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Invaders from Mars (Special Edition)
Helena Carter, Arthur Franz
Image Entertainment, 2002
Real Cult Classic
I remember seeing this when I was seven years old and the impression it made. It filled my imagination for a week. Compared against modern stuff with special effects it may seem wooden or hollow. But keep in mind that it was made with a shoestring budget when special ...
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Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone
Alpha Video, 2003
GREAT AND FUNNY MOVIE!!!!!!!
This movie is absolutely hilarious!!!! Mickey Rooney is just awesome in this movie and he is in all of the Andy Hardy pictures. The dance with his MUCH taller date is just hilarious. So many funny things happen to Andy in this movie you will find yourself laughing a ...
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House on Telegraph Hill (Fox Film Noir)
Richard Basehart, Valentina Cortese
20th Century Fox, 2006
tight, taut psychological thriller
THE HOUSE ON TELEGRAPH HILL is one of my favourite noir films. It stars the rarely-mentioned Valentina Cortese; and is set against the backdrop of San Francisco's Coit Tower area.
Polish concentration camp inmate Victoria Kowelska (Valentina Cortese) assumes the ...
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Notorious - Criterion Collection
Fay Baker, Ingrid Bergman
Criterion, 2001
Romantic Noir
Hitchcock framed this wartime noir film around a debonair Cary Grant and the youthful beauty of Ingrid Bergman. Luxuriant black and white cinematography was added to this elegant love story set in the world of secret agents, giving it a lusciously romantic glow not ...
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Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone
Dylan Baker, Edward Fox
Platinum Disc, 2005
Beautiful depiction of a time in history
I ordered this video because my son was doing a project on world explorers and his subject was Dr. Livingston. But when I saw this movie, it took me back in time and into a world not too far from our present time, but yet so distant. The photography, acting and pace ...
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The Star
Bette Davis, Sterling Hayden
Warner Home Video, 2005
"DON'T TOUCH ME WITH YOUR WITH YOUR 10 PERCENT HANDS!"
Bette Davis made only one foray into "Trash Yourself Cinema," but it's such a firecracker of self-exploitation, she didn't need to make another.
Aging, frumpy, and broke, Davis stands outside the auction house where her personal effects aren't selling. "What am I ...
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Notorious
Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman
MGM (Video & DVD), 2008
Romantic Noir
Hitchcock framed this wartime noir film around a debonair Cary Grant and the youthful beauty of Ingrid Bergman. Luxuriant black and white cinematography was added to this elegant love story set in the world of secret agents, giving it a lusciously romantic glow not ...
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The Freakmaker
Donald Pleasence, Tom Baker
Subversive Cinema, Inc., 2005
"Think of the glorious creatures of the future to be induced by genetic manipulation."
Is there any more enduring stereotypical character within the horror genre than the mad scientist with altruistic visions of improving the overall lot of mankind? And they always seem to share the same philosophy of in terms of the `need to break a few eggs to make an ...
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Men With Brooms
James Allodi, Bob Bainborough
Artisan Entertainment, 2002
CURLING?
Hard to believe you could make a fun, interesting, highly enjoyable and watchable movie about the sport of curling, but the very talented Paul Gross has done just that with MEN WITH BROOMS. A lot of good things come out of Canada besides maple syrup and Gross is right ...
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Invaders from Mars / The Crawling Eye
Helena Carter, Arthur Franz
Image Entertainment, 2003
great copies of great old movies
I liked both of these movies. This DVD set has excellent quality copies. This is well worth purchasing for old movie buffs
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Spotlight Scandals
Billy Gilbert, Frank Fay
Reel Enterprises, 2007
Con man Frank Fay goes to get a haircut from barber Billy Gilbert after skipping out on his hotel bill, and also tries to swindle Billy. However, the two work things out, become friends, and Billy ends up inviting Frank to his home. When Frank how wonderfully Billy can sing, and Frank convinces him to create an act together. The film charts the ...
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Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone
GREAT AND FUNNY MOVIE!!!!!!!
This movie is absolutely hilarious!!!! Mickey Rooney is just awesome in this movie and he is in all of the Andy Hardy pictures. The dance with his MUCH taller date is just hilarious. So many funny things happen to Andy in this movie you will find yourself laughing a ...
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Invaders from Mars
Helena Carter, Arthur Franz
Image Entertainment, 1998
Real Cult Classic
I remember seeing this when I was seven years old and the impression it made. It filled my imagination for a week. Compared against modern stuff with special effects it may seem wooden or hollow. But keep in mind that it was made with a shoestring budget when special ...
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Notorious
Fay Baker, Ingrid Bergman
Starz / Anchor Bay, 1999
Romantic Noir
Hitchcock framed this wartime noir film around a debonair Cary Grant and the youthful beauty of Ingrid Bergman. Luxuriant black and white cinematography was added to this elegant love story set in the world of secret agents, giving it a lusciously romantic glow not ...
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The House on Telegraph Hill
Richard Basehart, Valentina Cortese
tight, taut psychological thriller
THE HOUSE ON TELEGRAPH HILL is one of my favourite noir films. It stars the rarely-mentioned Valentina Cortese; and is set against the backdrop of San Francisco's Coit Tower area.
Polish concentration camp inmate Victoria Kowelska (Valentina Cortese) assumes the ...
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