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<b>Flawless (1999) Blu-ray Review</b><p>Oscar winners Robert DeNiro and Philip Seymour Hoffman have an acting field day with Joel Schumacher’s <em class='bbc'>Flawless</em>. Despite a less than fully developed set of character studies from its writer-director and some occasional subplots that...

<p>Watch the opening sequences of John Carpenter's Escape from New York, and you'll immediately pick up music later used in The Thing, which hit screens a year later - and it works.</p> <p>Escape from New York (1981), not to be confused with Escape from L.A. (1996), or for that matter Escape...

<p>I've never been a fan of Tobe Hooper's Invaders from Mars, but some people can't seem to get enough of it.</p> <p>Fortunately, those folks will be able to own the film on Blu-ray, courtesy of MGM and Scream Factory.</p> <p>Unfortunately, for those folks, the quality of the new Blu-ray is...

<b>The Story of Adèle H. Blu-ray Review</b><p>The debilitating effects of a romantic obsession are captured in haunting, edifying detail in Francois Truffaut’s <em class='bbc'>The Story of Adèle H., </em>his 1975 biographical look at the daughter of Victor Hugo and her plunge into maniacal...

<b>The Fantasticks Blu-ray Review</b><p>Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt’s <em class='bbc'>The Fantasticks</em> is one of those intimate, charming theatrical parables whose utter preciousness either works for an audience or it doesn’t. It obviously worked for New York audiences since the original...

<b>Richard III (1995) Blu-ray Review</b><p>Modern dress interpretations of Shakespeare’s classic plays aren’t a new trend; it’s been done on stage for years, and the movies are merely catching up to what stage directors have been doing for centuries. The 1995 version of <em class='bbc'>Richard...

<b>Miss Julie DVD Review</b><p>August Strindberg’s 1888 play gets a decent 20<sup class='bbc'>th</sup> century reading in Mike Figgis’ <em class='bbc'>Miss Julie</em> even if the film is somewhat muted by some weird directorial choices and a sometimes strident performance by its leading actress...

Twilight Time is entering Criterion turf by releasing a Truffaut film. Hopefully, there will be no range wars. Based at least partially upon the diaries kept by Adele, one of Victor Hugo's daughters, M. Truffaut has created on of his finest works. As photographed by the great Nestor...

<p>Richard Loncraine's Richard III, is a very out of the box take on Shakespeare, and I believe it works. &nbsp;The screenplay is from the fim's star, Ian McKellan and director Loncraine.</p> <p>Twilight Time's new Blu-ray, is a nice looking product, with quality color, a decent amount of...

The Fantasticks was playing off-Broadway when I was a kid, and seemingly did so for a century or so. The film was produced in 1995, and not released until 2000. Apparently, the studio had its doubts as to what to do with it. It's an interesting artifact, and I'm pleased that Twilight Time...

Brad here; Well since schan1269 and Brian McP brought this one up, thought I'd go dig one up I put up on "that other site" before I found this one. Definitely one we'd like on blu. ============================================ OK, here's one you might have caught on HBO in the early 1980s...

<b>The Bride Wore Black DVD Review</b><p>Back in January of 2015, Twilight Time released a spiffy Blu-ray edition of Francois Truffaut’s somewhat Hitchcock-inspired thriller <em class='bbc'>The Bride Wore Black</em>. For those who aren’t into Blu-ray or who don’t want to go the Twilight Time...

<p>The Norman Panama and Melvin Frank production of 1960s The Facts of Life is an odd one, as it centers on a couple &nbsp;becoming involved in an affair -- sort of for laughs.</p> <p>Especially since the couple in question is Bob Hope and Lucille Ball.</p> <p>While it may have seemed a bit...

<p>You'll recall Thom Eberhart, the director of Without a Clue, from Night of the Comet.</p> <p>I'm an easy target for anything having to do with Baker Street, Holmes and Watson, so this film captured my interest when it arrived back in 1988.</p> <p>The basic set-up of the film, is that Holmes...

<p>Shout Factory's new Blu-ray of Jim McBride's Breathless, a domestic take on the 1959 Godard original, is a good-looking Blu-ray.</p> <p>As a film from the 1980s, part of the MGM holdings, it should be, but stranger things have occurred with films of this age.</p> <p>Color, densities, black...

<b>The Bounty Blu-ray Review</b><p>When Roger Donaldson’s <em class='bbc'>The Bounty</em> premiered in 1984, it was the fourth sound film version of the story of Captain William Bligh and Fletcher Christian after a 1933 Australian movie <em class='bbc'>In the Wake of the Bounty </em>with the...

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<b>Solomon and Sheba Blu-ray Review</b><p>After the huge box-office successes of Biblical-themed films like <em class='bbc'>The Robe</em> and <em class='bbc'>The Ten Commandments</em>, was it any wonder that studios were falling all over themselves to plumb the Good Book for more stories they...

King Vidor's final film, Solomon and Sheba, was a problem-plagued 1959 production, with Yul Brynner as Solomon (he replaced Tyrone Power) and Gina Lollobrigida as Sheba. This has been a good month for Ms Lollobridiga on Blu-ray, as this is her third appearance. The other two, Woman of Straw...

With no disrespect meant toward Roger Donaldson's version of The Bounty (1984), this is one of those classic "Oh, what might have been..." situations. Beautifully cast (Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins, Edward Fox, Laurence Olivier, and early screen roles for Daniel Day-Lewis and Liam Neeson)...

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<p>From what I gather, Arthur Ripley, the director of the 1958 Thunder Road, with Robert Mitchum in the lead, began his career behind the camera - in 1915, for the Kalem Company.</p> <p>He spent some time as an editor (Foolish Wives - 1922), then moved to writing for, among others, Harry...

<p>Michael Winner's 1983 re-make of the 1945 Gainsborough production has one major factor going for it.</p> <p>Jack Cardiff's cinematography.</p> <p>While it's a fun film, it seems almost as though someone forgot to update the 1945 version, with the exception of graphic gore and a bit of...

<b>Without a Clue Blu-ray Review</b><p>Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s legendary creations Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson have been entertaining countless millions for over a century not only in printed media but also in theatrical presentations, movies, radio, and television. Over the years, many...

<b>What Did You Do In The War, Daddy? Blu-ray Review</b><p>Blake Edwards' <em class='bbc'>What Did You Do In The War, Daddy?</em>(1966) is a farce of the type that film studios seemed to produce so prolifically in 1966. The film is also a reunion of sorts for the talent behind the scenes that...

<b>The Beat Generation Blu-ray Review</b><p>Albert Zugsmith was one of the most unusual producers to ever work in Hollywood. He produced at least two classic films (<em class='bbc'>Touch of Evil </em>and <em class='bbc'>The Incredible Shrinking Man</em>), but he is probably best remembered for a...

<b>Robocop (2014) Blu-ray Review</b><p>MGM’s remake of <em class='bbc'>Carrie</em> pretty much stayed true to the narrative vibe of the original 1976 movie and possessed that feeling of “why remake a classic?” about it, but the new version of <em class='bbc'>Robocop</em> directed by Jose Padilha...

Goldfinger will have an ultra HD showing in Berlin. https://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/retrospektive/retro-presse-detail_26581.html Note this is a new transfer from MGM and Lowry is not listed. It will be interesting to see what fox and MGM release when spectre comes to...

<p>Is it karma, a release plan, or simply chance, that gives us the two major films about Vincent Van Gogh at almost the same time on Blu-ray? &nbsp;First WB's Lust for Life, with Mr. Douglas in the lead, and now Robert Altman's take on the great artist and his relationship with his art-gallery...

<p>It's no secret that while not being arbitrarily dismissive about Olive releases, in a general sense I've certainly not been a fan.</p> <p>Being accepting of poor to mid-quality transfers, which they release on Blu-ray, with little to no additional effort put into cleaning up images, as well...