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MORE CHARLEY CHASE ON DVD (AND EDGAR KENNEDY, TOO)
- By Leonard Maltin
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- March 28, 2013 12:00 AM
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Charley Chase is a favorite of comedy connoisseurs but for years, it was difficult to see his best two-reel comedies from the 1920s. They seemed to exist only in scattered 16mm prints, until Kino (drawing on the LobsterFilm archives) and Milestone released their welcome collections.
THE EXTENDED DISNEY FAMILY AND PETER PAN
- By Leonard Maltin
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- February 4, 2013 3:02 PM
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The new Blu-ray/DVD/Digital release of Walt Disney’s "Peter Pan" includes the bonus features from previous DVD releases plus a few additions, including "Growing up with Nine Old Men," a short documentary in which Ted Thomas, the filmmaker and son of top Disney animator Frank Thomas, checks in with the children of the other artists who were nicknamed the Nine Old Men.
CALL THE MIDWIFE – Season One
- By Alice Maltin
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- January 15, 2013 1:00 AM
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Guest column by Alice Maltin - I watched the first episode several months ago. Screaming women giving birth in squalid conditions in the poorest part of London was not my cup of tea. Looking for a pleasant escape, I turned off the DVD. Then, on a rainy Sunday afternoon with nothing to do, I watched an episode…and then another. I couldn’t stop.
CURE FOR A MOVIE HANGOVER
- By Leonard Maltin
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- January 4, 2013 1:00 AM
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I love watching movies, but it becomes challenging during December when the year’s lengthiest and most ambitious films arrive all at once. By the time I’m done digesting, writing about and voting for them, I need a breather. That’s when I start reading, for pleasure, and watching vintage B movies—even while exercising. I’ll review some of the show-business books I read during the next week, but I also took a tip from "The New Yorker’s" Anthony Lane in his review of "Killing Them Softly."
MIDSOMER MURDERS – DVD review
- By Alice Maltin
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- January 3, 2013 1:00 AM
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When actor John Nettles decided to hang up his badge as Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby and walk into the sunset (or wherever they told us he was going), that ended one of TVs most enjoyable British murder mystery series. Then they had the audacity to return with Neil Dudgeon as DCI John Barnaby—Tom’s cousin! I wished they hadn’t done that…but they did, and you know what? He’s really good.
MEL BROOKS, BUSTER KEATON, THE 3 STOOGES AND MORE
- By Leonard Maltin
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- December 18, 2012 1:00 AM
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The goodies just keep piling up—for gift-giving or adding to your own library. I was delighted to contribute an essay about Mel Brooks’ career to Shout! Factory’s multi-disc set 'The Incredible Mel Brooks', but there is so much material in this collection I still haven’t gotten through it all. That’s OK with me because I can’t get enough of Brooks,
The Two Faces Of Wallander
- By Alice Maltin
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- November 6, 2012 1:00 AM
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Guest column by Alice Maltin: I’ve been lost in the world of Henning Mankell’s 'Wallander' because I’m viewing the British adaptation on TV while simultaneously following the Swedish series on DVD. This is causing some confusion for me. Is that woman the killer or is it the handyman?
A Mixed Blessing For Kubrick Fans
- By Leonard Maltin
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- October 23, 2012 2:44 PM
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The good news is that Kino has just released Stanley Kubrick’s rarely-screened feature-film debut 'Fear and Desire' (1953) on DVD and Blu-ray, mastered from a 35mm print that was recently restored by the Library of Congress.
The Crimson Petal And The White
- By Alice Maltin
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- September 23, 2012 1:00 AM
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I grabbed this two-disc set from Acorn when it arrived because I’m a sucker for anything English and Victorian. As usual, I’m late to the fair because it’s been showing on Encore and I should have gotten my review in last week. Please don’t tell anyone. (At least I’m in time for the DVD release.)
Raymond Scott Back On The Big Screen
- By Leonard Maltin
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- July 12, 2012 1:00 AM
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If you grew up watching Warner Bros. cartoons, you know the music of Raymond Scott, even if his name isn’t familiar. He was an innovative musician and composer whose propulsive, syncopated piece “Powerhouse” was adopted by Warner’s music director Carl Stalling as a recurring theme in his Looney Tunes scores.
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