The Last of Sheila Blu-ray Review: A Stylish Whodunnit
Fans of games, puzzles, and mysteries will enjoy the 1973 film The Last of Sheila. Written by the dynamic duo ...
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Damn Yankees Blu-ray Review: Lola Wants (and Gets) 4K
How much do you love your favorite baseball team? Or, more accurately, how much do you hate the New York ...
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Six by Sondheim Blu-ray Review: Behind the Music of a True Broadway Baby
The HBO television documentary Six by Sondheim is now available on Blu-ray. A fascinating look at the career of Stephen Sondheim, it tells ...
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Smooth Talk Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Teen’s Roller Coaster Ride from Innocence to Harsh Reality
1985's Smooth Talk, directed by Joyce Chopra (Murder in a Small Town, The Lemon Sisters, Blonde), follows restless teenager Connie ...
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Pretty in Pink (35th Anniversary) Movie Review: Still Pretty, Still (Very) Pink
Pretty in Pink turns 35 this year. It was a peak '80s film - featuring teen romance, members of the ...
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Beautiful Girls (25th Anniversary) Movie Review: Love in the ’90s
Miramax is releasing 1996's Beautiful Girls on digital for its 25th anniversary on February 9 and DVD on February 23. ...
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The Go-Go’s Movie Review: Girls Rock. Duh.
The Go-Go's documentary, which premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and won two awards, “Best Music Documentary” and “Most Compelling ...
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My Rembrandt Movie Review: Portraits of Obsession
Strand Releasing has released the art world documentary My Rembrandt, which opened in theaters on January 22, 2021 and is ...
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Killing Eve: Season 3 Blu-ray Review: Girl Power to the Max
Killing Eve is a weird and wonderful show. The cat and mouse attraction/repulsion between British intelligence agent Eve Polastri (Sandra Oh) ...
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Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile (2004) Blu-ray Review: Poirot Solves Multiple Murders
Acorn Media has released on Blu-ray Death on the Nile, starring David Suchet as the ingenious Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. It ...
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Roman Holiday Blu-ray Review: Audrey Hepburn Epitomizes Charm in Italian Locations
Paramount Home Entertainment has released the 1953 Hollywood classic film Roman Holiday for the first time on Blu-ray and it's about time. ...
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Pizza, A Love Story Movie Review: A Loving Tribute to New Haven’s Tomato Pie
Pizza wasn't invented in New Haven. It was perfected there. That's the tagline to MVD Entertainment Group's Pizza, A Love Story, ...
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Beyond the Visible – Hilma af Klint Blu-ray Review: An Artist for the Ages
The pictures were painted directly through me, without any preliminary drawings, and with great force. I had no idea what ...
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A Stranger Among Us Blu-ray Review: A Shiksa Cop Out of Water
A Stranger Among Us is a strange film. At times a crime thriller, a romance, a fish-out-of-water story, and a golden-toned ...
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All I Desire Blu-ray Review: Can Barbara Stanwyck Go Home Again?
Kino Lorber's KL Studio Classics has released All I Desire, from 1953, a romantic melodrama featuring Barbara Stanwyck, from the producer/director ...
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Lucky Grandma Blu-ray Review: Don’t Mess with Grandma
After her husband's death and an auspicious fortune-telling reading, chain-smoking, cranky Grandma Wong (Tsai Chin - Joy Luck Club, Casino Royale) ...
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Old Boyfriends Blu-ray Review: Girl Trip
Diane Cruise (Talia Shire) is a psychiatrist who doesn't seem to have any sense of herself in Old Boyfriends (1979), presented with ...
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Carole Lombard Collection I Blu-ray Review: An Early Glimpse of the Queen of Screwball Comedy
Kino Lorber Studio Classics have released a Blu-ray collection of three pre-Code films featuring Golden Age of Hollywood star Carole ...
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The Booksellers DVD Review: Like a Good Book, You Won’t Want It to End
Calling all bibliophiles - The Booksellers is a documentary that you won't want to miss. And like a good book, you won't ...
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In Search of Dracula Blu-ray Review: A Bloody Good Documentary
In Search of Dracula, originally released in 1975, and directed by Calvin Floyd (Terror of Frankenstein, The Sleep of Death), has ...
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Alice in Wonderland (1933) Blu-ray Review: The Special Effects Are Actually Quite Special
The live-action (mostly) version of Alice in Wonderland, released by Kino Lorber, has a lot packed into its 76-minute running time. ...
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An Inspector Calls (1954) Blu-ray Review: More of a Psychological Mystery than Detective Story
In 1912, the wealthy Yorkshire Birlings, Eric and Sybil (Bryan Forbes and Olga Lindo) have a lot to celebrate. Their ...
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Like A Boss Blu-ray Review: Making Up is Hard to Do
Like A Boss has the ingredients of a really good girl power comedy: a great cast with lots of chemistry (led ...
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Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife Blu-ray Review: Lifestyles of the Rich and Zany
Kino Lorber has just released Bluebeard's Eighth Wife, starring Claudette Colbert and Gary Cooper. Made in 1938, the screwball romantic comedy was ...
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Endless Night Blu-ray Review: Not Your Typical Christie
Agatha Christie is well-known for cozy mysteries set in English villages where evil lurks beneath the neatly trimmed hedges; or ...
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Bombshell (2019) Blu-ray Review: Me (and Me and Me, etc.) Too
Available on Blu-ray, DVD and digital copy, Bombshell uses real news footage mixed with actor portrayals to tell the story of how ...
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Antonio Gaudí Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Tone Poem of Gaudí, Barcelona, and Art
Antonio Gaudí, a film by Japanese director Hiroshi Teshigahara (1927-2001), is a tone poem of Gaudí, Barcelona, and art - ...
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Marcel Duchamp: The Art of the Possible Movie Review: What Would Modern Art Be Like Without Duchamp?
Available on iTunes and Amazon on March 10, 2020, comes a new documentary film from Electrolift Creative Productions, Marcel Duchamp: The ...
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TV Review: Twin – A Limited Series
Norwegian actor Kristofer Hivju is probably best-known to most avid television viewers as the ginger-haired, love-lorn Tormund Giantsbane from HBO's Game ...
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The Major and the Minor Blu-ray Review: Wild Comedy from Billy Wilder
Susan Applegate (Ginger Rogers) has had it up to here with New York City, with fighting off men making passes ...
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The Girl Most Likely To… Blu-ray Review: Very Dark, Very Funny
They sure knew how to make TV-movies back in the day. In The Girl Most Likely To… Stockard Channing (Grease, Six Degrees ...
Read More Isn’t It Romantic Blu-ray Review: Rebel Wilson Is a Pretty (and Funny) Woman
"Isn't It Romantic opens with Roy Orbison's classic song "Oh, Pretty Woman" playing, as a young Aussie, Natalie, watches Julia Roberts ...
Read More Eyes of Laura Mars Blu-ray Review: Fashion Can Be Deadly
In 1978, hairdresser-turned movie mogul Jon Peters bought a murder-mystery screenplay, Eyes of Laura Mars, for his then-girlfriend, Barbra Streisand. She ...
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The Kid Who Would Be King Blu-ray Review: Merlin’s Beard, Kids Should Like It
The Kid Who Would Be King is a modern take on the King Arthur legend. Directed by Joe Cornish (Attack the ...
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Replicas (2018) Blu-ray Review: Attack of the Keanu Clones
Keanu Reeves plays Will, a neuroscientist who has more than a little bit of Victor Frankenstein to his personality. His ...
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Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (2019) Blu-ray Review: Girl Sleuth, Girl Power
Do kids still read Nancy Drew? I hope so. She was the original girl power hero, solving mysteries and having adventures. ...
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Second Act Blu-ray Review: Not Exactly Working Girl
Second Act features Jennifer Lopez as Maya, a 40-year-old assistant manager at a Walmart-like chain store full of big ideas, ...
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The Group Blu-ray Review: 1930s Women’s Issues – Not So Different from Today
Kino Lorber has released the 1966 film The Group on Blu-ray. Directed by Sidney Lumet (12 Angry Men, Dog Day ...
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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Blu-ray Review: Pros and Cons on the French Riviera
Steve Martin and Michael Caine are a dynamic duo vying for the fortune, and affections, of American heiress Glenne Headly, ...
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Kusama: Infinity DVD Review: Connecting the Dots in a Great Artist’s Life
Eighty-nine-year-old Yayoi Kusama is currently the top-selling artist in the world, but her path to success has not been a ...
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A Simple Favor Blu-ray Review: A Sorta Simple Mystery with All Its Twists and Turns
Director Paul Feig's (Bridesmaids, Ghostbusters) A Simple Favor doesn't know what it wants to be. Murder mystery? Psychological thriller? Black ...
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Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again Blu-ray Review: Sing-A-Long with the Oldies (and New Cast, Too)
Available this Tuesday, October 23, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again reunites the cast from the original 2008 film starring ...
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Murder on the Orient Express (2017) Blu-ray Review: Kenneth Branagh Dunnit (Pulled Off Poirot, That Is)
As an avid fan of Agatha Christie mysteries on book and screen - especially David Suchet's excellent portrayal of her ...
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Book Review: Star Trek: The Classic UK Comics, Vol. 2: Where Some Fans May Never Have Gone Before
There are so many branches to the Star Trek universe: novelizations, movies, re-boot film series, animated series, magazines, television series, ...
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The Forest Blu-ray Review: It May Make You Want To Give Up Camping
Natalie Dormer (Game of Thrones, The Hunger Games, The Tudors) stars in the supernatural thriller The Forest. The film is ...
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Looney Tunes Musical Masterpieces DVD Review: Bugs and the Gang’s Tunes are Looney Fun
Looney Tunes Musical Masterpieces, a recent release from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, is a fun-filled musical romp through classic cartoons. ...
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Teen Titans Go!: Appetite for Disruption DVD Review: Young Superheroes’ Bratty Beginnings
There seems to be a never-ending desire for superheroes and their stories these days. Origin stories are all the rage. ...
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Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn DVD Review: Lost in Translation
Kids will like the latest filmed version of the adventures of Mark Twain's classic characters, Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn, ...
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Lovejoy: Series 4 DVD Review: Up to His Old Tricks
Lovejoy (Ian McShane) has always walked a fine line between legitimate and slightly shady deals - such seems to be ...
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The Story of Women and Art DVD Review: Sisters Are Doing It for Themselves
Art historian and host Amanda Vickery (professor of early modern history at Queen Mary University of London) poses a question ...
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Lovejoy: Series 3 DVD Review: Is Lovejoy Looking for Love?
In the second season of Lovejoy, the last time we saw the irascible but ever-charming antiques dealer played by Ian ...
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Horns Blu-ray Review: Daniel Radcliffe Can Still Talk to Snakes
Ig Perrish (Daniel Radcliffe) met the love of his life, Merrin Williams (Juno Temple), when they were just children, and ...
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How to Train Your Dragon 2 Digital Download Review: Here Be Dragons
Fans of Hiccup and his adorable dragon Toothless will be delighted to learn that their second feature, How to Train ...
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Lovejoy: Series 2 DVD Review: Ian McShane Is Back for More Antiques, Crime and Fun
Acorn Media has recently released Lovejoy: Series 2, and it is just as much fun as the first series. Based ...
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Inspector Manara: Season Two DVD Review: Crime and Amore
MHz has recently released the second season of the Italian crime/comedy series Inspector Manara. Fans of the first season will ...
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Book Review: The Wizard of Oz FAQ by David J. Hogan: Over the Rainbow and Beyond
The Wizard of Oz is an enduring and endearing classic. Who hasn't seen it, perhaps even multiple times? It made ...
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Inspector Manara: Season One DVD Review: Crime-solving, Italian style
MHz has released another international series on DVD, Inspector Manara (Il Comisario Manara). Part police procedural, part romantic comedy, it ...
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Donna Detective: Season 1 DVD Review: Ahhh, Roma
Donna Detective is one of the latest offerings from MHz Networks, which releases international television shows on DVD. Originally aired ...
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Lovejoy: Series 1 DVD Review: Ian McShane Is a Lovable Rascal (and Might Just Teach You a Thing or Two about Antiques)
When American audiences hear the name Ian McShane, the first image that comes to mind is most likely his gritty, ...
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Girl Trouble (1942) DVD Review: Romantic Comedy Lite
Hollywood churned out romantic comedies by the dozens in the 1930s and 1940s. Wacky heiresses, bumbling suitors, and their faithful ...
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Woman’s World DVD Review: It’s Frothy, ’50s Fun
Woman's World is a glossy, mid-'50s drama, with comedic undertones provided by June Allyson, and finally available on DVD on-demand ...
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Book Review: Borderline Is Lawrence Block’s Pulp Fiction
Lawrence Block is one of the country's best-known and successful mystery and crime novelists (8 Million Ways to Die, When ...
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Dan Curtis’ Dracula Blu-ray Review: Jack Palance Is Dead and Loving It
Just released on Blu-ray, Dan Curtis' Dracula features Academy Award-winner Jack Palance (City Slickers, Shane, Barabbas) in the title role ...
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Bachelor Flat DVD Review: Everybody Loves Terry-Thomas
Bachelor Flat is one of those breezy, zany, battle-of the-sexes farces that were cranked out a lot in the 1960s. ...
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The Maltese Falcon (1941) Blu-ray Review: The Stuff Dreams Are Made of
Continuing my Humphrey Bogart film-watching... Set in 1941 San Francisco, The Maltese Falcon follows detective Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart) who ...
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It’s A Wrap: The 2014 Humphrey Bogart Film Festival
Humphrey Bogart Estate and Key Largo Chamber of Commerce Announce Creation of Humphrey Bogart Film Festival; Fans Can Help Select ...
Read More Here’s Looking At You, Kid: The 2014 Humphrey Bogart Film Festival Preview
Humphrey Bogart Estate and Key Largo Chamber of Commerce Announce Creation of Humphrey Bogart Film Festival; Fans Can Help Select ...
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20 Feet from Stardom Movie Review: Backup Singers Take Center Stage
When 20 Feet from Stardom won the Best Documentary Film award at the most recent Oscars, there was some chatter ...
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Book Review: Grimm: Below the Surface: The Insider’s Guide to the Show
Grimm is a television show that has been running on NBC since the 2011 fall season. Part procedural cop show, ...
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The Nut Job Blu-ray Review: Amiable Enough to Entertain the Kiddos
Universal Studios is releasing on Blu-ray and DVD The Nut Job on April 15. The animated film is set in ...
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Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Series 11 DVD Review: Poirot’s Still Got It
David Suchet is as wonderful as ever as Hercule Poirot in this latest DVD collection from Acorn Media, Agatha Christie's ...
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Joanna Lumley’s Nile and Joanna Lumley’s Greek Odyssey DVDs Review: Take a Tour with Patsy
Isn't that Patsy from Absolutely Fabulous? Yes, it is. Joannna Lumley has calmed down her signature beehive and put aside ...
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Les Petits Meurtres D’Agatha Christie: Set 1 DVD Review: Who Needs Poirot?
Just when Agatha Christie fans might be feeling a bit bereft since David Suchet hung up his Poirot mustaches, Acorn ...
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Agatha Christie’s The Queen of Crime Collection DVD Review: No Poirot, but Plenty of Madcap Amateur Sleuths in this Fun Set
Acorn Media has released Agatha Christie's The Queen of Crime Collection, three feature-length adaptations of Agatha Christie novels. The three ...
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