Review, buy Classics: Doctor Who - Time And The Rani, Holiday Affair [1949] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Spione (Spies) - Masters of Cinema series [1928], 100 Rifles [1969] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Captain Scarlet And The Mysterons - Vol. 1 - Episodes 1 To 6 [1967], Laurence Olivier Shakespeare Collection, An Affair To Remember [1957], Twenty-four Eyes - Masters of Cinema series, Carousel [1956], The Purple Plain [1954], Harvey [1950], Nothing Sacred [1937], Three Men In A Boat [1956], American Soldiers - A Day In Iraq, Oklahoma Sing-Along Edition (1 Disc) [1955], Belles On Their Toes [1952], Que La Bete Meure [1969], Blood Alley [1956] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines [1965] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Siren Of Atlantis [1949]

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Review 2 Entertain Video / Doctor Who - Time And The Rani

Doctor Who - Time And The Rani (2 Entertain Video)

Actors & Directors

Kate O'Mara
Sylvester McCoy
Bonnie Langford

Release date: 1995-07-03
Run time: 98 min.
RRP: ~~£11.99~~
Price: £29.99

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Review Turner Home / Holiday Affair [1949] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

Holiday Affair [1949] (REGION 1) (NTSC) (Turner Home)

Actors & Directors

Larry Blake
Don Hartman
Griff Barnett
Chick Chandler
Wendell Corey
Helen Brown

Release date: 2008-11-11
Run time: 87 min.
Creator: Roy Webb
Price: £9.32

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Review Eureka Entertainment / Spione (Spies) - Masters of Cinema series [1928]

Spione (Spies) - Masters of Cinema series [1928] (Eureka Entertainment)

Actors & Directors

Fritz Lang
Rudolph Klein-Rogge

Release date: 2005-04-18
Run time: 143 min.
RRP: ~~£19.99~~
Price: £7.00

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Review 20th Century Fox / 100 Rifles [1969] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

100 Rifles [1969] (REGION 1) (NTSC) (20th Century Fox)

Actors & Directors

Dan O'Herlihy
Tom Gries
Fernando Lamas
Raquel Welch
Burt Reynolds
Jim Brown

Release date: 2006-05-23
Run time: 110 min.
Creator: Robert MacLeod
Price: £5.97

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Review ITV DVD / Captain Scarlet And The Mysterons - Vol. 1 - Episodes 1 To 6 [1967]

Captain Scarlet And The Mysterons - Vol. 1 - Episodes 1 To 6 [1967] (ITV DVD)

Actors & Directors

Francis Matthews
Jeremy Wilkin
Cy Grant
Ed Bishop
Donald Gray

Release date: 2001-09-17
Run time: 150 min.
Creator: Gerry Anderson
RRP: ~~£15.99~~
Price: £3.88

Review Captain Scarlet And The Mysterons - Vol. 1 - Episodes 1 To 6 [1967] / ITV DVD:

First broadcast in 1967, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons was the most grown-up of all Gerry Anderson's SuperMarionation adventures. There are gadgets and toy-friendly machines galore, of course-like the Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle, the Angel Aircraft and Cloudbase itself-but, unlike the colourful fantasies of Stingray and Thunderbirds, this series' concern with an implacable, vengeful enemy, conspiracies and double-agents drew its inspiration from James Bond and the Cold War spy dramas of the 1960s. Special effects whiz Derek Meddings imbues the action sequences with a truly Bondian grandeur and, like the sinister Spectre of the Bond films, the Martian Mysterons seem all the more hostile for their unseen presence, their agents infiltrating every organisation dedicated to their destruction just as it seemed the Soviets were doing at the time. The indestructible Captain Scarlet is killed then resurrected every week (though not like South Park's Kenny), and more often than not the unstoppable Mysterons emerge triumphant, and always undefeated. The varied cast of Spectrum agents and their voice characterisations also aim at verisimilitude (Captain Scarlet, voiced by Francis Matt hews, sounds like a grim Cary Grant), while the puppetry is more realistic than ever. Now with newly remastered picture and Dolby 5. 1 surround sound, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons still looks and sounds like the epitome of 60s cool. -Mark Walker.

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Review ITV DVD / Laurence Olivier Shakespeare Collection

Laurence Olivier Shakespeare Collection (ITV DVD)

Actors & Directors

Laurence Olivier

Release date: 2007-07-30
Run time: 716 min.
RRP: ~~£79.99~~
Price: £38.97

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Review 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / An Affair To Remember [1957]

An Affair To Remember [1957] (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment)

Actors & Directors

Deborah Kerr
Cary Grant
Cathleen Nesbitt
Richard Denning
Leo McCarey
Neva Patterson

Release date: 1999-01-04
Run time: 110 min.
Creator: Mildred Cram
Price: £5.99

Review An Affair To Remember [1957] / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:

Get out your handkerchiefs for this four-star weepie, a 1957 remake of the 1939 Love Affair, directed by Leo McCarey, who also made the original. Grant and Kerr are strangers on an ocean liner, involved with other people, who can't resist each other for a shipboard romance. But they decide to test whether this is the real thing by agreeing to split up, then meeting in six months atop the Empire State Building. Is there anyone who can resist that set-up or the tragic romantic mishap that nearly splits them up? Can you keep dry eyes during the famous finale? Some prefer the original (with Charles Boyer); practically no one liked the underrated 1994 remake with Warren Beatty and Annette Bening. While occasionally a shade slow, this one soars on Grant's charm and Kerr's noble suffering. -Marshall Fine, Amazon. com.

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Review Eureka Entertainment / Twenty-four Eyes - Masters of Cinema series

Twenty-four Eyes - Masters of Cinema series (Eureka Entertainment)

Actors & Directors

Takero Terashita
Hideko Takamine
Makoto Miyagawa
Yukio Watanabe
Hideki Goko
Keisuke Kinoshita

Release date: 2006-02-20
Run time: 155 min.
Creator: Sakae Tsuboi
RRP: ~~£19.99~~
Price: £12.01

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Review 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / Carousel [1956]

Carousel [1956] (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment)

Actors & Directors

Henry King
Cameron Mitchell
Shirley Jones
Gordon MacRae
Claramae Turner
Barbara Ruick

Release date: 2000-03-13
Run time: 123 min.
Creator: Phoebe Ephron
RRP: ~~£5.99~~
Price: £19.99

Review Carousel [1956] / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:

The 1956 screen adaptation of Carousel, like its immediate predecessor Oklahoma!, boasted then state-of-the-art widescreen cinematography, stereophonic sound, a starring romantic duo with on-screen chemistry, and the Rodgers & Hammerstein imprimatur. Adding to its promise was a source (the venerable Ferenc Molnar play Liliom) that had already been filmed three times. Contributing to the lustre are the coastal Maine locations where 20th Century Fox filmed principal photography. Yet unlike the original Broadway production, and despite evident craft, Carousel proved a box-office disappointment. Why? Hindsight argues that movie-goers of the 1950s may have been unprepared for its tragic narrative, the sometimes unsympathetic protagonist, and a spiritual subtext addressing life after death. Whatever the obstacle, Carousel may well be a revelation to first-time viewers. The score is among the composers' most affecting, from the glorious instrumental "Carousel Waltz" to a succession of exquisite love songs ("If I Loved You"), a heart-rending secular hymn ("You'll Never Walk Alone"), and the expectant father's poignant reverie, "Soliloquy". Top-line stars Shirley Jones (as factory worker Julie Jordan) and Gordon MacRae (as Billy Bigelow, the carnival barker who woos and weds her) achieve greater dramatic urgency here than in the more successful Oklahoma!. MacRae in particular attains a personal best as the conflicted Billy, whose anxiety and wounded pride after losing his job are crucial to the plot. It's Billy's impatience to support his new family that drives him to an ill-fated decision, which transforms the fable into a ghost story. [+]

-Sam Sutherland, Amazon. com.

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Review DD Home Entertainment / The Purple Plain [1954]

The Purple Plain [1954] (DD Home Entertainment)

Actors & Directors

Maurice Denham
Bernard Lee
Gregory Peck
Robert Parrish
Win Min Than
Brenda De Banzie

Release date: 2008-10-20
Run time: 98 min.
RRP: ~~£9.99~~
Price: £7.58

Review The Purple Plain [1954] / DD Home Entertainment:

Set during the Burma Campaign, Peck stars as a pilot whose life has already been shattered by the loss of his wife during an air raid on London. Shot down after a dogfight with a Japanese fighter, he finds himself marooned in the Burmese jungle with a badly-injured navigator and a traumatised passenger. How will they make it to safety?.

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Harvey [1950] (Uca)

Actors & Directors

Josephine Hull
James Stewart
Henry Koster
Charles Drake
Peggy Dow
Cecil Kellaway

Release date: 2003-08-18
Run time: 107 min.
Creator: Oscar Brodney
RRP: ~~£9.99~~
Price: £12.00

Review Harvey [1950] / Uca:

It's always a small surprise to revisit this movie and realise what a subtly dark performance James Stewart gives as an alcoholic who claims he keeps company with a six-foot-tall, invisible rabbit. As Elwood P. Dowd, the actor emits a faint whiff of decay and spirits, yet Stewart also embraces Dowd's romanticism and grace with splendid ease. Based on a hit play and directed by Henry Koster, the film is terribly funny at times, especially whenever Elwood decides it is only polite to introduce Harvey to complete strangers. The supporting cast can't be beat. -Tom Keogh.

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