Black Friday

Black Friday (1940) is one of the odder entries in Universal's thriller canon. The film blends together a gangster drama with a mad scientist story, creating a tale of revenge with just a tinge of the weird and supernatural added, perhaps to ba...

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Blast of Silence DVD

Lonely is the life of an assassin. In this profession, one spends much time simply waiting, planning, and shedding one's self of any emotional contact so as not to be shaken off of doing the job. More often than not, movies ditch this introspec...

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Blue Hawaii

What can you say about almost any of Elvis Presley's movies other than they contained Elvis himself and his electrifying crooning voice that made complete idiots out of normal teenage girls. Blue Hawaii (1961), his eighth film, is no different....

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Blue Hawaii DVD

What can you say about almost any of Elvis Presley's movies other than they contained Elvis himself and his electrifying crooning voice that made complete idiots out of normal teenage girls. Blue Hawaii (1961), his eighth film, is no different....

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Blume In Love

LACKS AN INTERESTING STORY - The 1973 Blume in Love is about a divorce lawyer who faces his own worst nightmare when he must draw up his own divorce papers. With its tagline, "A love story for guys who cheat on their wives," and th...

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Blume in Love DVD

LACKS AN INTERESTING STORY - The 1973 Blume in Love is about a divorce lawyer who faces his own worst nightmare when he must draw up his own divorce papers. With its tagline, "A love story for guys who cheat on their wives," and th...

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Boomerang

Love him or hate him for his politics, there's no denying that Elia Kazan could make one heck of a film. Pictures like On the Waterfront and A Streetcar Named Desire remain as true classics. One of his earliest films is 1947's Boomerang, st...

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Brigadoon

Brigadoon (1954) embodies the movie's theme of enchantment from the very first shot. The way the scene is masterfully lit by cinematographer Joseph Ruttenberg is  beautifully enhanced. The sun slowly moves over elements of the sleepy town of Br...

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Brigadoon DVD

The newly remastered Brigadoon (1954) embodies the movie's theme of enchantment from the very first shot. The way the scene is masterfully lit by cinematographer Joseph Ruttenberg is enhanced even more by the remastering. The sun slowly moves o...

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Bunny Lake Is Missing

There's hardly a more powerful force than a mother's love for her child. But what if there isn't a real child and the supposedly mother is somewhat cuckoo? This corker of a premise serves as the backbone for director Otto Preminger'...

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