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DVD Review THE BLUE ANGEL (BLU-RAY)

The film itself is a classic, but here's a Blu-Ray "ultimate edition" release that lives up to the hype, as it includes a restored German-language version as well as the once long lost English-language version.

Highly recommended.

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Posted by: Rich Rosell - December 28, 2013, 9:27 am - DVD Review
Keywords: marlene dietrich, josef von sternberg, emil jannings, the blue angel

DVD Review THE STRANGER (BLU-RAY)

While not the most heralded of Orson Welles' films, this disc is supposedly the long-overdue, stellar home video edition that the movie has always deserved.

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Posted by: Chuck Aliaga - December 23, 2013, 6:00 pm - DVD Review
Keywords: baroque, postwar, agent

PR Kino Classics Ida Lupino's The Hitch-hiker & Orson Welles' The Stranger on Blu-ray Oct 15

Two classic films presented in new HD transfers from 35mm archival restorations by the Library of Congress: Ida Lupino's The Hitch-Hiker and Orson Welles' The Stranger.

Kino Lorber

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Posted by: News Editor - October 13, 2013, 9:34 am - PR
Keywords: drama

PR The Damned on Blu-ray & DVD Aug 13

A gritty mix of film noir and suspense about Nazis fleeing for South America in a submarine. This rediscovered masterpiece by director Rene Clement (Forbidden Games, Purple Noon) has been remastered and is available for the first time on Blu-ray and DVD. The 1947 Cannes winner for Best Adventure and Crime Film, featuring stunning cinematography by Henri Alekan.

Cohen Media Group

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Posted by: News Editor - August 9, 2013, 7:24 am - PR
Keywords: foreign, drama

DVD Review THINGS TO COME (BLU-RAY)

This collaboration between H.H. Wells and director William Cameron Menzies has been hailed as a science-fiction film like none before or after it. While it's difficult to believe that films haven't at least borrowed from it since its release back in 1936, thanks to The Criterion Collection, I finally get to see for myself.

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Posted by: Chuck Aliaga - July 15, 2013, 4:06 pm - DVD Review
Keywords: turmoil, dictatorship, utopia

PR Frontline: Never Forget to Lie on DVD Jul 9

In his latest film, Marian Marzynski returns to Poland and the Jewish ghettos of his childhood. But this time, he is not alone. The film chronicles the poignant, painful recollections of other child survivors and rescues haunting pieces of the past while exploring the conflicting feelings about national, cultural, and religious identity that mark many survivors.

PBS Distribution

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Posted by: News Editor - July 12, 2013, 7:48 am - PR
Keywords: documentary

DVD Review THE PRODUCERS (BLU-RAY/DVD COMBO)

With this occasionally hammy classic Mel Brooks gave us the surreal weirdness of Springtime For Hitler. What more do you need - especially if you already own the 2005 deluxe SD edition?

Well, the nice new HD transfer makes a doubledip a no brainer.

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Posted by: Rich Rosell - August 4, 2013, 7:32 am - DVD Review
Keywords: mel brooks, the producers

PR Space Shuttle Columbia: Mission of Hope on DVD Apr 23

The untold inspirational story of Colonel Ilan Ramon, a fighter pilot and son of Holocaust survivors who became the first and only astronaut from Israel, embarking on a mission with the most diverse shuttle crew ever to explore space. Ramon realized the significance of 'being the first' and his journey of self-discovery turned into a mission to tell the world a powerful story about the resilience of the human spirit. Although the seven astronauts of the Columbia perished on February 1, 2003, a remarkable story of hope, friendship across cultures, and an enduring faith emerged.

PBS Distribution

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Posted by: News Editor - April 9, 2013, 7:52 am - PR
Keywords: history, documentary

DVD Review MINISTRY OF FEAR (BLU-RAY)

Though not the definitive Fritz Lang by a longshot there is still a lot of noir grooviness here as Ray Milland has to deal with Nazi spies, deadly seances and one big cake.

Recommended.

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Posted by: Rich Rosell - June 22, 2013, 9:06 am - DVD Review
Keywords: fritz lang, ray milland, nazis, seance, espionage, thriller, graham greene

DVD Review ZOMBIE LAKE (BLU-RAY)

No doubt one of the biggest disasters in the already uneven Jean Rollin catalog, this entry is laughably awful.

Nice transfer. Rotten movie.

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Posted by: Rich Rosell - June 16, 2013, 8:41 am - DVD Review
Keywords: jean rollin, horror, sexploitation, zombie

PR Deadball on DVD, Blu-ray & Digital Apr 2

Tak Sakaguchi stars as Jubeh Yakyu, a seventeen-year-old juvenile delinquent sent to reform school after killing over 50 people within a week. To escape the school, Jubeh agrees to join the facility's baseball team in a battle to the death against the sexy 'psycho butcher girls' of St. Black Dahlia High School. This riotous, over-the-top epic of excess is the movie for the psycho sports fan in everybody and more fun than a prison cavity search!

Well Go USA

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Posted by: News Editor - March 29, 2013, 6:50 am - PR
Keywords: action

PR Zombie Lake & Oasis of the Zombies on Blu-ray Feb 26

Two films by masters of horror: Zombie Lake, directed by Jean Rollin, and Jess Franco's Oasis of the Zombies. Both of these cult horror classics come to Blu-ray and DVD mastered in HD from the archival negatives.

Kino Lorber

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Posted by: News Editor - March 24, 2013, 10:25 am - PR
Keywords: horror

PR Schindler's List 20th Anniversary Limited Edition on Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD & Digital Copy Mar 5

Meticulously restored from the original film negative in pristine high definition, supervised by Steven Spielberg and includes bonus features that shed unprecedented light on the story of Oskar Schindler, a member of the Nazi party who risked his own life to save more than 1,100 Jews during the Holocaust.

Universal Studios Home Entertainment

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Posted by: News Editor - March 6, 2013, 7:55 am - PR
Keywords: drama

PR This Must Be the Place on Blu-ray & DVD Mar 12

When legendary Goth rocker Cheyenne (Sean Penn), long-retired in Dublin with his firefighter wife, Jane (Frances McDormand), learns his estranged father is dying, the childlike recluse travels to New York to seek reconciliation -- only to arrive too late. Upon discovering his father's unfulfilled quest for revenge against an ex-Nazi war criminal taking refuge in America, Cheyenne embarks upon his own journey of reawakening in this engaging and unpredictable road adventure from internationally acclaimed director Paolo Sorrentino.

Anchor Bay Entertainment

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Posted by: News Editor - March 5, 2013, 8:35 am - PR
Keywords: drama

PR Company of Heroes on DVD & Blu-ray Feb 26

Tells the pulse-pounding tale of an unlikely brotherhood of soldiers during the Battle of the Bulge, making a daring raid into the heart of Nazi Germany to stop Hitler from developing an atomic super weapon. Tom Sizemore, Chad Michael Collins, Vinnie Jones, Neal McDonough, and Juergen Prochnow lead an all-star cast

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

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Posted by: News Editor - February 16, 2013, 12:02 pm - PR
Keywords: war, drama

DVD Review WAR OF THE DEAD (BLU-RAY)

This sure seems like an interesting, shockingly original take on the soon-to-be-tired zombie film, but my gut tells me that there won't be much here to like.

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Posted by: Chuck Aliaga - January 13, 2013, 4:22 pm - DVD Review
Keywords: nazi, bunker, flesh-hungry

DVD Review THE TIN DRUM (BLU-RAY)

I'm excited to finally see this infamous, controversial film, and, given The Criterion Collection's involvement, this disc will make it well worth the wait.

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Posted by: Chuck Aliaga - January 20, 2013, 5:35 pm - DVD Review
Keywords: hypocrisy, society, drum

DVD Review DIE NIBELUNGEN (BLU-RAY)

This is an epic release in every sense of the word, from the history of the films to the scope of the storytelling to the elaborate restoration process.

Highly recommended, and a surefire addition to my 2012 "Best Of" list

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Posted by: Rich Rosell - December 22, 2012, 9:26 am - DVD Review
Keywords: fritz lang, die nibelungen, fantasy