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John Cassavetes - Five Films (Shadows / Faces / A Woman Under the Influence / The Killing of a Chinese Bookie ... 25 reviews John Cassavetes-Five Films
Criterion, 2004
Brilliant and beautiful and raw depictions of how vulnerable we can be
+ good price, fast shipping, thanks! + John Cassavetes defines Independent Film. + John Cassavetes: Five Films
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Blade Runner (Four-Disc Collector's Edition) 643 reviews Harrison Ford
Warner Home Video, 2007
Top Five Best Sci Fi Movies Ever Made
+ the ultimate Bladerunner - don't miss + One of the single greatest films of all time, released in flawless HD X 5!!!! + The Original the Best!!
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His Girl Friday 111 reviews Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell
Sony Pictures, 2000
THOROUGHLY ENJOYABLE FAST PACED GRANT FILM!
+ Fastest smartest dialogue there is. The screwballiest of the screwballs + His Girl Friday + "I often wish you weren't such a stinker!"
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Nothing But a Man 13 reviews Ivan Dixon, Abbey Lincoln
Cinema V, 2004
Groundbreaking film
+ A Good One! + Nothing But a Man + "A Typical Man" + Very Powerful Film
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The Wind 12 reviews Lillian Gish, Lars Hanson
MGM/UA Home Video, 1999
Silent film reaches the peak of its art form at the dawn of sound
+ A Haunting Wind + The Wind Beneath My Wings + One of the creepiest and best silent films around + Be Swept Along
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It Happened One Night 103 reviews Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert
Sony Pictures, 1999
"Capra-Corn" at Its Best
+ Classic + Wonderful + Just keep your eye on that thumb. + Classic
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Sweet Smell of Success 66 reviews Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis
MGM (Video & DVD), 2001
Holy Crap!!
+ Great film - Correct aspect ratio? + Impeccable, influential noir. + The Real Price of Success + Sweet Smell of Sucess
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The Films of Kenneth Anger, Vol. 1 22 reviews Kenneth Anger
Fantoma, 2007
A Craftsman And His Works
+ Fantomas' DVDs have absolutely solidified my appreciation of Anger as a filmmaker. + The Most Influential Filmmaker You've Never Heard Of + Happy about Anger + What was that?
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An American in Paris 92 reviews Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron
Warner Home Video, 2000
Outstanding.
+ Fantastic 50's Musical + One of the two best musicals of all times + An American in Paris Movie Review from The Massie Twins + An American in Paris
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Point of Order! 22 reviews Roy M. Cohn, Joseph N. Welch
New Yorker Video, 2005
MASTERFULLY EDITED TO MAGNIFY McCARTHY'S MALEVOLENCE
+ Point of Order! + McCARTTHY 'SDOWNFALL-BUT NOT OF McCARTHYISM! + McCarthy's Come-Uppance + Strong documentary
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Treasures III: Social Issues in American Film, 1900-1934 6 reviews
Image Entertainment, 2007
Historically important but also entertaining
+ entertaining movies creatively designed to influence people + Treasures III is NOT region encoded + Magnificent
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Chulas Fronteras 1 review Los Alegres De Teran, Flaco Jiménez
ARHOOLIE, 1997
Chulas Fronteras: poignant and powerful music and culture
Chulas Fronteras is THE documentary ne plus ultra on tex-mex (norten~o) music, combining wonderful, authentic music past and present with up-front dialogue with the musicians who play it and the Tejanos whose roots are so deeply intertwined with it. Timothy Harding, an incredible and well-known ...
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Badlands 72 reviews Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek
Warner Home Video, 1999
Hmmmm ! -- Question .........
+ Quick on the Draw with a Finger on the Trigger
Picture of the jacket-cover for this movie says: Starring Martin Sheen & Sissy Spacek. But you look to the right of the cover it reads: Starring: Dona Baldwin, Ramon Bieri. What is one to deduce about this ????
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The Cecil B. Demille Classics Collection 7 reviews Dustin Farnum, Monroe Salisbury
Passport, 2007
Excellent budget collection
+ Massive set-superb value!!! + An Interesting Assortment
I just got this and have only watched the first four movies so far -- "Squaw Man" through "the Cheat". Very interesting, with excellent picture quality for the money.
The distributor has apparently used, and apparently legally, some other company's cleanup of some of these films. These versions ...
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Shane 174 reviews Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur
Paramount, 2000
SHANE, a classic western
+ Unutterably beautiful + A Good Story + My wife chuckled when I said this film nearly made me cry + VERY PLEASED
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Touch of Evil (Restored to Orson Welles' Vision) 161 reviews Joe Basulto, Joseph Calleia
Universal Studios, 2000
Orson Welles and Noir
+ unleashes an electrical charge! + "He was some kind of a man." "Adios." + One of the best murder scenes + Welles and film noir: a winning combination
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The Black Pirate 14 reviews Douglas Fairbanks, Billie Dove
Kino Video, 2004
Good film, very good extras
+ Fairbanks' Art Director: Only the Best Would Do + Classic Swashbuckler + THE MASTERPIECE + Historic but not so much fun as other Fairbanks films
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Lassie Come Home 21 reviews Pete Smith, Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Warner Home Video, 2004
A very sweet movie
+ Film was good... + Great heartbreaking movie + a great movie for fam!!!!!! + tradícionális gyerek és családi film
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The Godfather, Part II (Two-Disc Widescreen Edition) 145 reviews Al Pacino, Robert Duvall
Paramount, 2005
Continuing the Saga
+ slightly disappointed + Just As Good As The Original!!! + Epic masterpiece + BETTER THAN "1"
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Cat People / The Curse of the Cat People 24 reviews Simone Simon, Tom Conway
Turner Home Ent, 2005
One of My Favorite Holiday Movies
+ Horror and Beauty, Lewton & Torneur + Ordeal of the Cat People + These Cats Belong Together + Neglected classic
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