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PR Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene on DVD Apr 30

This documentary weaves Graham Greene's novels, including The Quiet American, Brighton Rock, The End of the Affair and The Third Man, and movies, into the story of his life and reveals an extraordinary man who traveled the globe to escape the boredom of ordinary existence. Participants include novelists John Mortimer, John Le Carre and David Lodge, writer Paul Theroux, former CIA operative

PBS Distribution

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Posted by: News Editor - April 26, 2013, 7:37 am - PR
Keywords: documentary

DVD Review THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (BLU-RAY)

One of Hitchcock's early thrillers and Peter Lorre's first English-language picture, this is sure to be another excellent effort by The Criterion Collection. I certainly can't wait to see what they've done with the video restoration.

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Posted by: Chuck Aliaga - January 6, 2013, 5:41 pm - DVD Review
Keywords: spies, assassination, slithery

PR Creep Van on DVD Dec 11

Life without a car is murder … and nobody knows that better than Campbell Jackson, a 20-something, out-of-work, out-of-options misfit. Forced to take a dead-end job at a Detroit car wash, Campbell spies a dilapidated '70s van for sale and attempts to buy it. Little does he know, it's the Creep Van...

Inception Media Group

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Posted by: News Editor - December 12, 2012, 8:20 am - PR
Keywords: horror

PR Fritz Lang: The Early Works & Die Nibelungen on Blu-ray and DVD Nov 6

Two releases showcasing the work of acclaimed filmmaker Fritz Lang: the Blu-ray and DVD release of his epic Die Nibelungen (consisting of two parts, Siegfried and Kriemhild's Revenge), and Fritz Lang: The Early Works, a three-DVD collection containing three of the master filmmaker's earliest silent films from Germany: Harakiri, The Wandering Shadow, and Four Around the Woman.

Kino Lorber

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Posted by: News Editor - October 30, 2012, 7:28 am - PR
Keywords: drama

DVD Review THE 39 STEPS (BLU-RAY)

Alfred Hitchcock was already a successful director when he adapted John Buchan's mystery thriller The Thirty-Nine Step, but this picture is where we see many of the staples of his later career come to fruition and gel in a way that few directors before or since have managed to accomplish. Criterion does this seminal movie proud in a loaded special edition that features a lovely and clean high-definition transfer of very difficult source material.

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Posted by: Mark Zimmer - September 3, 2012, 12:23 pm - DVD Review
Keywords: mystery, thriller, mcguffin, spies, scotland, hitchcock, cameo, precode

DVD Review TO CATCH A THIEF (BLU-RAY)

The latest in the recent wave of Alfred Hitchcock films to hit Blu-ray, this one simply has to be seen for the pairing of Cary Grant and Grace Kelly alone.

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Posted by: Chuck Aliaga - March 29, 2012, 5:08 pm - DVD Review
Keywords: jewel thief, heiress, romantic

DVD Review THE LADY VANISHES (BLU-RAY)

This 1938 mixed bag mystery/thriller/comedy from Alfred Hitchcock - his last British-made film before Hollywood beckoned - remains one of his most enjoyable and Criterion has seen fit to release it on Blu-Ray finally. While undeniably corny and hammy at times by today's standards, The Lady Vanishes retains its own special ageless entertainment value through solid direction, snappy dialogue and a cast of colorful characters. This is a great example of the way they used to make them.

Highly recommended.

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Posted by: Rich Rosell - February 5, 2012, 8:24 am - DVD Review
Keywords: alfred hitchcock, gilliat/launder, margaret lockwood, michael redgrave, charters and caldicott

PR The Terror on DVD/Blu-ray Combo Pack April 26th

...restored from original 35mm elements, is presented in widescreen with an aspect ratio of 16 x 9 and 5.1 surround sound mix. Enclosed is a collectible postcard reproduction of the original movie poster and special features include Spanish subtitles, before-and-after film restoration demo and trailer.

Virgil Films & Entertainment

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Posted by: News Editor - March 27, 2011, 10:24 pm - PR
Keywords: horror

News 'Inception' Gets an Immaculate Reception

Time.com

Posted by: News Editor - July 21, 2010, 8:53 am - News
Keywords: movie, leonardo dicaprio, christopher nolan, 'the dark knight, ' psyche-spies

PR Secure The Second Season of The Border on DVD August 25th

Toronto, ON (August 18, 2009) ñ After the successful release of Season One, Video Service Corp is releasing the second season of the CBC hit drama The Border on DVD.. Season Two will be available on August 25, 2009 at a suggested retail price of $29.98 for the three disc set.

Video Service Corp.

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Posted by: Jeff Ulmer - August 18, 2009, 5:27 pm - PR

DVD Review KAGEMUSHA (BLU-RAY)

Yet another of the master's amazing films sees the light of day on Blu-ray via The Criterion Collection. Keep 'em coming, Criterion!

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Posted by: Chuck Aliaga - August 16, 2009, 4:37 pm - DVD Review
Keywords: warlord, peasant thief, samurai

DVD Review THE LADY VANISHES

One of Hitchcock's purest entertainments, The Lady Vanishes is as funny and suspenseful a picture as you could ask for. If the plot goes off the rails a bit in the end, it's easy to overlook; we've been so entertained during the voyage.

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Posted by: Joel Cunningham - June 18, 2009, 9:11 pm - DVD Review
Keywords: hitchcock, criterion collection, trains, spies

DVD Review WHAT'S UP, TIGER LILY?

Woody Allen's comedic redubbing of a couple of Japanese crime films is still full of laughs, but what's really funny is how similar this "new" DVD is to the one released in 2003. So funny I forgot to laugh.

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Posted by: Joel Cunningham - July 5, 2009, 7:30 pm - DVD Review
Keywords: woody allen, mst3k, spartan dog