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Vitaphone Varieties Part II

Jul 31, 2018 The Retro Set 0

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 […]

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Thoughts on THE HIDDEN (1987)

Jun 13, 2018 Jacquie Allen 0

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

Nov 10, 2017 Cassie Brown 0

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

Oct 30, 2017 Jacquie Allen 0

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

Oct 16, 2017 Jacquie Allen 0

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

Oct 4, 2017 Nathanael Hood 0

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, […]

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