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Keyword View: charles manson

DVD Review MANSON

I've always been aware of the Manson Family murders, but I've never had a direct knowledge of the minute details behind them. I have a feeling, despite some assumedly awful acting during the dramatization portions of this film, I'll know a lot more once it's finished.

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Posted by: Chuck Aliaga - January 1, 2013, 3:24 pm - DVD Review
Keywords: murders, crazed, hippies

DVD Review THOU SHALT NOT KILL...EXCEPT (BLU-RAY)

I tried to watch this movie 10 years or so ago and simply couldn't get through it. Now, with Synapse responsible for this new Blu-ray treatment I'm more than willing to give the film another shot.

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Posted by: Chuck Aliaga - May 5, 2012, 7:52 pm - DVD Review
Keywords: war, hell, cult, crazed

DVD Review THE SIX DEGREES OF HELTER SKELTER

If you've an interest in the subject of the crimes of Charles Manson and his "family"—and have a need to see things like actual locations, crime scene photos, etc—then this somewhat self-serving but fact-filled documentary may merit a rental.

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Posted by: Rich Rosell - December 20, 2009, 8:18 am - DVD Review
Keywords: documentary, charles manson, tate/labianca murders

DVD Review ROMAN POLANSKI: WANTED AND DESIRED

One need not excuse or minimize what happened between Roman Polanski and a 13-year-old girl in Jack Nicholson's pool in 1977 to recognize that Polanski has led an extraordinarily complicated and morally challenging life. He escaped the Third Reich; his wife, 8 1/2 months pregnant with their first child, was brutally slaughtered by disciples of Charles Manson; he's had enough sorrow for a handful of lives, though that doesn't make it all right for his Humbert Humbert streak, thanking heaven for little girls. This fair-minded and gripping documentary is an extraordinarily thorough look at what happened to Polanski in Southern California in the late 1970s, both in a Santa Monica courtroom and in the court of public opinion. It's a morality play with all sort of shades of gray, and it's a fascinating watch.

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Posted by: Jon Danziger - February 15, 2009, 1:51 pm - DVD Review
Keywords: roman polanski, crime, film