Category: FILM REVIEWS

Flynn in WWII, Part I

Flynn in WWII, Part I

October 12, 2010 | By

DVD reviews of Dive Bomber (1941), and the first trio of titles from Warner Home Video’s TCM Spotlight Errol Flynn Adventure box: Desperate Journey (1942), Edge of Darkness (1943), and Northern Pursuit (1943)…

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Nunsploitation, Part I: Borowczyk + Suzuki

Nunsploitation, Part I: Borowczyk + Suzuki

September 25, 2010 | By

DVD reviews of Cult Epics’ 2-disc set, The Nunsploitation Convent, featuring Walerian Borowczyk’s Behind Convent Walls / Intérieur d’un couvent / Interno di un convento (1978), and Norifumi Suzuki’s outrageous anti-Catholic assault School of the Holy Beast / Seijû gakuen (1974)…

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Sci-Fi ’56: The Year of Style, Substance, and Silliness

Sci-Fi ’56: The Year of Style, Substance, and Silliness

September 21, 2010 | By

Reviews of Warner Home Video’s new Forbidden Planet Blu-ray, as well as the label’s sci-fi diptych, Satellite in the Sky and World Without End…

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Library Music, Part 4

Library Music, Part 4

September 16, 2010 | By

In Part 4 of our series on stock music libraries, I’ve reviewed the films Teenagers from Outer Space (1959) and The Incredible Petrified World (1957) – both scored with music from the Capitol Hi-Q library – and CDs of stock & original music used by George Romero in Dawn of the Dead (1978)…

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Big Screen Hamlet

Big Screen Hamlet

September 7, 2010 | By

Review of Warner Home Video’s Blu-ray edtion of Hamlet (1996), filmed in gorgeous 65mm, and originally released in 70mm, multu-track sound…

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