Note: above image not representative. Well, not wholly representative, anyway. I'll get to that in a moment. One of the many salutory features of Warners' new Blu-ray disc of Gone With…
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The cinematic Melvin Belli, both real and fictional, surrounded by Christmas cheer. In Gimme Shelter (Maysles, Maysles and Zwering, 1970), negotiating concert space on behalf of the Rolling Stones, early December,…
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John Woo's frequently breathtaking Red Cliff opens in the U.S. soon in a 140-minute-or-so "international version" that severely abridges the original two-part, almost five-hour epic. I've seen both, and you,…
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Don't let the juxtaposition of Nicolas Cage and the Virgin Mary seen above fool you: this loose remake of Abel Ferrara's raw 1992 masterpiece doesn't have anything like the spiritual…
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I hope I'm not sounding like I'm damning with faint praise when I point out that the signal quality of Edward Woodward's screen acting was a kind of plainness, a…
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