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285 reviews
Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye

Paramount, 2010

My fave Christmas flick!
This is probably my favorite Christmas movie. Today I just wanted to write about some of my favorite parts and some things my family and I spoke about during this viewing. While there are four big stars in this film, for me the real standout is Doris-the blonde in the beginning. She may not have gone to Smith but she gets two great lines. "Mutual, I'm sure" in response to Bing's how are you ...

The Maltese Falcon [Blu-ray]

193 reviews
Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor

Warner Home Video, 2010

"May I please have my gun now?"
This film is not a comedy but I laugh hard most of the way through it. It's so American. There's so much b.s. to wade through and Sam Spade is better at cutting through it than I am. And I've seen this film more than once. I've seen it off and on since I was a kid, with many years spaced in between. My most recent viewing was the most satisfying yet. If I could make one movie, it would be this ...

The Bridge on the River Kwai [Blu-ray]

180 reviews
William Holden, Alec Guinness

Sony Pictures, 2010

Bridge On The River of Nevermore
In my view, the WWII accounting of "Bridge over the River Kwai" was a masterpiece, not only of it's time, but a picture that has endured all the years hence as a classic work of film. There was one glaring inattention to detail at the very end of the film - but it should be forgiven because many films of that era had similar omissions. I guess they figured nobody would notice and if they did, ...

Modern Times (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]

2 reviews
Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard

Criterion Collection, 2010

HILARIOUS AND FUN!! What else could you want??
A lot of movies are said to be timeless, but somehow in their immortality they fail to draw audiences. They lead a sort of half-life in film society revivals, and turn up every now and then on the late show. They're classics, everyone agrees, but that word "classic" has become terribly cheap in relation to movies. It's applied so promiscuously that by now the only thing you can be sure of about a ...

Charade (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]

288 reviews
Audrey Hepburn, Cary Grant

Criterion Collection, 2010

What a Charade!
Cary Grant. Audrey Hepburn. A hidden megafortune. Three nasty pursuers. A slick, chic thriller with a Hitchcockian edge. With that kind of formula, it's not surprising that "Charade" deserves every shred of praise it receives -- and over the years, this classic has received a lot. Director Stanlet Donen had his finest moment when he created this funny, witty, clever thriller, where you're ...

The Night of the Hunter (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]

6 reviews
Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters

Criterion Collection, 2010

Plenty of Extras with the New Criterion Edition
This has to be one of the greatest and most unique films in all American movie history. Unlike bare-bones editions of the past, the new DVD and Blu-Ray versions from Criterion offer us plenty to cheer about. According to Criterion, the new transfer features: - New, restored high-definition digital transfer (with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition) - Audio commentary ...

The Sound of Music (45th Anniversary Edition) [Blu-ray + DVD]

642 reviews
Christopher Plummer

20th_Century_Fox, 2010

What gives pricewise?
This comment refers only to the upcoming Blu-ray release. The price, here on Amazon, started at $62.99 and now it's jumped to $80.99. And this movie hasn't even been issued on Blu-Ray yet! To quote Moe the bartender----"Whaaaaaa?" Think I'll wait till the price drops to between $15.00 - $20.00 where it should be for a single disc Blue-ray edition.

King Kong (Blu-ray Book)

264 reviews
Robert Armstrong, Fay Wray

Warner Home Video, 2010

Love the big monkey
Finding this is not easy. Had to have it. Now I've got it. Seller was very good & many thanks for the prompt delivery.

Psycho (50th Anniversary Edition) [Blu-ray]

484 reviews
Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles

Universal, 2010

UK Blu-Ray is version awesome!
I recently ordered this region free Psycho Blu-Ray from Amazon UK where it was already released. I was extremely pleased with the audio/video quality. [...] has a review on their site about this release. I'm thinking this will be the same product once released here in the US.

The Complete Metropolis [Blu-ray]

336 reviews
Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel

Kino Video, 2010

The complete Metropolis
This new 147-minute version includes an extra 25 minutes of footage, previously thought lost. The film benefits from being remastered in 1080p and has a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtrack. Extras include a 50-minute documentary on the making and restoration of the film and an interview with Paula Felix-Didier who is the curator of Museo del Cine, Buenos Aires, where the missing footage was ...

Thriller: The Complete Series

41 reviews
Boris Karloff, William Shatner

IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT, 2010

Michael Jackson? Who's he?
I was 14 when "Thriller" premiered, and loved it. The stories were dark and sometimes downright nasty, with shock and/or unhappy endings. I don't have a high opinion of Stephen King's work, but his assessment that "Thriller" was the best TV horror series ever is probably correct. "Tales from the Crypt" is in color, and far more gruesome -- but horror really "should" be B&W, and more suggestive ...

The Sound of Music (Limited Edition Collector's Set) [Blu-ray]

642 reviews
Christopher Plummer

20th Century Fox, 2010

What gives pricewise?
This comment refers only to the upcoming Blu-ray release. The price, here on Amazon, started at $62.99 and now it's jumped to $80.99. And this movie hasn't even been issued on Blu-Ray yet! To quote Moe the bartender----"Whaaaaaa?" Think I'll wait till the price drops to between $15.00 - $20.00 where it should be for a single disc Blue-ray edition.

To Kill a Mockingbird (Collector's Edition)

418 reviews
Gregory Peck, John Megna

Universal Studios, 1998

Brief But Honest Review
The movie is sort of an outline of the actual book. Although the movie is brilliantly done, the book goes into details ad nauseum. Interestingly, after reading the book, I noticed some parts of the movie that were not included in the book. The book really defines the era of separateness between blacks and whites, the few who believed in democracy and the fact that we are all created equal in Gods ...

The Complete Metropolis

336 reviews

Kino Video, 2010

The complete Metropolis
This new 147-minute version includes an extra 25 minutes of footage, previously thought lost. The film benefits from being remastered in 1080p and has a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtrack. Extras include a 50-minute documentary on the making and restoration of the film and an interview with Paula Felix-Didier who is the curator of Museo del Cine, Buenos Aires, where the missing footage was ...

Sleeping Beauty (Two-Disc Platinum Edition)

439 reviews
Mary Costa, Bill Shirley

Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, 2008

Blu-Ray Technical Specs
Sleeping Beauty (Two-Disc Platinum Edition + Standard DVD and BD Live) [Blu-ray] Feature film Blu-Ray technical specifications: Video: 1080p, 2.55:1 Audio: * English dts-HD Master Audio 7.1 (48 kHz/24-bit) * "Restored Original Theatrical Soundtrack" (possibly English mono?) I'm hopeful that Amazon's technical specifications listings will become more useful.

2001: A Space Odyssey [Blu-ray]

1050 reviews
Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood

Warner Home Video, 2007

Great
the very reasons 2001 succeeds as a great film is not because it simply awes us, although moments do, but because, like all great films, it touches us, and deeply, in ways that many viewers are not even aware of, and none that require genius. The film succeeds in myriad little moments that all can relate to. I mentioned Dr. Floyd's banter with colleagues on the way to the monolith site, but there ...

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre [Blu-ray]

145 reviews
Humphrey Bogart

Warner Home Video, 2010

Dust In The Golden Wind
This is a review for THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (1948) dby John Houston. Adapted from a novel by B. Travern. THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE concerns some down on their luck American drifters in Mexico looking for a chance at making some real money. Two Americans run into a third, an old timer, who knows quite a bit about looking for gold. They two younger men, Fred C. Dobbs played ...

Mary Poppins (45th Anniversary Special Edition)

387 reviews
Julie Andrews, Hermione Baddeley

WALT DISNEY VIDEO, 2009

Blu Ray
I bought this for my kids ages 6 & 4, and they love it but I am wondering why in 2009 they did not remaster it to HD? A Blu Ray release would have been huge!!!!!!

Sherlock Jr. / Three Ages [Blu-ray]
Buster Keaton, Kathryn McGuire

KINO INTERNATIONAL, 2010

SHERLOCK JR. SYNOPSIS: A movie projectionist and janitor (Buster Keaton) who is studying to become a detective is in love with a beautiful girl (Kathryn McGuire). On a date he presents her with chocolates and an engagement ring. However, there is another man who's also interested in his girl (Ward Crane). One day he is accused of stealing his girlfriend's father's watch. He falls asleep on the job and dreams that he is a Sherlock Holmes-type ...

The Wizard of Oz (70th Anniversary Two-Disc Special Edition)

983 reviews
Judy Garland, Billie Burke

Warner Home Video, 2009

perfect and enjoyable
I saw this movie when I was very young. Just caught the movie last night and the it have been amazingly restore, colors were great and the clarity was perfect. Sound was great too. If you want to watch a classic in Hi-Def, this is indeed the movie to get.

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