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Matt Hough The Mad Magician 3D Blu-ray Review A popcorn movie of pure entertainment produced impressively in 3D, that’s John Brahm’s The Mad Magician. [review] Read more.

Two for the Road is one of those films that I'd take to the proverbial desert island. I first saw it at a Fox screening in NY, just before its release, in the spring of 1967, and it blew me away. Audrey Hepburn and Albert Finney star, with support from William Daniels, Eleanor Bron, and...

What can I say? I love 3D! From the moment I began watching 3D content in my home I quickly discovered that I needed more content. I suspect that those of you just purchasing your first 3D hardware will acquire the same ferocious appetite. That's why I became the HTF 3D ADDICT. I personally love...

Matt Hough Nicholas Nickleby (2002) Blu-ray Review One of the greatest of English language novels, Charles Dickens’ The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby comes colorfully to the screen in Douglas McGrath’s 2002 adaptation Nicholas Nickleby. [review] Read more.

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Matt Hough The Barefoot Contessa Blu-ray Review A bittersweet tale of a free spirited life brought prematurely to an end leaves a bit of a sour aftertaste in Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s The Barefoot Contessa. [review] Read more.

Well, I've thought all the Harryhausen/Columbia films have looked nice on Blu-ray, but Gulliver may just be the nicest of them all. I don't love the film, although it's certainly entertaining, but when something looks this good it adds immeasurably to the viewing experience. Great to have it...

Matt Hough Stardust Memories Blu-ray Review There’s the touch of the autobiographical in many of Woody Allen’s films but probably none more so than in Stardust Memories, a philosophical comedy that veers in and out of the surreal but stays rooted in reality long enough to tell an only...

I was going to note that this is one of the great films of the '60s, but I'd be too definitive. Two for the Road, directed by Stanley Donen, from a screenplay by Frederic Raphael, is one of the most multi-faceted, engrossing, intelligent films, ever made. Just a friendly warning to get...

HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING (1967) BLU-RAY - March 14th BABY BOOM (1987) BLU-RAY - March 14th PEYTON PLACE (1957) BLU-RAY - March 14th OUR MAN IN HAVANA (1959) BLU-RAY - March 14th THE FORTUNE COOKIE (1966) BLU-RAY - April 11th YEAR OF THE COMET (1992) BLU-RAY - April...

Matt Hough Gran Bollito Blu-ray Review Based on the story of a real-life Italian female serial killer, Mauro Bolognini’s Gran Bollito is a black comedy-drama that follows its own unique course traversing through sometimes familiar and yet also uncharted territory in the serial killer genre...

Matt Hough Pretty Poison Blu-ray Review There’s a soft, dreamy quality embedded in the psychotic and murderous foundation at the heart of Noel Black’s Pretty Poison. [review] Read more.

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Matt Hough The Boston Strangler Blu-ray Review The Boston Strangler is Richard Fleischer’s masterful 1968 examination into the serial killings and subsequent investigation of the infamous thirteen-victim murder spree which terrified Bostonians and some of the rest of America for almost two...

Matt Hough I Want to Live! Blu-ray Review I Want to Live!, Robert Wise’s riveting docudrama about the life of convicted murderer Barbara Graham, only gets more impressive with age. [review] Read more.

Let me start with Pretty Poison and The Boston Strangler because like some here I'd already gotten the overseas Blu-rays - Pretty Poison from Germany and The Boston Strangler from France. Pretty Poison is a wonderful and unique film from director Noel Black, who never really made another good...

Reviewing this particular release is a difficult task, as there is far more going on behind the scenes than will ever be evident on screen. There were a myriad of problems, beginning in pre-production, with the decision to produce 35mm dye transfer prints with a unique appearance, mimicking...

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matt-hough Boxcar Bertha Blu-ray Review In his second feature film Boxcar Bertha, director Martin Scorsese attempts to bring a kind of Bonnie and Clyde vibe to a rather uninteresting true story of depression life. [review] Click here to read the original article.

matt-hough The Train: Encore Edition Blu-ray Review A riveting and sadly under-appreciated World War II caper adventure made with great intelligence and heart behind the filmmaking, John Frankenheimer’s The Train holds its own with all films based on events coming from that conflict...

matt-hough Runaway Train Blu-ray Review Andrei Konchalovsky’s tough-as-nails prison escape picture Runaway Train is a thriller of rare and curiously majestic tone, quite a surprise coming from the Cannon Group which usually packaged cheap exploitation pictures of no great merit. [review]...

matt-hough Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte Blu-ray Review An effective exercise in Southern Gothic mystery and suspense, Robert Aldrich’s Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte carries with it the patina of award-winning participants both before and behind the camera, sweeping one up in its deliciously...

Fans of Whatever Happened to Baby Jane will be in Bette heaven over this one. The Robert Aldrich film, co-starring Olivia de Havilland, Joseph Cotten, and Agnes Moorehead, is the followup to Baby Jane, and even without the battle of the stars in the previous film, it's a winner. With Bruce...

The master provided to Twilight Time for John Frankenheimer's 1964, The Train, is one of the nicest they've delivered in ages. As a gorgeously shot black & white production, we're treated to a Blu-ray with rich coarse grain, inky blacks and shadow detail (where required) to beat the band. The...

The Chase, is a Horizon Picture, which should be a signal that it's bound to be something special. And it is. Based upon the play (and novel) by Horton Foote, and with a screenplay by Lillian Hellman, it's the simple story of an escaped convict, played by Robert Redford. Marlon Brando is the...

Barbara Hershey was on a roll by the time she made Boxcar Bertha for Martin Scorsese in 1972. It was her eighth film in five years, and she was only beginning. Unfortunately, for fans of Ms Hershey, as well as those of the director, one could only own a decent DVD for home viewing purposes...

For years, Andrei Konchalovsky's 1985 Cannon Group "B" programmer, Runaway Train, has received short shrift from the home video world. Except for a Region B Blu release, it's been available only via collectible DVDs. Thanks to Twilight Time, the film can now be seen in an almost beautiful...

I'm not really sure how to properly explain this phenomenon, but while watching Twilight Time's Desiree the past weekend, I noticed that when the film is about to transition from one scene to another for a brief moment the resolution drops off quite a bit, from what looks like 1080p to something...

I presume that Colin Higgins' Nine to Five, which is a good-natured, occasionally dark, comedy, will appeal in a major way to Dolly Parton fans. She's terrific in her cinema debut. Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin are more than just along for the ride. One would hope that this, now 36 year-old...

STANLEY AND IRIS (1990) BLU-RAY - Jan 17th COMES A HORSEMAN (1978) BLU-RAY - Jan 17th TWO FOR THE ROAD (1967) BLU-RAY - Jan 17th THE MAD MAGICIAN 3D (1954) BLU-RAY - Jan 17th Includes: Pardon My Backfire 3D (1953) and Spooks 3D (1953) CHILLY SCENES OF WINTER (1979) BLU-RAY - Feb 14th...