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4K UHD Review: Paul

Clive (Nick Frost) and Graeme (Simon Pegg) are British science fiction geeks. As such, they make a pilgrimage to Comic-Con in San Diego. Not content to simply revel in nerdom, the guys take to the road in a rented RV…

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Blu-ray Review: The Great Buster – A Celebration

Director Peter Bogdanovich (The Last Picture Show, Paper Moon) has long been known as leading Hollywood historian, having written books on such luminaries as Orson Welles, Howard Hawks, and John Ford among others. For his latest project, Bogdanovich directs and…

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DVD Review: Love, Gilda

[amazon_link asins=’B07J35TBWJ’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazett03-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’0b5336b2-12c9-11e9-a505-dd0b45773874′]Saturday Night Live has been on the air for more than forty years now, but few television historians will disagree that the series’ first five seasons–from 1975 to 1980–were it’s best. The first of the…

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Blu-ray Review: Documentary Now! – Seasons One and Two

[amazon_link asins=’B07CZHRQXP’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazett03-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’06b6aff2-a886-11e8-8a24-55695495736d’]Created by Fred Armisen, Bill Hader, Seth Meyers and Rhys Thomas, Documentary Now! isn’t your average television show. Aired on IFC, with a third season scheduled to premiere on February 20, 2019, the series spoofs…

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The BFG (Blu-ray)

Nearly thirty-five years after its publication, director Steven Spielberg has delivered Roald Dahl’s The BFG onto the big screen. By reimagining the story with a script by the late Melissa Mathison, combined with cutting-edge digital effects, the magical world that…

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The Secret Policeman’s Ball – USA (Blu-ray)

Created and developed by Monty Python member John Cleese, Peter Luff (Assistant Director Amnesty International 1974–78) and entertainment industry executive Martin Lewis, The Secret Policeman’s Ball was launched in 1976, as a way to raise funds as Amnesty International. Through…

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Blu-ray Review: Paul (U.K. Edition)

Region Free | U.K. Triple Play Clive (Nick Frost) and Graeme (Simon Pegg) are British science fiction geeks. As such, they make a pilgrimage to Comic-Con in San Diego. Not content to simply revel in nerdom, the guys take to…

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Blu-ray Review: Hot Rod

It seems like Paramount has been releasing Blu-ray titles by the boatload over the last few months. As an enthusiastic adapter of the high-definition technology, most of the time I’m more than happy to embrace any new title that comes…

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