Category: DVDs

Skidoo (Blu-ray)

Skip It THE MOVIE: The slang term “23 skidoo” is a reference to making a fast getaway, of getting out while the getting is good. If only someone had walked onto the set of Otto Preminger's 1968 generation-gap comedy Skidoo and shouted “23 skidoo!” just before cameras rolled. Had cast and crew scattered, never to return, a lot of veteran performers could have saved themselves some embarrassment …

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Appointment With Danger (Blu-ray)

Recommended The Movie: Directed by Lewis Allen in 1951, Appointment With Danger stars genre stalwart Alan Ladd in what would wind up being his farewell to film noir.' Ladd plays Al Goddard, a United States Postal Inspector with an unusually suspicious mind that, quite frankly, tends to serve him well in his position. He's a Chicago based worker who is asked to head to Gary, Indiana to …

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Coming Home (Blu-ray)

Highly Recommended The Movie: Coming Home is proof that, then and now, attempting to return to normal life after combat duty is pure hell. As one of the few feature films to go into the psychological toll of returning war vets, the 1978 Vietnam War-era drama ended up as the most acclaimed work from maverick director Hal Ashby ( Harold and Maude ; Shampoo ).

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The Long Goodbye (Blu-ray)

Highly Recommended The Movie: When most people think of Raymond Chandler's work, they think of Humphrey Bogart as private eye Philip Marlowe in the 1946 adaptation of The Big Sleep . Since then, a handful of films have revisited and updated Chandler's iconic gumshoe, such as 1969's Marlowe , which cast James Garner as the title character, and 1978's The Big Sleep , with Robert Mitchum in the …

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Samurai Cop (Blu-ray)

Highly Recommended The Movie: I sincerely hope that you will read this review instead of simply looking at the star rating and assuming that Samurai Cop is a mediocre and forgettable action movie from the 80s, which is what a 2.5 stars out of 5 implies. Before you write Samurai Cop off completely, let me explain myself: Samurai Cop is as far as you can get from mediocre or forgettable. Chances …

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Pride (Blu-ray)

Highly Recommended The Movie: Pride is one of the best examples of the “Conservative working class Brits face socially controversial change and learn to grow as a result” British comedies pioneered by the likes of Full Monty , Billy Elliot and Calendar Girls . Its simple yet effective messages of tolerance, compassion and the importance of solidarity are delivered with an infectiously positive …

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Union Station (Blu-ray)

Recommended When Joyce Willecombe (Nancy Olson) boards a train to Chicago, she's not expecting anything particularly exciting to happen, but as the train is arriving at one of the stations before her destination, she spots a car on the adjacent road, speeding to keep up with the train. Two men exit the car and board the train, but they enter through different doorways, and act as if they don't …

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