Recent content by William Miller

Film grain and video noise are not the same thing. But film grain can cause video noise or mosquito noise. But every time you see video noise, it can be caused by other factors too. There are a bunch of Blu-rays that suffer from excessive video noise that have nothing to do with film grain. The...

Airplane is a very funny movie. Dr. Strangleove is # 3 on my All-Time Best Movie List. I am a huge Billy Wilder fan but I think One, Two, Three is much funnier than Some Like It Hot which is a very well made movie and has many hysterical moments but is not exactly a constant laugh riot. I...

Mr. Harris did a great job. Period. He hit the bull's-eye with the Mad World reconstruction. And when Tom Clark and I just raised the question about why there was still a little missing, he replied very courteously. He said it was a fair question and then gave a polite answer. He didn't call us...

I just think that sometimes it is best to let someone offer their opinion. It is not necessary to "sigh" at it. And you didn't even explain what your sigh meant which made the comment even worse. I think the classic adage would apply here: "Silence is Golden"

The attempt to restore Mad World to the original premiere version is something that I think would be targeted only to the many Mad World buffs out there. Therefore, I and other Mad World fanatics I know would have really liked to see a 100% restoration even if meant there would be some sections...

I think Tom Clark asked a legitimate question. I was wondering the same thing. I hope nobody “sighs” at me for this. Why can’t somebody ask a question here without some snide reply? It is very depressing. It happens too often. Everybody has a right to their opinion. And if you don’t agree...

Wow! I couldn’t believe the listing of this DVD when I first saw this on Amazon. Stanley was a live sitcom that debuted in September, 1956 and ran for 19 episodes and never was seen again. Classic TV fans just thought the kinescopes all went to Live TV Heaven and were lost forever. Now, out of...

Some people forgive and forget. Some don't. Some will never forgive Shout for the stupid and careless releases of shows with edited episodes like Father Knows Best and Mr. Ed. But they would be forgiven if they would go back and correct them but that seems to be something they feel would...

I have watched the 3 new Olive Films Blu-rays of the 3 Jerry Lewis titles released on February 14th, (Rock-a-Bye Baby, Geisha Boy & Boeing Boeing). I am a little disappointed in the transfers. They are very clear and pure but are missing that "eye-popping" look that only Paramount Technicolor...

That LP is not true Stereo. It is "electronic" stereo. That is what "Duophonic" means. That was Capitol's name for fake stereo reprocessing of mono recordings. These type of alterations usually sounded horrible and serious LP collectors avoid these like the plague.

To my eyes and ears, the opening Fox logo and music do not look or sound like they are from 1958. It sounds like a later recording of the Fox fanfare and CinemaScope extension music. Is it possible they tacked on something different? When the credits begin, the music sounds correct.

Very nice interview. But I do not agree with his dire predictions for "physical media". Yes, who knows what the future will bring but at the moment we are a long way from the end of physical media. And it won't help the sales of Twilight Time by continuing to say that their products on the verge...

I watched one of the films in this collection (Adventure in Manhattan) and I am very disappointed in the transfer. It is very grainy and has a soft focus. The blacks are not very black and the whites are not very white. This is nowhere near the quality we have come to expect from Sony -...

I bought a Sony Betamax in September, 1977 on the first day it hit the stores. I have seen thousands and thousands of movies since then on every format of home video. The new Ten Commandments is the best I have ever seen. (I am so happy with Paramount that I won't even complain about...

The artists are: Chambers Brothers California Mongo Santamaria Robert John Taj Mahal Dionne Warwick The composers & lyricists are: Burt Bacharach Hal David Marvin Hamlisch Joel Hirschhorn Al Kasha But Dionne Warwick is not on the LP. She sang the title...