyone confirm if the HD file on iTunes is in stereo ?
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