Among the 50 titles here — yes, 50 — are some genuine classics, such as 1950’s D.O.A., Edward G. Robinson in 1947’s The Red House and Samuel Fuller’s The Naked Kiss, but I don’t recommend picking up this massive set for those three, as much better prints can be found from, respectively, Image Entertainment, Film Chest […]
Ellery Queen
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Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark
Now that said original has been reissued, coattail-ridin’ style, by Warner Archive, I’d alter that response to, “I liked it OK, but I definitely still prefer the original.” With much fewer resources, the 1973 version is far more effective. The person being menaced by the trolls in the walls has always been Sally, but here, […]
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Haven: The Complete First Season
Not until each of its 13 episodes reminds you that its roots spring from the 2005 Hard Case Crime book “The Colorado Kid” is the viewer jarred back into remembering. In other words, the show succeeds in crafting an identity that stands outside the large, looming shadow of its superstar source material. For one thing, […]