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Vitaphone Varieties Part II
This is the second part of a review of Warner Archive’s three “Vitaphone Varieties” DVD sets and all the shorts reviewed here can be found in the second and third volume of the “Varieties,” totaling […]
Warner Archive Collection
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Thoughts on THE HIDDEN (1987)
The Hidden (1987) is a tough film for me to review objectively. I sought it out right after I discovered David Lynch’s bizarre masterpiece, Twin Peaks, a show I have loved since I was a young […]
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Happy Accidents With THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST
Love is no accident. That’s what Macon Leary comes to find when he meets Muriel Pritchett. No matter how hard Macon tries, he could have never planned the events that unfold when he’s forced to […]
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Skip ‘Round THE ROUNDERS
The Rounders is a comedy-western starring Glenn Ford and Henry Fonda, based on a novel by Max Evans. Ford and Fonda respectively play Ben and ‘Howdy,’ two cowboys who make a living rounding up and […]
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Like THE WALTONS? Love SPENCER’S MOUNTAIN
Based on the same autobiographical novel by Earl Hamner, Jr. that inspired classic television series The Waltons, Spencer’s Mountain is the story of a simple, loving family man Clay Spencer (Henry Fonda) and his dealings […]
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Wayne in the Water: Two Nautical Adventures with The Duke
By the mid-50s, John Wayne had long abandoned playing characters in his movies. Instead—with very rare exceptions like John Ford’s The Searchers (1956)—John Wayne was content with playing John Wayne. Tough, authoritative, and incalculably charismatic, […]