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Saturday September 16, 2017
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DVD Savant has moved, and Changed its name.
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I am keeping my 'DVD Savant' logo as a sub-identity, to avoid confusion.
Please note the link change, change your bookmarks, etc. DVDtalk has been a kind and gracious host for many years, and I still hope to be contributing reviews to the massive DVDtalk review database.
I hope the format of the new page is pleasing. As ever, thanks for reading! --- Glenn Erickson
Tuesday September 12, 2017
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Savant's new reviews today are:
One Million B.C. VCI Blu-ray
Leapin' Lizards! The original cavemen vs. dinosaurs saga is a winner -- if viewer involvement trumps visual effects, it's got a narrow lead over the Hammer/Harryhausen remake. Victor Mature, Carole Landis and Lon Chaney Jr. all made career hay out of their weeks spent running in loincloths, out in the desert. And the new is a terrific UCLA Archive restoration, with an informative commentary by Toby Roan. On Blu-ray from VCI.
9/12/17
The Big Sick Lionsgate Blu-ray + DVD
This modern romantic comedy about stand-up comedians generates a genuine warmth about people, the ones-who-need-people kind. Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon's comic dramatization of the way they became a couple is a big winner, with heart-tugging performances from Nanjiani and Zoe Kazan, and fine characterizations by Holly Hunter, Zenobia Shroff, Ray Romano, and Anupam Kher. A Dual-Format edition on Blu-ray and DVD from Lionsgate.
9/12/17
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The Illustrated Man The Warner Archive Collection Blu-ray
Ray Bradbury adapted to the screen is always something to check out; this Jack Smight- directed trio of stories bound together by a mystery man wearing the graffiti of the title at least works up a little ethereal-cereal excitement. Husband and wife Rod Steiger and Claire Bloom spout ominous dialogue as they face various futuristic threats. On Blu-ray from The Warner Archive Collection.
9/12/17
Hello!
Gary Teetzel links us to the world today, starting with two Metropolis- themed items. A Smithsonian Magazine article by Matt Novak from 2012 takes a look at a vintage explanation of the film's effects: 1927 Magazine Looks at Metropolis, 'A Movie Based On Science'. Then, in Wired Magazine from the same year, Geeta Dyal displays another rare item: Recovered 1927 Metropolis Film Program Goes Behind the Scenes of a Sci-Fi Masterpiece. My only comment is about the method used to create the 'electric bolts' in the machine room -- the article implies that they were shot live on the set, like a foreground miniature, when they were double-exposed at a later time. Just a detail. The second document was for years the main source of technical info on the film, so it's nice that it was so carefully written.
Film collector Wade Williams, over at the Home Theater Forum, is saying that he's contributed a film source to a Warners restoration of the long version of Howard Hawks' The Thing From Another World, a show long in need of a visual reupholstering job. When the show plays on TCM now, the long-version scenes drop to a low-quality 16mm source. It would be nice if a smart new restoration were indeed on the way, but Williams' note mostly clouds the issue. He says he loaned his print to WB ten years ago, and recently as three years ago I was told that WB still lacked decent elements with which to 'fix' the movie -- a collector's print might or might not be good enough, and WB has pretty high standards. When Williams says the film is 'newly restored,' is he saying that something new and unannounced has happened? Only when Warners issues a confirmation will we know.
Thanks for reading! --- Glenn Erickson
The Emperor in August
This great recent Japanese epic is all but unknown here -- and is the kind of adult historical show that we seem incapable of these days. The intense diplomatic storm at the end of WW2 with an Army command willing to sacrifice the country in a national suicide pact, is given an exciting, thoughtful treatment. Tokyo is all but ashes, yet the militarists want to fight on. Directed by Masato Harada, starring Koji Yakusho, Masahiro Motoki and Tsutomu Yamazaki. On Blu-ray from Twilight Time.
9/09/17
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David Lynch: the Art Life
Trailers From Hell's Charlie Largent takes a look at David Lynch's other job: that of the painter in his studio. There are similarities between the canvases and the films and it all adds up to an intriguing portrait of a great artist, by Jon Nguyen, Rick Barnes, and Olivia Neergaard-Holm. Charlie also adds insights to the just-completed Twin Peaks Showtime miniseries. On Blu-ray from The Criterion Collection.
9/09/17
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The Love of a Woman
Welcome to the world of Jean Grémillon, where adult characters work through adult problems without benefit of melodramatic excess. The impressively directed experiences of Micheline Presle's lady doctor on a storm-swept island opts for a progressive point of view, not sentimentality.Co-starring Massimo Girotti and Paolo Stoppa. A Dual-Format edition on Blu-ray and DVD from Arrow Academy.
9/09/17
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Love with the Proper Stranger
What are two individualistic, highly motivated movie stars supposed to do when faced with an unimaginative studio system eager to misuse their talents? Natalie Wood and Steve McQueen collaborate with a great writer, director and producer for an urban romance with an eye on the sexual double standard. It's a hybrid production: a gritty drama that's also a calculated career move. Street reality guides Robert Mulligan's direction, but he keeps one foot in pure romantic escapism. On Blu-ray from KL Studio Classics.
9/09/17
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The Lost World (1925)
It's the wonder movie of the silent era, which pits five intrepid explorers against Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's fantastic South American plateau where marvelous animals from the dawn of time still live. Blackhawk Films and Lobster's latest digital restoration includes footage never before seen in its original tints; it's dedicated to film restorer David Shepard. Extras include an excellent commentary by Nicholas Ciccone, and a new restoration of the silent short subject The Ghost of Slumber Mountain. Starring Wallace Beery, Bessie Love and Lewis Stone. On Blu-ray from Flicker Alley.
9/04/17
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La Poison
Yes, Love is Definitely a Battlefield and Charlie Largent reports from the front line. Writer-director Sacha Guitry’s caustic 1951 black comedy is about a bad marriage gone worse, and it appears to be a forerunner of How to Murder Your Wife, but with the gloves off. Starring the great Michel Simon, with Jean Debucourt and Jacques Varennes. On Blu-ray from The Criterion Collection.
9/04/17
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Flipper Season One
Back in 1964 a lot of people still thought dolphins were fish, but by the time this TV show was finished, we all knew that our happy undersea friend was smarter than the average bear and lives in a world full of wonder. Ivan Tors' grandly successful Florida-shot family show kept a lot of seagoing movie veterans in green seaweed, including both original 'Creature' Gill Men. With Brian Kelly, Luke Halpin and Tommy Norden, plus a long list of guest stars. On Blu-ray from Olive Films.
9/04/17
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A 'Close Encounters' Example of Forced Perspective
-- Savant Article -- 'Close Encounters' awareness is up this week, what with a national mini-release of the 1977 Steven Spielberg hit, so I reached into the bottomless Savant archives for something to show-and-tell. This might be educational for fans of old-school visual effects, in this case, I focus on the miniature-making genius of Gregory Jein.
9/04/17
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September 2017
Krakatoa East of Java Blu-ray
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) by Charlie Largent Blu-ray
The Law and Jake Wade Blu-ray
August 2017
Kid Galahad Blu-ray
Red Line 7000 Blu-ray
Festival: Rock Music at Newport, 1963-1966 Blu-ray
Certain Women Blu-ray
Visit to a Small Planet by Charlie Largent Blu-ray
The Noose Hangs High Blu-ray
The Stranger Blu-ray
The Long, Hot Summer Blu-ray
Held for Questioning (Der Aufenthalt) DVD
Pizzi's Honor Blu-ray
Stalker Blu-ray
The Man with Two Brains Blu-ray
Tobor the Great Blu-ray
Night Moves Blu-ray
Ronin Blu-ray
Bob Hope on Blu-ray: Road to Rio, My Favorite Brunette, Road To Bali, The Lemon Drop Kid, Son of Paleface by Charlie Largent Blu-ray
Duel in the Sun Blu-ray
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly 50th Anniversary Blu-ray
Meantime Blu-ray
The Crimson Kimono Blu-ray
Re-Animator Blu-ray By Charlie Largent
Beggars of Life Blu-ray
Freebie and the Bean Blu-ray
The Dinner Blu-ray
Hopscotch Blu-ray
Silkwood Blu-ray
July 2017
Night People Blu-ray
You Only Live Once Blu-ray
Terror in a Texas Town Blu-ray
Where the Boys Are (1960) Blu-ray
Lost in America by Charlie Largent Blu-ray
The Breaking Point Blu-ray
Kong: Skull Island 3-D Blu-ray
The Battle of the River Plate Region B Blu-ray
The Sea Chase Blu-ray
Shalako Blu-ray
The Quiet American Blu-ray
Straw Dogs Blu-ray
The Valachi Papers Blu-ray
Obsessions 1969 Blu-ray
The Angry Red Planet Blu-ray
The Lost City of Z Blu-ray
Blood Alley Blu-ray
Ikarie XB 1 Blu-ray
Varieté Blu-ray
Free Fire Blu-ray
The Bridge at Remagen Blu-ray
Ugetsu Monogatari by Charlie Largent Blu-ray
L'argent Blu-ray
June 2017
The Savage Innocents Blu-ray
Hell and High Water Blu-ray
Hell in the Pacific Blu-ray
They Live by Night Blu-ray
Running on Empty Blu-ray
Comfort and Joy Region B Blu-ray
Brother Can You Spare a Dime DVD
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage Blu-ray
Roberto Rossellini's War Trilogy: Rome Open City, Paisan, Germany Year Zero Blu-ray
The Man from Planet X Blu-ray
Marcel Pagnol: The Marseille Trilogy: Marius, Fanny, César Blu-ray
8 Million Ways to Die Blu-ray
Death Line Blu-ray
The Lodger (1927) Blu-ray
Good Morning (ohayo) Blu-ray
The Man in the Moon Blu-ray
Blast-Off Blu-ray
Joe Versus the Volcano Blu-ray
Le désordre et la nuit All-Region Blu-ray
The Paradine Case Blu-ray
Spotlight on a Murderer Blu-ray + DVD
The Picasso Summer DVD
The Gumball Rally Blu-ray
May 2017
Dracula Complete Legacy Collection by Charlie Largent Blu-ray
The Mummy Complete Legacy Collection by Charlie Largent Blu-ray
The Ballad of Cable Hogue Blu-ray
Trespass Blu-ray
Inferno 3-D Blu-ray
One, Two, Three Blu-ray
Ghost World Blu-ray
Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Project 2: Insiang, Mysterious Object at Noon, Revenge, Limite, Law of the Border, Taipei Story Blu-ray + DVD
Things to Come (2016) Blu-ray
Who'll Stop the Rain Blu-ray
Rescuing the Runes: The Almost-Lost Original Long Cut of Night of the Demon Guest Article by Wayne Schmidt
Those Redheads from Seattle 3-D Blu-ray
Night of the Demon (Rendez-vous avec la peur) Region A+B Blu-ray + DVD
Decoy (TV Show) DVD
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers Blu-ray
Pelle the Conqueror Blu-ray
Kiss Me Deadly Restoration Savant Article Blu-ray
The Walerian Borowczyk Short Film Collection Blu-ray
Marjorie Morningstar Blu-ray
The Assassin Blu-ray + DVD
The Loved One Blu-ray
Broken Arrow Blu-ray
The Mephisto Waltz Blu-ray
100 Girls by Bunny Yeager Blu-ray
Seven Days in May Blu-ray
How to Steal a Million Blu-ray
The Indian Fighter Blu-ray
The Young Girls of Rochefort Blu-ray
I Am Not Your Negro Blu-ray
The Accidental Tourist Blu-ray
April 2017
The Day of the Jackal Blu-ray
I Bury the Living +
The Screaming Skull by Charlie Largent Blu-ray
You'll Never Get Rich Blu-ray
A Farewell to Arms Blu-ray
The Salesman Blu-ray
Rumblefish Blu-ray and
Edgar Wallace Collection Edition 1: The Face of the Frog, The Mysterious Magician, The Hound of Blackwood Castle Blu-ray by Charlie Largent
Donnie Darko Blu-ray
Ophélia Blu-ray
Caltiki, The Immortal Monster Blu-ray + DVD
The Scar (Hollow Triumph) Blu-ray
The Rounders Blu-ray
Buena Vista Social Club Blu-ray
Chamber of Horrors &
A Game of Death by Charlie Largent Blu-ray
The Delinquents Blu-ray
Fahrenheit 451 Blu-ray
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg Blu-ray
Sunset in the West Blu-ray
From Hell it Came Blu-ray
36 Hours Blu-ray
(The Saga of) Anatahan Blu-ray
Eyes without a Face UK import Blu-ray + PAL DVD
Electric Boogaloo Blu-ray
Property Is No Longer a Theft Blu-ray + DVD
Lifeboat Blu-ray
Story of Sin Blu-ray + DVD
Being There & After the Fox by Charlie Largent Blu-ray
Ride The High Country Blu-ray
The Russians are Coming and Career DVD
The Vampire Bat Blu-ray
The Skull Blu-ray
'How to Succeed' -- Take 2 Savant Article
March 2017
Invisible Ghost Blu-ray
Blow-Up Blu-ray &
Elle Blu-ray by Charlie Largent
Julieta Blu-ray
Peyton Place Blu-ray
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Blu-ray
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 3-D Blu-ray
23 Paces to Baker Street Blu-ray
Tower Blu-ray
Multiple Maniacs by Charlie Largent Blu-ray
Fences Blu-ray
Phaedra Blu-ray
Our Man in Havana Blu-ray
Film / Notfilm separate releases Blu-ray
Summer Storm DVD
World Without End Blu-ray
September Storm 3-D Blu-ray
Cinema Paradiso Blu-ray
Compulsion Blu-ray
We Are the Flesh & Lovers on the Bridge by Charlie Largent Blu-ray
RoboCop 2 Collector's Edition Blu-ray
45 Years Blu-ray
The Valley of Gwangi Blu-ray
The Man Who Could Cheat Death Blu-ray
Finian's Rainbow Blu-ray
Chilly Scenes of Winter Blu-ray
A*P*E 3-D Blu-ray
February 2017
The Before Trilogy: Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Before Midnight Blu-ray
Framed Blu-ray
Kiss of Death Blu-ray
Edge of Eternity Blu-ray
The Tree of Wooden Clogs Blu-ray
Panther Girl of the Kongo Blu-ray
Deluge Blu-ray
3 Classic Films by Claude Chabrol Blu-ray
By Sidney Lumet DVD
The Boy Friend Blu-ray
The Gate Blu-ray
Breakout / Der Mann Ohne Nerven Blu-ray
Arrival Blu-ray + DVD
A Walk in the Sun DVD
Loving Blu-ray + DVD
The Edge of Seventeen Blu-ray + DVD
Manchester by the Sea Blu-ray + DVD
Hacksaw Ridge Blu-ray + DVD
Valkoinen Peura The White Reindeer Region B Blu-ray
One Million Years B.C. Blu-ray
When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth Blu-ray
Inferno 3-D Blu-ray
Gabriel Over the White House (revisited) DVD
January 2017
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Blu-ray
Love in the Afternoon Blu-ray
What a Way to Go! Blu-ray
Mildred Pierce Blu-ray
The Lair of the White Worm Blu-ray
Dr. Orloff's Monster Blu-ray
The Yakuza Blu-ray
Wagon Tracks Blu-ray
The Sicilian Clan Blu-ray
No Highway in the Sky Blu-ray
Seddok, l'erede di Satana Region 2 PAL DVD
Stanley and Iris Blu-ray
Who? Blu-ray
Two for the Road Blu-ray
Gas-s-s-s –Or– It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It Blu-ray
The Mad Magician 3-D Blu-ray
Revenge of the Blood Beast Blu-ray
David and Bathsheba Blu-ray
Something Wild Blu-ray
The Accountant Blu-ray + DVD
The Keys of the Kingdom Blu-ray
The Barefoot Contessa Blu-ray
The Internecine Project Blu-ray
Battleground Blu-ray
The People vs. Fritz Bauer Blu-ray
His Girl Friday &
The Front Page Blu-ray
The Driller Killer Blu-ray
Reaching further back in time? Chronological 2015 and 2016 can't be uploaded yet, but you can search back in the archives, immediately below. Available now is
A Chronological List of DVD Savant's Reviews for 2014 ... and for 2013 ... 2012 ... and 2011 Use the search function at the top of the page for individual titles -- it's new and improved and works well.
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