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‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’: Check, Please

by Jennifer Makowsky

[28.Apr.09] :. I hate it when a film takes a brilliant literary work and turns it into what it thinks the literary work should be.

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Two Evil Eyes (1990): Blu-ray

by Bill Gibron

[31.Mar.09] :. In retrospect, it should be no surprise when major talents collaborate, clash and crash. With each one being a giant in their own particularly way, an attempted meeting of the minds becomes something...

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Film DVD Review

Breakfast At Tiffany’s: Paramount Centennial Collection

by Terrence Butcher

[26.Jan.09] :. In many respects, this is a love letter to a tony, cosmopolitan New York which perhaps never existed, a Big Apple devoid of muggings, racial strife, or transit strikes.

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Cinema Qua Non - Indispensable DVDs Feature

Cinema Qua Non - Indispensable DVDs: Part 1

by PopMatters Staff

[13.Oct.08] :. Day One - A trip back to the classic days of studio system Hollywood, complete with great musicals, amazing adventure yarns, and a couple of post-modern freak outs, just to keep things controversial and lively.

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The Bedford Incident (1965)

by Karla Rae Fuller

[7.Oct.03] :. Addresses the danger inherent in the military hierarchy and social isolation.

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Film DVD Review

The Carpetbaggers (1964)

by Karla Rae Fuller

[21.Jul.03] :. More troubling than the melodramatic disintegration of Jonas' personal life is The Carpetbaggers' depiction of Hollywood's exploitation of female sexuality.

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Two Evil Eyes (Due occhi diabolici) (1990)

by Marco Lanzagorta

[23.Jun.03] :. Romero's films often feature a family that is fragile, a prime target for destructive forces.

 

Little Big Man (1970)

by Elbert Ventura

[17.Jun.03] :. It didn't just dispel the cloudless America of Westerns past -- it dismembered the genre, threw the parts in a trench, and spit on the tombstone.

 

Cuba (1979/2002)

by David Sanjek

[1.Aug.02] :. The idea that an individual, like Robin Hood, could stand up for the rights of the oppressed comes across as a pleasant fantasy, worthy of song and legend, but devoid of the means to stand up against state power.