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Nov 4, 2024 | 
hometheaterforum.com | Matt Hough
Vincent Sherman’s The Return of Doctor X, a breezy comedy-thriller, certainly has its moments. The Return of Doctor X (1939) Released: 02 Dec 1939Rated: ApprovedRuntime: 62 min Director: Vincent ShermanGenre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Rosemary Lane, Wayne MorrisWriter(s): Lee Katz, William J.
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Nov 2, 2024 | 
hometheaterforum.com | Matt Hough
A tidy little thriller of the other-worldly sort, Michael Curtiz’s The Walking Dead is well worth a look.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
hometheaterforum.com | Kino Lorber |Matt Hough
Robert M. Young’s Triumph of the Spirit is a grim and sporadically unsatisfying Holocaust docudrama. Triumph of the Spirit (1989) Released: 23 Dec 1989Rated: RRuntime: 120 min Director: Robert M.
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
hometheaterforum.com | Matt Hough
White Christmas is not only historically important but is also one of the grandest of holiday entertainments.
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Oct 19, 2024 | 
hometheaterforum.com | Matt Hough
Robert Altman’s final film A Prairie Home Companion might not have been his best movie, but it is an entertaining swan song for the great director.
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Oct 11, 2024 | 
hometheaterforum.com | Matt Hough
The Criterion package of I Walked with a Zombie/The Seventh Victim brings these two films into ultra high definition realms with all their eerie qualities and masterful storytelling intact.
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
hometheaterforum.com | Kino Lorber |Matt Hough
Robert Rossen’s Body and Soul offers great storytelling and memorable characters in an atmospheric and hugely engaging presentation. Released: 11 Nov 1947Rated: ApprovedRuntime: 104 minDirector: Robert RossenGenre: Drama, Film-Noir, SportCast: John Garfield, Lilli Palmer, Hazel BrooksWriter(s): Abraham PolonskyPlot: A talented boxer's young career hits difficult terrain when an unethical promoter takes interest in him.
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
hometheaterforum.com | Matt Hough
As entertainment packages go, George Sidney’s Bathing Beauty is fairly bursting with goodies. Released: 01 Jul 1944Rated: PassedRuntime: 101 minDirector: George SidneyGenre: Comedy, MusicalCast: Red Skelton, Esther Williams, Basil RathboneWriter(s): Kenneth Earl, M.M. Musselman, Curtis KenyonPlot: A contrived misunderstanding leads to the breakup of a songwriter and his fiancée.
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Oct 5, 2024 | 
hometheaterforum.com | Matt Hough
George Stevens’ I Remember Mama is a trenchant, memorable screen adaptation of the hit Broadway play. Released: 17 Mar 1948Rated: ApprovedRuntime: 134 minDirector: George StevensGenre: Drama, FamilyCast: Irene Dunne, Barbara Bel Geddes, Oscar HomolkaWriter(s): DeWitt Bodeen, John Van Druten, Kathryn ForbesPlot: A young writer recalls her ups and downs of growing up as one of four children to Norwegian immigrant parents in 1910s San Francisco.
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
hometheaterforum.com | Matt Hough
Curtis Bernhardt’s Conflict is part noir, part melodrama, and part ghost story. Conflict (1945)Released: 30 Jun 1945Rated: ApprovedRuntime: 86 minDirector: Curtis BernhardtGenre: Drama, Film-Noir, MysteryCast: Humphrey Bogart, Alexis Smith, Sydney GreenstreetWriter(s): Arthur T. Horman, Dwight Taylor, Robert SiodmakPlot: An engineer kills his first Wife, then woos her sister.
