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  1. Ken_McAlinden

    DVD Review HTF DVD REVIEW: Film Noir Classic Collection, Vol. 5

    I have mixed feelings about the prologue. The included "spoiler" really does change the way a viewer responds to the movie. Without it, the event late in the film is not spoiled, but with it, the audience watches the whole film knowing the "hammer is going to drop" at some point, which adds an...
  2. Ken_McAlinden

    DVD Review HTF DVD REVIEW: Film Noir Classic Collection, Vol. 5

    For those confused during the first hour of this review's existence, it has since been updated to remove all of the instances where I referred to Dick Powell as "Robert Taylor". I had just been talking with someone about Taylor before writing up "Cornered", and my brain obviously was not...
  3. Ken_McAlinden

    DVD Review HTF DVD REVIEW: Film Noir Classic Collection, Vol. 5

    Film Noir Classic Collection Volume 5 Cornered (1945), Desperate (1947), The Phenix City Story (1955), Dial 1119 (1950), Armored Car Robbery (1950), Crime in the Street (1956), Deadline at Dawn (1946), Backfire (1950) Studio: Warner Bros. Year: 1945-1956 Rating: NR Aspect Ratio: 4:3...
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