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  1. Alan Tully

    Warner Archive Announcements Thread

    I'm happy with my DVD of The Roaring Twenties, & I've never seen, or fancied seeing The Princess Bride. With the tens of thousands of films that have been made, you picking just two films & making a judgement is just stupid - oh there's a mainstream film among Criterion's latest batch, I MUST...
  2. Alan Tully

    Warner Archive Announcements Thread

    Yup. I reckon tomorrow or the next day. Probably the usual: one I want, one I might buy, two I'm not interested in & two I've never heard of. :) Ha, a much better average than Criterion. I think the last Criterion title I bought was Blow-Up, but then I think my tastes are too mainstream for...
  3. Alan Tully

    UHD Review Paint Your Wagon UHD/Blu-ray Review

    I plead guilty, your honer, & I'd like ten other offences to be taken into consideration. Actually I'm not that keen on musicals, I saw Damn Yankees for the first time the other week & quite enjoyed it, but I don't think I could sit through West Side Story or Oklahoma, or any of that ilk. Maybe...
  4. Alan Tully

    UHD Review Paint Your Wagon UHD/Blu-ray Review

    Great stuff! A 5 out of 5 for picture & sound is what I was looking for. I've already ordered it thinking that it has to be better than the DVD, & I'm not that bothered about the extras & I know the film is not some peoples cup of tea, but I like it, & that's what counts.
  5. Alan Tully

    UHD Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - Aliens -- in 4k UHD

    I get the impression that some people had their reviews three quarters written before they saw the UHD discs, knives were out. I suppose I'm surprised at the amount of very positive reviews I've read, well of The Abyss & Aliens, True Lies has had a more rocky ride. Whatever, it's going to be...
  6. Alan Tully

    UHD Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - Aliens -- in 4k UHD

    I love Alien 1 & 2, I don't like 3 (& I've really tried), 4 is quite good, I don't know why it gets such a bad rap. I thought the two Ridley Scott revisits were pretty awful, so...we have the forthcoming TV series (sure to be streamed on a channel I don't get) & the new film, Alien: Romulus...
  7. Alan Tully

    Pre-Order The President's Analyst (1967) (Blu-ray) Available for Preorder

    Thanks, that's the first comment I've read on this release, reviews are a bit slow coming in for some reason. It's a great (very) sixties satire, starring the super cool James Coburn. It's a shame that none of these many Paramount remasters are being released in Europe, just region A in the US...
  8. Alan Tully

    UHD Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - Aliens -- in 4k UHD

    I've wondered that, maybe we could put AI to some good use before it enslaves us all. If a dissolve is cut in, a suitably configured AI program could scan the shot up to where the dissolve dupe is cut in & basically continue the shot, having everything moving the same way & direction & speed, if...
  9. Alan Tully

    Biblical-Roman-Egyptian epics not yet on Blu-ray

    I saw the first three of those at the pictures when I was 10…& I don’t think I’ve seen them since, & I’m sure Goliath & The Barbarians was in b/w, probably the distributor saving a few pounds on print stock.
  10. Alan Tully

    UHD Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - Aliens -- in 4k UHD

    ? - I looked that up, at least I’ve learnt something today.
  11. Alan Tully

    UHD Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - Aliens -- in 4k UHD

    We don't get it in the UK until April 22nd for some reason.
  12. Alan Tully

    A few words about...™ - All That Money Can Buy -- in Blu-ray

    Ha, there's always one. To go boldly...
  13. Alan Tully

    UHD Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - Aliens -- in 4k UHD

    It'll be interesting to see the uptick over the standard Blu-ray. The Blu-ray was a massive improvement on the DVD, if a wee bit cooler (which always seem to be the way). https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?a=1&x=609&y=324&d1=5207&d2=5208&s1=48590&s2=48606&l=0&i=8&go=1
  14. Alan Tully

    A few words about...™ - All That Money Can Buy -- in Blu-ray

    Ha, what's there to talk about, it's a magical film with a great new transfer. It's worthy of a Saturday evening viewing...with a nice glass of wine. I think I first saw it on TV in the very late fifties, & it made a real & lasting impression. There must be quite a few - sell you soul to the...
  15. Alan Tully

    A few words about...™ - All That Money Can Buy -- in Blu-ray

    It's fine to end a sentence with a preposition, all these silly rules (that aren't really rules at all). I mean who wants to say: To go boldly. Anyway, great news, & even better news, Criterion are also releasing it in the UK (not always a given).
  16. Alan Tully

    Kino-Lorber Insider Announcement Thread (Read Guidelines Post #3)

    Yes, I think it was one of the most complained about catalogue titles (& quite rightly), so this is great news for all Duke fans.
  17. Alan Tully

    UHD Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - Aliens -- in 4k UHD

    I saw Aliens the week it opened (I think it was the Odeon, Leicester Square, London) & remember it looking great, but when the DVD was released, my god, it looked so grainy, I thought it was almost unwatchable (did it really look like that in the cinema?), the de-grained Blu-ray was fine, very...
  18. Alan Tully

    Will MGM and Warner Bros. collaborate on MGM's 100th anniversary?

    Some great films there. No TCM in the UK anymore, but then it was a pale shadow of the US TCM.
  19. Alan Tully

    Will MGM and Warner Bros. collaborate on MGM's 100th anniversary?

    Well it's March & I'm still waiting for an MGM catalogue title 4K announcement. I'm sure we'll get a few this year, but then how many people are aware that it's the MGM Centenary, & how many people really care.
  20. Alan Tully

    GREAT PIECE. NY TIMES. How Bad Can It Get for Hollywood?

    I’m not in the game anymore, I’ve totally gotten out of the habit of going to the cinema, & am quite happy to wait a couple of months to see a movie at home (way back in the sixties I’d go 3-4 times a week). I think the big problem is that films cost far too much to make in Hollywood. The...
  21. Alan Tully

    Warner Archive Announcements Thread

    Yup, I love that score & have the extended CD, but funny thing, I think it sounds a bit melodramatic in the film, but just as music on its own, it's a great listen. I've never seen the silent version, but you make me want to.
  22. Alan Tully

    Warner Archive Announcements Thread

    Yup, that would be great, I'd buy it. I really like the film, despite the beyond boring love affair between the Glen Ford & Ingrid Thulin characters. WAC seem to be releasing all the Vincente Minnelli movies, so I'm expecting it, although it's not exactly front rank Minnelli (I'd almost call it...
  23. Alan Tully

    Warner Archive Announcements Thread

    With what WAC have done with 3 Godfathers, I'm hoping that when they release Scaramouche, they'll pair it with the restored 1923 Rex Ingram silent version (gotta stay positive). The French DVD (which I have) does contain the 1923 film as an extra, but unrestored.
  24. Alan Tully

    Warner Archive Announcements Thread

    Just 3 Godfathers for me, but that's fine, I'm happy with one per announcement. And a Ford/Wayne western photographed by Winton C Hoch (4K Scan of the Original Nitrate Technicolor Camera Negatives), result. And confession time...I've never seen it! There was some posts over on blu-ray.com about...
  25. Alan Tully

    Warner Archive Announcements Thread

    Ha, wants, but they're all very doable, so there's a fighting chance of at least one of them.
  26. Alan Tully

    Warner Archive Announcements Thread

    Yeah, MGM: The Mask Of Fu Manchu Tarzan & His Mate Northwest Passage Bataan 3 Godfathers Scaramouche Knights Of The Round Table Teahouse Of The August Moon The Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse The Hill Sitting Target Savage Messiah. :)
  27. Alan Tully

    Once Upon a Time in the West 4K UHD

    Yup, it's also up on that German site that lists forthcoming release, & it's coming from Paramount Home Entertainment, so I'd think a US release is pretty much a certainty.
  28. Alan Tully

    Pre-Order The Last Valley (1971) (Blu-ray) Available for Preorder

    Yup, but as Mr. Jagger once sung, you can't always get what you want. I'll just have to make do with my dimming memory of a great film, great picture & great sound at the cinema.
  29. Alan Tully

    Multi-part review of the Classic "Planet of the Apes" films (1968-1973) on Blu-ray

    I can just about remember seeing the original Planet Of The Apes at the cinema (my all time favourite cinema, The Odeon, Westborne Grove, West London - which won't mean anything to anyone here, but I like to give it a shout-out, it was knocked down about 40 years ago, just like all my other...
  30. Alan Tully

    Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024)

    Just seen the new trailer & I’m not convinced, it looks like there’s too many CGI apes & not enough actual humans, only that one woman in the trailer. It does look visually stunning, but a nearly all CGI cast doesn’t interest me.
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