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DVD Review: Criterionpalooza 2010

Bob Cashill November 22, 2010 1

Happy holidays, David Bowie...and to all a good last-day sale as Barnes and Noble's Criterion Collection blowout winds down. Bob Cashill sifts recent releases.

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DVD Review: “Toy Story 3″

Bob Cashill November 2, 2010 12

Bob Cashill rummages through the DVD toybox and out pops "Toy Story 3," the super-successful return of Buzz and Woody and the gang.

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DVD Review: “The Secret of Kells”

Jeff Giles October 12, 2010 0

The Secret of Kells (Flatiron, 2010) The surprise feelgood story of last year’s Academy Awards, this beautiful tribute to Celtic lore went from small Irish film to Oscar-nominee overnight — and sent scores of

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DVD Review: Disney Fantasies Across “The Sands of Time”

Bob Cashill September 24, 2010 0

Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to DVD we go with the animated "Black Cauldron" from yesteryear and today's CGI-filled "Prince of Persia."

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DVD Review: “Legends of the Canyon” (Win a Copy!)

Ken Shane September 21, 2010 7

L.A.'s Laurel Canyon was one of the most important breeding grounds for American music in the '60s. A new documentary traces the history of the scene

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DVD Review: “The Complete Ed Sullivan Shows Starring the Beatles”

Ken Shane September 8, 2010 5

The Ed Sullivan Show ran on CBS from 1948 – 1971. The show was broadcast live in the Eastern and Central time zone. Fortunately for us, it was shown on tape to in the

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DVD Review: Blood, Beasts, and Boobs, Corman Style (Plus, Gamera)

Bob Cashill September 1, 2010 1

Roger Corman more than earned the honorary Oscar he picked up last year. He wrote, produced, and/or directed some terrific flicks, from Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957) and The Little Shop of Horrors

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DVD Review: Aretha Franklin, “The Best of Aretha Franklin” (Quadraphonic Mix)

Jeff Giles August 30, 2010 0

Pity poor Rhino Entertainment, and their vaults bursting with classic tracks from excessively anthologized artists. Take Aretha Franklin, for instance: she has more compilations to her credit than most artists have albums of original

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DVD Review: “The Lost Skeleton Returns Again” and “Dark and Stormy Night”

Tony Redman August 17, 2010 1

In 2001, Larry Blamire created a movie called The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra, a parody of science fiction films of the 1950s. The movie never had a wide release, playing only at film festivals

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DVD Review: Dangerous Dames, Killer Kids, and the Chumps Who Love Them

Bob Cashill July 16, 2010 1

Columbia Pictures Film Noir Classics II is one sequel that couldn’t be more welcome this summer. Hot weather goes well with hothouse tales of lust, greed, and the five other deadly sins (recall how

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