Category: DVD’s

Kiss Me

DVD Review: Kiss Me

Blame IKEA, with its Swedish meatballs and odd, but amusing-sounding names for bookcases that require a degree in civil engineering to put together, and the softest towels that melt away that frustration. All that is what got me interested in…

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Battle Circus

DVD Review: Battle Circus

Fifty shades of Humphrey Bogart. Actually, I’m sure there are more than fifty, but they’re only effective if the movie he’s in makes him worth watching, not if it just seems that he’s going through the motions, as it is…

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Red Dust (1932)

DVD Review: Red Dust (1932)

It’s little wonder that Clark Gable and Jean Harlow made six films together in a span of just six years. Gable’s man’s man’s persona and her bawdy personality made for great chemistry. In Red Dust, their scenes have a palpable…

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Heathcliff

DVD Review: The Heathcliff and Dingbat Show

Growing up, I occasionally read the Heathcliff comic strip, but I also considered him a second rate Garfield. So while I had a stuffed Garfield on my bed and Garfield pencils in my pencil box, Heathcliff was largely ignored. Whatever…

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Magical Mystery Tour

DVD Review: Magical Mystery Tour

When Magical Mystery Tour premiered on BBC1 on Boxing Day 1967, the public’s reaction to the film was contemptuous. Though shot in color, the film was broadcast in black and white. The Beatles themselves thought it looked terrible when they…

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The Halloween Tree

DVD Review: The Halloween Tree

Compared to Christmas, Halloween doesn’t boast a wealth of TV specials with different takes on the holiday. It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown would seem to be enough, because how much more can you make out of the day beyond…

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