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Anthony Harvey's 1971, They Might Be Giants, is one of those delicious trifles, that's always a pleasure. It's an unconventional rom-com, about a retired judge, who knows that he's actually Sherlock Holmes, and the psychiatrist assigned to his case. For those who may never have been aware of...

Midnight Lace is David Miller's tale of a woman in jeopardy, based upon the stage play "Matilda Shouted Fire." It's an expensive, high-end production, with high-rent talent, and enough location work in London to belie the studio material from Universal, which looks fine. The interesting...

Robert Wise's The Andromeda Strain, based upon the novel by Michael Crichton is a fence-sitter. Neither an actual documentary, it plays more akin to a docu-drama, but isn't really that, either. It's pure sci-fi, blending the genres. Without getting into specifics, for fear of spoiling what...

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I think many here remember the 2008 Universal "vault" fire that destroyed many films and videotapes, but apparently, a lot of music masters were also lost as well. What is most disturbing, is that UMG still doesn't seem to have a precise grasp on what was lost, or at least they're not saying, if...

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Not to brag, but I may have been one of the earliest believers in the obvious talents of director/writer Jordan Peele - going back to his early work for Hallmark (when I see a Dove sticker, I know the film is right up my ally, as I love dark) c. 1994-7, when certain "unusual" bits of context...

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Scream Factory, via their license with Universal, has released Universal Horror Collection Volume 1, and there will be additional offerings. And that would be a very good thing. Little needs be said about these four films - The Black Cat (1934), The Raven (1935), The Invisible Ray (1936), and...

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It's been a while again since any new titles from the Universal Vault Series have been announced or turned up on Amazon. There is still a great many more titles from Universal from the 30s up through the 60s and plenty of Paramount titles from the 30s and 40s that haven't been on video. Does...

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The imagery on Shout Factory's new Blu-ray of the 1974 all-star epic catastrophe production, Earthquake, is of requisite enough quality to show off the film's effects for their analogue quality. Which were not good. While many top actors, or actors of the past, got themselves a paycheck to...

In terms of thriller / noir, John Farrow's The Big Clock (1948), is not to be confused with the Judy Garland, Robert Walker film, The Clock, which concerned a smaller timepiece. While Ray Milland is the technical lead here, Charles Laughton turns in a superb performance. Probably a good time...

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