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DVD Review THE GENERAL (BLU-RAY)
There's a sense that Blu-ray is just an improvement for recenet effects-laden extravaganzas. Bucking that trend, Kino offers up the first Blu-ray presentation of a silent film in America (the British disc of Sunrise having beaten it to the punch. But can an 85-year old film hold up in the HD era?
Read More... DVD Review THE EXILES  What would you call a movie that has been an inspiration to several generations of film students, telling the story of a lost generation with gorgeous cinematography, though it was never given a theatrical showing until nearly 50 years after it was completed? With a largely unheard but killer rock score by The Revels? Well, "revelation" would seem an appropriate word.
Read More... DVD Review GAUMONT TREASURES 1897-1913  Although the Gaumont studio is not a household word in America, it was at the very forefront of motion pictures in the early years. This amazing set from Kino brings to home video over 100 seldom-seen movies from the dawn of cinema by three of the leading creators at Gaumont. One DVD each is devoted to the directors Alice Guy, Louis Feuillade and the little-remembered Léonce Perret, giving the viewer a fascinating cross-section of these early silents, with some amazing treasures—would you believe color and sound movies in 1905?
Read More... DVD Review ELVIS: THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW The Classic Performances  The performances of Elvis Presley on three 1956 episodes of The Ed Sullivan Show shook American music to its foundations. This trimmed-down disc cuts out all the Topo Gigio, Señor Wences and other forgettable stuff and gets you straight to the Elvis.
Read More... DVD Review DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK Warner Archive Collection  This TV movie from the mid-1970s is still fondly remembered by those who saw it back in the day. Does it still hold up after 35 years? Warner lets us find out for ourselves in this release from its pressed-on-demand "Archive Collection."
Read More... DVD Review THAT HAMILTON WOMAN  Life imitates art imitates life, as Laurence Olivier and Viven Leigh recreate a notorious episode from history that evokes their own real-life romance, in Alexander Korda's first Hollywood picture.
Read More... DVD Review BARDELYS THE MAGNIFICENT / MONTE CRISTO The Lost Films of John Gilbert  The memory of silent screen star John Gilbert is not helped at all by the fact that so many of his pictures are no longer extant. But this new set from Flicker Alley helps correct that, with recently-discovered prints of two of Gilbert's major films, which happen to be the only ones of these films known to exist. We're very lucky indeed to have these long-hidden classics unearthed and brought to DVD in lovely restorations. Read More... DVD Review SHERLOCK HOLMES  While Arthur Conan Doyle's detective was a huge hit in print, many of the enduring qualities that are featured in the movies and television presentations had their roots in the play by William Gillette. Kino provides us with a new restoration of the filmed version starring the legendary John Barrymore. But is it a Jekyll or a Hyde?
Read More... DVD Review TEMPEST  The fall of the Tsars has proven to be fertile ground for filmic drama, but one of the earlier of these efforts was John Barrymore's Tempest, produced only a decade after the events depicted. With a story written by a Russian, and a screenplay co-written by an uncredited Erich von Stroheim, it certainly promises to be interesting.
Read More... DVD Review FOR ALL MANKIND (BLU-RAY)  Just in time for the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing, Criterion brings the lunar experience to us via Blu-ray.
Read More... DVD Review REVOLUTIONARY ROAD (BLU-RAY)  Some were surprised when Revolutionary Road was not given a Best Picture nomination by the Academy. But they probably were not as surprised as those who went expecting a romantic extravaganza between Kate and Leo a la Titanic II and were instead treated to a picture full of screaming matches, depicting the utter breakdown of a relationship.
Read More... DVD Review ALEXANDER KORDA'S PRIVATE LIVES (The Private Life of Henry VIII / The Rise of Catherine the Great / The Private Life of Don Juan / R  Four biopics from Alexander Korda, headed by the one that not only won Charles Laughton a Best Actor Oscar, but that indelibly set the picture of King Henry VIII forever munching on a leg of mutton. Read More... dOc Vault The Fall of the House of Usher (La Chute de la Maison Usher)  More from our look back through the ten years of dOc Reviews, here's one from around this date in 2001. It was also written by one of our most prolific reviewers, Mark Zimmer. He has reviewed over 1300 DVDs for dOc in many different genres and continues turning them out to this day. It is safe to say that this site would not be what it is without his efforts on many fronts. Take a look at his take on The Fall of the House of Usher (La Chute de la Maison Usher), released that week from All Day Entertainment.
Posted by: dOc Editor - May 10, 2009, 7:16 pm - dOc Vault DVD Review THE GHOST (AATMA)  What do you get when you take Exorcist-style goings-on and send them to Bollywood? Well, let's just say that dance numbers pop up in the strangest places.
Read More... DVD Review THE UNINVITED (BLU-RAY)  Rehashes of Asian horror movies are becoming commonplace, but given the right treatment, they can be effective. Case in point: this American reworking of the Korean picture A Tale of Two Sisters, which manages to keep a lot of the creepy atmosphere of the original while successfully dumbing it down for us Yanks. A brisk pace and a brief running time help keep it from wearing out its welcome.
Read More... DVD Review LITTLE BRITAIN USA  The wildly rude humor of Little Britain makes its way to the USA. Not much is lost in translation, as no one is safe from their skewers. Read More... Article Let Me Burn That for You Warner's catalogue division puts into play DVDs burned-to-order of some less popular titles, with a promise to eventually get everything in their library on disc. Here's the initial scoop. Read More... DVD Review AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (BLU-RAY)  It's hard to imagine a picture that features a ton of George Gershwin music, Gene Kelly dancing and striking Technicolor photography being messed up, but the grossly-overrated 1951 Oscar-winner for Best Picture certainly does what it can to be appalling, grating and tedious all at once. Dragged down by a moronic plot, lack of chemistry between the leads, excruciating casting, and shockingly poor integration of the music into the story, it's unfathomable how this movie retains its reputation. Read More... No current bio information for this contributor |
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