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Duel

August 17, 2004 // 0 Comments

Steven Spielberg’s "Duel" is widely regarded and promoted as the wunderkind’s directorial debut, though that is not entirely true. He directed a series of TV episodes before and "Duel" was his first feature-length film that he [...]

The Bourne Identity: Extended Edition

July 27, 2004 // 0 Comments

Just in time for the theatrical release of the sequel, Universal has re-released "The Bourne Identity" as what they call and Extended Edition. Mimicking even the look of the theatrical posters of the sequel one can’t help but wonder if [...]

The Manchurian Candidate

July 26, 2004 // 0 Comments

In time with the theatrical release of a remake, MGM Home Entertainment is bringing the original 1962 version of "The Manchurian Candidate" to DVD. Starring Frank Sinatra and Janet Leigh in a super-charged political thriller, this film is [...]

The Name Of The Rose

June 29, 2004 // 0 Comments

"The Name Of The Rose" is a dark murder mystery set in a monastery during the 14th century. It is a film of European origin and thus, hardly surprising, it has a very different flair that Hollywood productions, providing it with a gritty, edgy [...]

Secret Window

June 23, 2004 // 0 Comments

After countless gigs as the writer of blockbuster movies, David Koepp is becoming more prolific by occasionally directing his own work as well. "Secret Windows" is the latest of these films, written and directed by the writer who penned films [...]

Ripley’s Game

March 29, 2004 // 0 Comments

Based on the novel by famed mystery writer Patricia Highsmith and first known to movie audiences in 1999’s "The Talented Mr. Ripley, " 2002’s "Ripley’s Game" brings back the homicidal sociopath for another match of deception and [...]

Ransom: Special Edition

March 12, 2004 // 0 Comments

Ron Howard’s action-thriller "Ransom" is an exciting ride with some wild and unexpected twists and turns, a wickedly exhilarating movie experience. Although the movie exhibits some weaknesses in the script and in its elaboration of the [...]

Runaway Jury

February 25, 2004 // 0 Comments

French politician Georges Clemenceau once remarked: "War is too serious a matter to entrust to military men." Jury "consultant" Rankin Fitch (Gene Hackman) embraces a more adaptable and personally lucrative philosophy for our overly [...]

Circus Of Fear

September 22, 2003 // 0 Comments

Blue Underground has dug up another great European film, this time the 1966 "Circus Of Fear" that is part of their "Christopher Lee Collection." Since the other films in the collection are Jess Franco films, and Franco’s ineptitude [...]

Fargo: Special Edition

September 15, 2003 // 0 Comments

Minnesota is not one of the locations you see frequently displayed in movies, which made their home state even more attractive to the filmmaking brothers Ethan and Joel Coen. But believe you me, this is not the only thing that makes "Fargo" an [...]
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