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To follow-up on my last post re: the casting for the film, I also read that Julie Christie was originally slated to play Michelle Stratton. Yes, she would have been good in the role. However, I found Lauren Hutton's performance (as Stratton) sublime in this film. She was not only gorgeous in...

RG does a good job in the role of Julian Kay in AG, and I'm not even a big Gere fan. However, this is one of those roles where I can definitely see actors (other than Gere) giving a good performance as well. I.e., I could see Travolta doing a great job in this role. In addition, Chris Reeve...

The Walking Dead: Dead City was an excellent mini-series involving Maggie "recruiting" Negan to help her track down her kidnapped son Hershel - who has been taken to the ruins of New York City. One of the most grotesque scenes in this series

One of the biggest questions throughout the series was: How/why did the zombie virus/apocalypse begin?! This was touched on towards the end of S01, when Rick & others in the group went to Atlanta & encountered Dr. Edwin Jenner - who was investigating the virus. However, this mystery was never...

Mods, I searched for (but couldn't find) a thread discussing all 11 seasons of TWD on Blu, so decided to create one. Hopefully this is OK. I re-watched S01-10 of TWD last year & also watched S11 for the first time, all on Blu-ray. Amazing post-apocalyptic/horror/dystopian series, and I...

This will hopefully be a great release. I've only seen AG on the old DVD, and the PQ here is honestly not that great. This is possibly my favorite Schrader-directed film, and I've liked all of his movies. IMHO this is also a quintessential early '80's movie - despite the fact that it was...

Recently saw Sayles' Amigo (2010) in it's entirety for the first time. Excellent historical drama about the Philippine-American war in 1900. This was a war I knew nothing about & which doesn't appear to get much attention in history books and/or in movies. So, kudos to Sayles & co. for making...

Still need to see Amigo (2010) in it's entirety. I believe it was released theatrically, but it sounds like it was a very limited release. You're right that it never got a proper home video release. I haven't even been able to find a decent stream of this film anywhere. It's definitely one of...

Glad people are discovering/re-discovering this great series so many years after it ended. Unpopular opinion: The Fugitive S04 is my favorite season of the series. The color doesn't bother me at all - and I also thought it would (the first time I saw this). Though, S03 runs a close 2nd.

I recently re-watched the Constantine TV series - for the first time on the Blu-ray set. I got the set years ago, but just got around to seeing this. This is only my 2nd time seeing this great series. This is an amazing horror/suspense TV show. Though much of it was very disturbing, I found it...

Amazing that CoH is finally coming out on Blu-ray. Excellent urban drama, and IMHO one of Sayles' best films. I streamed this several years ago and was very impressed by the interweaving story-lines & the fantastic casting. I know this has never gotten a modern physical media release...

Very sad news. RIP RL. I first remember seeing him doing some great stand-up routines on TV back in the '80's. And, much later caught him on multiple seasons of the hilarious Curb your Enthusiasm. His exchanges with LD on Curb were especially hilarious & clever. He was definitely a consummate...

Re: the large TPB DC Showcase Editions & the Marvel Essential volumes, I agree these reprints are better than nothing. However, they're all in b&w (including the covers) and I don't have a lot of interest in collecting/reading these - since the original comics were in color & since color was...

I share this hope. To some extent, I collect & follow both Marvel & DC Collected Editions (CE's) reprinting older material. However, DC has an extremely poor track record of reprinting their 1960's - 1980's genre titles, i.e. their horror/sci-fi/western/war/etc. It seems like their main focus...

Recently saw Oppenheimer for the very first time, on the Blu-ray. Superb & disturbing. It definitely deserves all of the accolades/awards it's received. The 3-hour running time went by very quickly, and never dragged. The casting/story/editing/effects were all stellar, and the changes...