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    UHD Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) -- in 4k UHD

    This will be my first 4K purchase. i love this film (especially the score). I find it to be pretty unsettling ... and certainly not the minor bit of 50s fluff others have labeled it. Im so excited to see it has finally gotten a worthy presentation.
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    Press Release Warner Archive Collection Announcement: The Great Ziegfeld (1936) (Blu-ray)

    I'll pick this up for the beautiful B&W...for the insane Rococo/Streamline/Deco/stuff-the-entire-screen-with-orchids-and-sequins school of production design...and for everything that comes before the Intermission card. (I can live without the momentum-free 2nd half of this film). This Blu was...
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    Warner Archive Announcements Thread

    Dance Fools Dance was on laserdisc in the "Crawford and Gable" boxed set. As I recall it looked only marginally better than the VHS. I'll plunk down cash to see pretty much ANY 1930s film transferred from the OCN, especially pre code. Count me in for this one.
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    Warner Archive Announcements Thread

    Agreed. Speaking of generational shifts...I have younger friends who just cannot make it through a studio-era film... and not because of them being B&W or "boring"....it's the passive woman/macho man dynamic of many of them sends them running for the exit. And racial elements? Forget it...
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    Press Release Warner Archive Collection Announcement: Saratoga (1937) (Blu-ray)

    I doubt Saratoga is anyone's favorite movie (it's a somewhat morbid film to watch when you know the back story)... but as with so many other recent Warner Archive releases... the insanely beautiful presentation REALLY uplifts films that I used to wave off as routine and forgettable. (they've...
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    Press Release Warner Archive Collection Announcement: Christopher Strong (1933) (Blu-ray)

    A definite purchase for me, if only to see that glitter dress in HD. I had the privilege of seeing this in 35mm years ago....it's a very handsome film.
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    Pre-Order Repeat Performance (1947) (Blu-ray) Available for Preorder

    This movie is wild. Has been very high on my "holy grail Blu ray" list. I saw this years ago and I couldn't quite believe it was the goody-goody Joan Leslie of "Yankee Doodle Dandy" and endless other Warner Bros ingenue roles. I highly recommend this to B-noir fans hungry for an...
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    Kino-Lorber Insider Announcement Thread (Read Guidelines Post #3)

    The Raging Tide at last 💪. Tho not top tier noir... Conte and Winters are great in it, and it has been very hard to find. Have been very happy with the quality of these Kino noir sets.
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    Blu-ray Review A Few Words About A few words about…™ Mary Stevens, M.D. – in Blu-ray

    I was pretty blown away by the picture quality of this one ... and by that certain plot twist 3/4 in ! I'd love to see Busby Berkeley's Gold Diggers of 1933 ...and the wild pre-code Wonder Bar (also with Kay Francis) in an extraordinary presentation like this.
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    Blu-ray Review A Few Words About A few words about…™ The Naked Spur – in Blu-ray (1 Viewer)

    Blind purchase for me. Have heard so many good things about this film over the years... excited to finally watch it. Tho to be honest ....Technicolor Anything from Warner Archive ... I'll likely buy it no matter what the film is. (is Technicolor addiction a thing?)
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    Pre-Order Mary Stevens, M.D. (Warner Archive) (1933) (Blu-ray) Available for Preorder

    nice surprise. i'm always happy to get more Warner's pre-code on blu.
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    Pre-Order It's A Gift (1934) (Blu-ray) Available for Preorder

    I stand behind my belief that blind Mr Merkle swinging his cane around and busting through the glass door of W C Fields' store is the funniest thing Ive ever seen in my life. ("ya got that door closed again!...") Very excited to get this.
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    Pre-Order The Woody Allen Collection (Blu-ray) Available for Preorder

    Bullets Over Broadway at last! i'll probably wait for reviews before ordering this ... this company has only released a handful of films on blu and i've never heard of any of them.
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    Pre-Order The Window (Warner Archive) (1949) (Blu-ray) Available for Preorder

    yes please. bring on all the B noirs. this made my day.
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    Press Release Criterion Press Release: Citizen Kane (1941) (4k UHD) (Blu-ray)

    I'm into the "K". I think you could show that K to any film buff and they would immediately know what film that font is for.
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    Kino-Lorber Insider Announcement Thread (Read Guidelines Post #3)

    whoa... i don't know this film. this universal deal has resulted in some exciting stuff. any obscure films/rarities from the 30s/40s on blu ray ... i'll buy them day one.
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    Press Release USHE Press Release: Universal Classic Monsters Icons of Horror Collection (4k UHD)

    this and the announcement of The Red Shoes and Citizen Kane from Criterion are enough to get me to upgrade to 4k at long last. Seeing classic movies in gorgeous picture and sound quality is one of life's great pleasures.
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    Kino-Lorber Insider Announcement Thread (Read Guidelines Post #3)

    yes please. Gimme ALLLLL the Paramount pre-codes! :cool:
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    A Few Words About A few words about...™ Kentucky Kernels -- in Blu-ray

    Another interesting credit : written by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby... who wrote the Marx’s “Duck Soup” and “Horse Feathers”. I’ll definitely support this release. This is kinda thing I used to play hooky from work to go see at places like the Film Forum. Only reparatory theaters right now are...
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    Rita Hayworth - Ultimate Collection from Mill Creek - 11/17/2020

    Tho not included here, the 3D Blu ray version of “Miss Sadie Thompson” from Twilight was wonderful ... we were really startled by the “rain storm in your living room” effect that occurred ...and Hayworth was MUCH better in that role than I had been led to believe. Im excited to get the rest of...
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    A Few Words About A few words about…™ Million Dollar Mermaid – in Blu-ray

    This is great news. Ive always longed to see what those two Busby Berkeley numbers look like in their full Technicolor glory (or at least as close a we can currently get). The movie itself is ok...but it really comes roaring to life during those two sequences. (There's a good episode about...
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    Warner Archive Press Release: Million Dollar Mermaid (1952) (Blu-ray)

    Exciting! For years this movie has looked like it was ridden hard and put away wet. Seeing it in its true technicolor beauty will be a real treat. Definite purchase for me.
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    Gone With the Wind physical copies are now sold out everywhere... (Thanks to HBO Max)

    Its on iTunes to purchase or rent in HD (looks beautiful). I doubt it's going anywhere.
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    A Few Words About A few words about…™ 100 Men and a Girl – in Blu-ray

    Gotta place my order for this. Durbin was my late grandmothers favorite actress. She said all the girls in Catholic school were obsessed with her. They'd sing "Ave Maria" in church and pretend to be her. Ha. Im still holding out hope for her film noir CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY to get a release in...
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    Kino-Lorber Insider Announcement Thread (Read Guidelines Post #3)

    Excited for the Film Noir sets. If you're allowed to divulge....are there more Film Noir sets in the pipeline?
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    Warner Archive Press Release: The Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) (Blu-ray)

    Saw this restoration last year..absolute eye candy. Can’t wait to have this blu!!!
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    Blu-ray Review Song of Norway Blu-ray Review

    Ah ok...makes more sense now. I remember those monsters appearing and thinking “ok.....what....is....happening....?!?!.”.
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    Blu-ray Review Song of Norway Blu-ray Review

    It’s bad in a “Lost Horizon” (1973) way as opposed to a “Valley of The Dolls” way. “Fascinatingly ill-advised” would be my take What stuck out for me was an animated sequence with giants coming over the mountain that is completely out of nowhere and kind of disturbing.
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    Pre-Order Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema III (Blu-ray) Available for Preorder

    Day one purchase for me. Been wanting “The Sleeping City” forever. Richard Conte is one my favorite noir actors. Hoping for possible release of another Universal noir of his that is MIA: “Under The Gun”.
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    Has Criterion upgraded the Blu-ray of CHILDREN OF PARADISE?

    I watched by Blu ray again yesterday, here in the lengthy, ongoing Quarantine Film Festival. Yes...I saw the restoration comparison...I agree...the restored version is free from any scratches or dirt whatsoever...as a "clean up" it is extraordinary. No question. But honestly the grain...
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