Watching the Dark
Subject Two
Every Halloween, horror critics tend to produce lists of film suggestions to properly celebrate Samhain. I’ve done so myself, in this very…
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Blood of the Vines
High School Angst
Pairing wine with movies! See the trailers and hear the fascinating commentary for these movies, and many more, at Trailers From Hell.…
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Skyscraper Souls
Pre-code delirium hits a sordid low (high?) in Edgar Selwyn's saga of financial conflict and sexual predation in a futuristic super-skyscraper run…
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Dear Heart
A square romance that needs rediscovery: Glenn Ford and Geraldine Page are the most endearing couple of the 1960s -- ordinary decent…
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Operation Kid Brother
At the ragged end of the SuperSpy craze came this ingenious Italo 007 wannabe, so desperate for a James Bond connection that…
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13 Washington Square
The double standard strikes again. Reviewer Denise Morrison takes on this late-era silent, a frisky comedy of manners circling around an elopement…
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Farewell, Eva Marie Saint
Pairing wine with movies! See the trailers and hear the fascinating commentary for these movies, and many more, at Trailers From Hell.…
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The First Deadly Sin
Frank Sinatra's final starring performance in a feature is an interesting, low-key tale of a retirement-age detective hunting a serial killer while…
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The Lost Patrol
No women here, just a gritty, doom-laden ordeal in the desert. John Ford took Victor McLaglen and Boris Karloff to Yuma, Arizona…
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Coup de torchon
French director Bertrand Tavernier relocates Texan Jim Thompson's acid-pulp thriller "Pop. 1280" to French colonial Africa just before WW2. Philippe Noiret embodies…
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Sergeant Rutledge
We never pass up a John Ford western, even if this story of a military trial is not one of the best.…
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Living Dolls
Pairing wine with movies! See the trailers and hear the fascinating commentary for these movies, and many more, at Trailers From Hell.…
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The Wings of Eagles
John Ford indulges his reverence for the U.S. Navy in this semi-comic biography of a buddy who was a Naval aviation pioneer…
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Le Joli Mai
Chris Marker and Pierre Lhomme follow the 'Direct Cinema' ethos in their inspired 2.5 hour portrait of Paris during a specific month…
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Machine-Gun Kelly
This German import disc gives us an excellent-quality HD copy of Roger Corman's first gangster picture. In it Corman gave Charles Bronson…
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The Love Trap
Silent Star Laura La Plante steps into the limelight. The daughter of a Hollywood extra started as a child actress and became…
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French Dressing
Wow! Maybe you're a Ken Russell fan, primed and ready to see his notorious The Devils? Um, here's a slight substitution. The…
Blood of the Vines
Cinematic Obsession
Pairing wine with movies! See the trailers and hear the fascinating commentary for these movies, and many more, at Trailers From Hell.…
Allan Arkush: The Last Reel
The Last Reel With Allan Arkush: Roll Camera… Action!
Two Hollywood commandments must always be obeyed: “Roll Camera… Action!” which, by coincidence, is the title of this Last Reel. A bit…
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The Human Comedy
It's ground zero for MGM 'tradition of quality' wholesomeness -- and a great picture about wartime emotions, even if the sentiment meter…
Watching the Dark
Resident Evil
When the first Resident Evil game was released in the United States in 1996, I don’t imagine anybody thought that it would…
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Scary Movie (2026)
After a 13-year break, the ultimate 21st-century horror parody franchise is back! The sixth installment in the Scary Movie saga gets into…
Blood of the Vines
Harryhausen Forever
Pairing wine with movies! See the trailers and hear the fascinating commentary for these movies, and many more, at Trailers From Hell.…
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Twin Peaks Fire Walk with Me
David Lynch's 1992 prequel to the tv series Twin Peaks has received a 4K Criterion upgrade, which will be good news for…
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Star Trek
The mighty Star Trek franchise is still a big deal in fan circles, which will make this 60th Anniversary disc set a…
