Die Another Day

For all intents and purposes, it's best not to view Die Another Day as a traditional James Bond adventure. The 20th screen outing for the character and the last to star Pierce Brosnan, the film arrived in 2002, on the 40th anniversary of when D...

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Dog Day Afternoon HD DVD

It's been a long time since I saw Dog Day Afternoon (1975) with Al Pacino's magnificent performance, so I was eager to see this story again, especially on HD-DVD. I was delighted with what I saw.

Dr. No

In 1962, three of the most immortal words in film history were uttered onscreen for the first time: "Bond. James Bond." Dr. No was the first look that audiences got at Bond in action (if one puts aside the American TV version of Casino Ro...

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Dracula 1931

Few actors are privileged to have a name fans associate with an entire character type. 1931's Dracula introduced Bela Lugosi as the world's most famous vampire, and it was a portrayal that would shape the bloodsuckers yet to come. The film ...

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Drowning Pool, The

The Drowning Pool (1975), adapted from Ross Macdonald's novel, is another episode about private detective Lew Harper (Paul Newman). This time Harper is summoned to Lousiana by Iris Devereaux (Joanne Woodward), a woman he shared a brief sexual enc...

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Drowning Pool, The DVD

The Drowning Pool (1975), adapted from Ross Macdonald's novel, is another episode about private detective Lew Harper (Paul Newman). This time Harper is summoned to Lousiana by Iris Devereaux (Joanne Woodward), a woman he shared a brief sexual e...

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Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox, The

The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox (1976) offers comedy set in a Western era, as well as a change for George Segal or Goldie Hawn fans to laugh and laugh in this misadventure about gambling, romance and what it was like for "some" of the l...

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Escape Artist, The

Skeptics have no business nosing about the world of magic. The same rules apply for movies about magic. Flicks have a hard enough time convincing audiences to accept alien invaders and boy wizards, so chucking in prestidigitation is asking for the ...

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Evelyn Prentice DVD

In Evelyn Prentice (1934) poor Evelyn (Myrna Loy) loves her neglectful husband, John, (William Powell) who is an ambitious, successful lawyer. John adores his wife and young daughter, but his work comes first. He gets a client acquitted (Rosalind R...

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Executive Action DVD

Executive Action (1973) deals with this hypothesis long before Oliver Stone offered his own skewering of history in JFK. What if one of those conspiracy theories surrounding the assassination of John Kennedy were true? What if the tragic event were...

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