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One of my favorite westerns from my childhood has finally been released on a video format that I can enjoy the reminder of my life. For many years, I've waited patiently for a decent home video presentation of this fine western. I almost gave up hope then Olive surprised me by indicating this...

<strong class='bbc'>Distant Drums Blu-ray Review</strong><p>Which was the first film to use the <em class='bbc'>Wilhelm scream </em>as a sound effect? Although attributed in the past to <em class='bbc'>The Charge at Feather River</em>(1953), and the sound effect is actually named after the...

<p>Home of the Brave, a film with great tech credits behind it (Mark Robson, Carl Foreman, Stanley Kramer, Dimitri Tiomkin, Robert De Grasse) is another unfortunate offering from the halls of Olive.</p><p>Overly hard contrast abounds, while the image can be decently resolved. &nbsp;But what...

<p>Flying Tigers, a Republic Picture from 1942, directed by David Miller (Lonely are the Brave), and photographed by Jack Marta (Cat Ballou), was most likely transferred from either a well-loved fine grain master or a duplicate negative.</p><p>It has occasional positive and negative scratches...

<p>The incomparable William Powell, probably best known for his turn at bringing detective Nick Charles to the screen, opposite Myrna Loy, seemed to be bringing his film career to a slow fade, as 1950 neared. &nbsp;With his greatest work in the 1930s-'40s, &nbsp;he ended with a bang in 1955...

<p>What can you say about a 55 year-old film that died?</p><p>Like several other of his films, the rights to Operation Petticoat (shades of Alfred Hitchcock), apparently reverted to Cary Grant's company after a license ended with Universal. &nbsp;And similarly to The Grass is Greener, Father...

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<p><br /> <br /> <strong>DRAGONFLY SQUADRON (BLU-RAY 3D / BLU-RAY)</strong><br /> <br /> <strong>FIRST TIME EVER ON BLU-RAY!</strong><br /> <br /> <strong>STARRING:<br /> JOHN HODIAK, BARBARA BRITTON, CHUCK CONNORS, BRUCE BENNETT<br /> <br /> DIRECTOR:<br /> LESLEY SELANDER</strong><br /> <br />...

Just finished watching this Olive release and I have to ask: Where did they get this transfer? It's scratch and dust city! Even though it isn't anamorphic, the old Artisan DVD looks much better, even when it's artificially enlarged by the television. The audio is a clean mono mix, but that's...

<strong class='bbc'>Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid Blu-ray Review</strong><p>William Powell(<em class='bbc'>The Thin Man</em>) is in top form playing Mr. Peabody, a man who just turned 50 (or 46 or 48, no one is too sure) as he goes through a mid-life crisis in this fantasy directed by Irving...

<strong class='bbc'>Operation Petticoat Blu-ray Review</strong><p>The building blocks of the <em class='bbc'>Pink Panther </em>films were conceived in <em class='bbc'>Operation Petticoat</em>, the well-remembered comedy of a pink submarine starring Cary Grant and Tony Curtis. Blake Edwards(<em...

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Great news about THE QUIET MAN quality. I don't know if anyone has mentioned it, but Olive's GREED IN THE SUN/100,000 DOLLARS AU SOLEIL (black and white, scope, trucks doing dangerous things in the desert) and THE BRAIN/LE CERVEAU (wild late 60s color and scope, a sequence filmed on London's...