Highly Recommended While not quite on the same scale as finding Orson Welles’s original cut of The Magnificent Ambersons or the original camera negative of the long-lost London After Midnight , Olive Films nonetheless has quietly achieved something quite remarkable with their release of Overland Stage Raiders (1938) and three other relatively obscure John Wayne pictures made just prior to John …
DVD Talk Collector Series THE MOVIE: Please Note: The stills used here are taken from the bonus DVD included in the package and not the Blu-ray edition under review.
Highly Recommended [click on the thumbnail to enlarge] “Who will dare to face the challenge of the funhouse? Who’s brave enough…?
Skip It The Movie: White Vengeance , in the promotional materials, states that it’s part of the ‘Red Cliff’ saga, but at a much earlier point in that time line. Whether it references the John Woo’s Red Cliff or the historical one is up for debate. What White Vengeance does is pit to friends up against each other all over the love of a woman.
Highly Recommended THE FILM: Please Note: The images used here are taken from promotional materials and a prior review of the Blu-ray by DVD Savant , not the Blu-ray disc under review. More gripping, succinct, and troubling than almost any picture made in the Hollywood studios’ golden age, Fred Zinnemann’s 1952 Western High Noon is a starker, more thoughtful example of the genre than many of its …
Rent It *CLICK on all images to enlarge. These screenshots have been taken from the Blu-ray and ARE indicative of what you’ll see at home. Growing up, I wasn’t all about the family friendly stuff.
Highly Recommended *All images in this review taken from the Blu-ray discs in this set. Click on all images to view full size caps
Highly Recommended THE FILM: Please Note: The images used here are taken from stills provided by Kino Lorber, not the Blu-ray edition under review.
Recommended [click on the thumbnail to enlarge] The overture plays as the audience begins to settle into their seats. After a few minutes of that lovely music, the curtains start to pull back. Read the entire review
Skip It The Movie: It’s been quite a while since I’ve tackled an independent romantic comedy, but I heard a lot of things, good and bad, about Lola Versus , so why the hell not, right? And on Blu-ray no less. Lola Versus has a peculiar title, because it’s whatever you want it to be.