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Review MGM Entertainment / Kings Go Forth [1958]
Actors & Directors
  • Tony Curtis
  • Natalie Wood
  • Frank Sinatra
  • Delmer Daves
  • Karl Swenson
  • Leora Dana
Release date: 2004-04-05
Run time: 109 min.
Creator: Merle Miller
RRP: £12.99
Price: £3.31

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Review Dd Home Entertainment / Next of Kin [1942]
Actors & Directors
  • Stephen Murray
  • John Chandos
  • Mervyn Johns
  • Reginald Tate
  • Nova Pilbeam
  • Thorold Dickinson
Release date: 2001-03-05
Run time: 95 min.
Creator: John Dighton
RRP: £10.99
Price: £7.94

Review Next of Kin [1942] / Dd Home Entertainment:


Review MGM / Submarine X-1 [1969] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Brian Grellis
  • Norman Bowler
  • William A. Graham
  • Paul Young
  • James Caan
  • David Sumner
Release date: 2005-04-19
Run time: 89 min.
Creator: Guy Elmes
Price: £3.85

Review Submarine X-1 [1969] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / MGM:


Review Republic Pictures / Rio Grande [1951] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • John Wayne
  • Ben Johnson
  • Harry Carey Jr.
  • John Ford
  • Claude Jarman Jr.
  • Maureen O'Hara
Release date: 2002-10-22
Run time: 105 min.
Creator: James Warner Bellah
Price: £12.99

Review Rio Grande [1951] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Republic Pictures:

The last and least memorable of John Ford's famous cavalry trilogy, Rio Grande nonetheless has an interesting continuity about the gentlemanly rules of military conduct. Here the focus is on the family. While creating a heated controversy over his handling of the Apache war, John Wayne must also contend with disgruntled wife Maureen O'Hara and estranged son Claude Jarman Jr, a new recruit trying to earn his father's love and respect. Ford seems to suggest that there are two conflicting codes of honour in every cavalry officer's life, the personal as well as the professional, and that it takes an act of heroism to maintain both. It's fascinating to observe Wayne's progression throughout the trilogy, as his personal stakes intensify. Also, this is the first of five onscreen appearances between the Duke and O'Hara, each filled with a competitive spirit and stormy sexuality. -Bill Desowitz, Amazon. com.

Review Alpha Video / The Range Rider, Vol. 1 [1951]
Actors & Directors
  • Jock Mahoney
  • Dickie Jones
Release date: 2005-10-25
Run time: 101 min.
Price: £2.43

Review The Range Rider, Vol. 1 [1951] / Alpha Video:


Review Warner Home Video / Charlie Chaplin - The Great Dictator [1940]
Actors & Directors
  • Jack Oakie
  • Henry Daniell
  • Reginald Gardiner
  • Paulette Goddard
  • Charles Chaplin
  • Charles Chaplin
Release date: 2003-09-22
Run time: 126 min.
Creator: Willard Nico
RRP: £12.99
Price: £18.99

Review Charlie Chaplin - The Great Dictator [1940] / Warner Home Video:

The Great Dictator was Charles Chaplin's first fully talking picture, a scathing comic assault on Adolf Hitler, which these days will mostly play like brilliant slapstick. But in 1940, with America still neutral, it was the boldest anti-Nazi statement Hollywood had then put on screen. The thin plot doesn't matter, being just a peg for writer-director Chaplin's almost consistently inventive and hilarious set-pieces featuring himself in the duel roles of Adenoid Hynkel, the ludicrous anti-Semitic Dictator of Tomania, and an innocent Jewish barber who happens to be a Tomanian hero of the Great War. In the latter role he affectionately spins a variation on his beloved Tramp character while briefly romancing a lacklustre Paulette Goddard, costar of his equally satirical Modern Times (1936). Yet it's as Hynkel/Hitler that Chaplin really shines, from a side-splitting opening speech to some Duck Soup-style madness with rival leader Napaloni, played with flamboyant swagger by Jack Oakie. While the finale, a clarion call for a brave new world united by science and technological progress that seems to emanate straight from 1936's Things to Come, may jar, the comedic approach to a deadly serious subject has proved lastingly influential, from Dr Strangelove (1964) to Life is Beautiful (1997). On the DVD The Great Dictator is presented in the original 4:3 black and white with strong, clear mono sound and a picture so sharp and detailed that, bar a few very minor instances of damage, the film could have been shot yesterday. Also included are French and Italian dubbed versions and an English Dolby Digital 5. 1 version of the soundtrack, which is best avoided. The disc features multiple subtitle options, including English for hard of hearing. [+]
Disc Two begins with a superb 55-minute documentary, directed by film historian Kevin Brownlow and Michael Kloft, narrated by Kenneth Branagh and coproduced by the BBC. The Tramp and the Dictator goes seriously in-depth to explore the parallels between the world's most loved and hated men, drawing on many interviews and remarkable rare footage, including colour sequences of the making of The Great Dictator shot by Chaplin's brother, Sydney. Next comes the complete 25 minutes of that home-movie footage, including coverage of the original abandoned ending, and a seven-minute deleted scene from Sunnyside (1918), which inspired the barber scene. Finally there is a poster gallery and a scene from Monsieur Verdoux (1947) concerning the rise of Hitler and fascism. Marvellous stuff, though a commentary could have added considerably to the already remarkable silent colour material. -Gary S Dalkin.

Review 20th Century Fox / Fixed Bayonets! [1951] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Richard Hylton
  • Samuel Fuller
  • Gene Evans
  • Michael O'Shea
  • Richard Basehart
  • Craig Hill
Release date: 2007-04-24
Run time: 92 min.
Creator: John Brophy
Price: £5.87

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Review www.a2zcds.com / Women in the Night (1948) DVD [Remastered Edition]   [2007]
Actors & Directors
  • Tala Birell;William Henry;Richard Loo
  • William Rowland
Release date: 2007-07-01
Run time: 98 min.
RRP: £14.99
Price: £6.42

Review Women in the Night (1948) DVD [Remastered Edition]   [2007] / www.a2zcds.com:


Review Blue Underground / Texas, Adios [1966] (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Franco Nero
  • Ferdinando Baldi
  • Elisa Montes
  • Antonella Murgia
  • Silvana Bacci
  • Livio Lorenzon
Release date: 2007-03-27
Run time: 92 min.
Creator: Antón Garcia Abril
Price: £5.76

Review Texas, Adios [1966] (NTSC) / Blue Underground:


Review Classic Media / The Lone Ranger: 75th Anniversary - Seasons 1 and 2 [1949] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Lane Bradford
  • George Archainbaud
  • Fred Libby
  • Alden 'Stephen' Chase
  • Edmund Cobb
  • Gregg Barton
  • Hollingsworth Morse
  • George B. Seitz Jr.
Release date: 2008-11-11
Run time: 1900 min.
Creator: David Bramson
Price: £57.05

Review The Lone Ranger: 75th Anniversary - Seasons 1 and 2 [1949] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Classic Media:


Review Warner Home Video / Dodge City [1939] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Frank McHugh
  • Michael Curtiz
  • Tex Avery
  • Bruce Cabot
  • Olivia de Havilland
  • Errol Flynn
  • Ann Sheridan
Release date: 2005-04-19
Run time: 100 min.
Creator: Crane Wilbur
Price: £8.29

Review Dodge City [1939] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Warner Home Video:


Review Warner Home Video / Air Force [1943] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Gig Young
  • Arthur Kennedy
  • John Ridgely
  • Charles Drake
  • John Garfield
  • Howard Hawks
Release date: 2007-06-05
Run time: 124 min.
Creator: William Faulkner
Price: £8.29

Review Air Force [1943] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Warner Home Video:


Review 4 Front Video / Tobruk [1967]
Actors & Directors
  • George Peppard
  • Jack Watson
  • Arthur Hiller
  • Rock Hudson
  • Guy Stockwell
  • Nigel Green
Release date: 1999-07-01
Run time: 105 min.
Creator: Gene Corman
RRP: £5.99
Price: £16.93

Review Tobruk [1967] / 4 Front Video:


Review Alpha Video / Death Rides the Plains [1944] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Robert Livingston
  • Ray Bennett
  • Al St. John
  • Patti McCarty
  • I. Stanford Jolley
  • Sam Newfield
Release date: 2004-04-27
Run time: 53 min.
Creator: Patricia Harper
Price: £2.81

Review Death Rides the Plains [1944] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Alpha Video:


Review Warner Home Video / The Big Stampede/Ride Him, Cowboy/Haunted Gold [1933] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Sheila Terry
  • Duke
  • Fred Allen
  • Tenny Wright
  • Harry Woods
  • Mack V. Wright
  • Noah Beery
  • John Wayne
Release date: 2006-11-07
Run time: 163 min.
Creator: Scott Mason
Price: £6.63

Review The Big Stampede/Ride Him, Cowboy/Haunted Gold [1933] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Warner Home Video:


Review 2 Entertain Video / Dad's Army - Knights Of Madness [1968]
Actors & Directors
  • Hugh Cecil
  • Bob Spiers
  • Desmond Cullum-Jones
  • Alec Coleman
  • Vernon Drake
  • Frank Godfrey
Release date: 1995-08-07
Run time: 92 min.
Creator: Jimmy Perry
RRP: £10.99
Price: £3.19

Review Dad's Army - Knights Of Madness [1968] / 2 Entertain Video:


Review 4 Front Video / Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell [1955]
Actors & Directors
  • Otto Preminger
  • Charles Bickford
  • Rod Steiger
  • Gary Cooper
  • Elizabeth Montgomery
  • Ralph Bellamy
Release date: 1999-01-18
Run time: 100 min.
Creator: Michael Wilson
RRP: £5.99
Price: £19.99

Review Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell [1955] / 4 Front Video:


Review Image Entertainment / The Best Arbuckle Keaton Collection (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Al St. John
  • Josephine Stevens
  • Arthur Earle
  • Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
  • Buster Keaton
  • Buster Keaton
  • Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
Release date: 2002-10-22
Run time: 248 min.
Creator: Natalie Talmadge
Price: £12.44

Review The Best Arbuckle Keaton Collection (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Image Entertainment:


Review 20th Century Fox / Fort Courageous [1965] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Don 'Red' Barry
  • Walter Reed
  • Fred Beir
  • Harry Lauter
  • Lesley Selander
  • Hanna Landy
Release date: 2007-05-22
Run time: 72 min.
Creator: Richard H. Landau
Price: £5.63

Review Fort Courageous [1965] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / 20th Century Fox:


Review Alpha Video / Rolling Home [1948]
Actors & Directors
  • Russell Hayden
  • William A. Berke
  • Raymond Hatton
  • Buzz Henry
  • Lester William Berke
  • Jean Parker
  • Pamela Blake
Release date: 2007-03-27
Run time: 68 min.
Price: £3.03

Review Rolling Home [1948] / Alpha Video:


Models & Brands:
Kings Go Forth [1958], Next of Kin [1942], Submarine X-1 [1969] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Rio Grande [1951] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Range Rider, Vol. 1 [1951], Charlie Chaplin - The Great Dictator [1940], Fixed Bayonets! [1951] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Women in the Night (1948) DVD [Remastered Edition]   [2007], Texas, Adios [1966] (NTSC), The Lone Ranger: 75th Anniversary - Seasons 1 and 2 [1949] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Dodge City [1939] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Air Force [1943] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Tobruk [1967], Death Rides the Plains [1944] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Big Stampede/Ride Him, Cowboy/Haunted Gold [1933] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Dad's Army - Knights Of Madness [1968], Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell [1955], The Best Arbuckle Keaton Collection (REGION 1) (NTSC), Fort Courageous [1965] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Rolling Home [1948]

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