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Film on Disc has 2-bit, 8-bit and 16-bit reviews. 2-bit
reviews include letter ratings only. 8-bit reviews are brief reviews
including DVD quality assessment and 16-bit reviews are full length.
This is the 8-Bit Review Page. For more information on a film click
the disc title wherever it is linked. Ratings are two part, the
first letter representing film content, the second letter for film
element , transfer and pressing quality.
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12 Monkeys
Special/A-,B+ |
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12 Monkeys/ B+,B |
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1941 SE/ C-, B- |
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a la Mode/B+,B+ |
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A Pure Formality/C,B |
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After the Fox/C+,B |
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Alaska/B,B+ |
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Albino Aligator/C+,B |
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Alfie/B,B |
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Amateur/B+,C+ |
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American President/
B+, B+ |
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Apache/C+,C+ |
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Apocalypse Now/A-,A- |
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Apollo 13 SpecialA,A |
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Apollo 13//A,A |
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Appaloosa/C+,C+ |
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Assassins/C,A |
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Bad and the Beautiful,
The/A,B+ |
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Basquiat/C+,B |
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Bend of the River/ B,
B+ |
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Belle Epoque/B+,A- |
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Bhagdad Cafe/B,B |
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Big Country/ B, C |
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Big Deal on Madonna
Street/B,B |
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Big Picture, The/B,B |
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Big Trees, The/C+,C+ |
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Bingo Long and His
Traveling All-Stars/B+,A |
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Blood and Wine/B,B |
| Blue
Kite/B+,B |
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Bogus/C,C+ |
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Bordello of Blood/C-,A- |
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Borderline/C+,B |
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Bound/B+,B+ |
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Brazil Special
Edition/B+,A- |
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Bride Came COD/B-,B |
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Bringing Up Baby/A,B |
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Brute Force/B+,B+ |
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Bulletproof/C,B+ |
| Butch Cassidy and the
Sundance Kid/B,A- |
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Call Nothside
777/B+,C+ |
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Camille Claudel/ A, B+ |
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Canterville
Ghost/C+,C+ |
| Caro Diario/A-,A- |
| Captain from Castile/B,B+ |
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Casino/ C+, B |
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Casper/C+,A |
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Cause for Alarm/C,B- |
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Celestial
Clockwork/B+,B- |
| China Moon/B+,A |
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Christmas in July/A,B+ |
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Christopher
Columbus(1949)/C,C |
| Come and Get It/B,B+ |
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Commandments/C+,B+ |
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Courage Under Fire/B,A |
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Crash/C+,B+ |
| Crimson Tide/A-,A |
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Crossing Guard,
The/B,B+ |
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Cutthroat Island/C, A |
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Dante's Peak/B-/B |
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Daylight/B,A- |
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Dead Man Walking/C+,B+ |
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Dead Man/C+,A- |
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Dead Presidents
Special/ B+,A |
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Dersu Uzala/B+,B |
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Diabolique(1995)/C+,C |
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Diary of Ann Frank/
A-,B |
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Dodes'ka-den/ B+, B+ |
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Double Happiness/
B+,B+ |
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Dragon/B+,A |
| Dune/C+,B+ |
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Earrings of Madame
de.../ B+, B+ |
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Enemy Below/ B, B |
| Englishman Who
Went..../C,B |
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English Patient/B+,A |
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Ermo/B-,B- |
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Escape from LA/B-,A |
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Everybody's Fine/C+,C+ |
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Executive
Decision/B+,A |
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Eye for an Eye/B,B+ |
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F.I.S.T./B,B |
| Face-Off/B+,A |
| Family Thing/B,B+ |
| Farewell My Concubine/A-,A |
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Far Country/ B-, C+ |
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Field of Dreams
Special/A-,B+ |
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Field of Dreams/ A-, B |
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Fierce Creatures/B-,B+ |
| Fires on the Plain/B+,B |
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Firestarter/C+,C+ |
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First Knight/ C-, B+ |
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First Wives Club/C+,B+ |
| For Whom the Bell Tolls/B-,B+ |
| French Kiss/B-,B+ |
| Fugitive,The(1947)/B-,B |
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Frankie Starlight/B+,B |
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Freaks/B+,B |
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Free Willy 2/B-,B+ |
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Funny Bones/A,A |
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Get Shorty/ A, A |
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Goldeneye/ B, A |
| Ghost Story/B,B |
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Great
Escape(MGM)/A-,B- |
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Great
Expectations/A,B+ |
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Greystoke: The Legend
of Tarzan/B+,C |
| Grosse Point Blank/A-,A- |
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Grumpier Old Men/B-,B+ |
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Gun in Betty Lou's
Handbag, The/B,C- |
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Happy Gilmore/ B-, A- |
| Hard Boiled/B-,B+ |
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Hard Eight/B,C+ |
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Harriet the Spy/B,A |
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Haunting, The/A,B+ |
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Head Above Water/D+,B |
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Heat/A-,B |
| Heaven and Earth/B+,A- |
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Helen of Troy/C+,B+ |
| Henry V/A,B |
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Hill,The/A-,B |
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Hoop Dreams/A,A |
| Horseman on the
Roof/B-,B |
| Hucksters/B+,B+ |
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Innocent, The/ C, C |
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Innocents, The/ A, A- |
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Interrupted
Melody/C+,C |
| Into the West/A,B+ |
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Inventing the
Abbots/B-,B+ |
| It Happened
One Night/A,C |
| Jack/C+,A- |
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Jean de Florette/ A-,
B- |
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Jumanji/ B+, B+ |
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Kansas City/D+,C+ |
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Kentuckian/B-/B |
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Kingpin/B,B+ |
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Kolya/A-,A- |
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Kwaidan/A,A- |
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La Dolce Vita/ A, B |
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Last Dance/B,B+ |
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Last Man Standing/C,B |
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Last Supper, The/B-,B+ |
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League of Gentlemen/B,B |
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Leave Her to
Heaven/B+,B+ |
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Les Miserables/ B, B+ |
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Liar,Liar Special/B+,A |
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Lili/A-,C |
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List of Adrien
Messinger/B,B+ |
| Lonely are the Brave/A-,A- |
| Lord of Illusions/B,A- |
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Love Jones/B,A- |
| Malice/B+,B+ |
| Mask,The/A-,A |
| Mi Familia/A-,A- |
| Michael/C+,A |
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Miracle of Morgan's
Creek/B,B- |
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Mirage/B,B- |
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Mission
Impossible/C+,B+ |
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Mona Lisa/B+,B+ |
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Morgan/B,C+ |
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Mulholland Falls/C+,B |
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Muriel's Wedding/ B,
B+ |
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My Name is Nobody/C,C |
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Mystery of Rampo/ A-, B |
| Natural Born Killers/B,B+ |
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Nell/B,A- |
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Net, The/ C, B+ |
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Nixon/B+,A |
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Nothing Sacred/B,C |
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Old Man and the
Sea/B,B |
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Othello/A-,B+ |
| Peeping Tom/A-,A- |
| Raw Deal/B+,B |
| Red Firecracker,Green
Firecracker/B+,A |
| Repulsion/A,A |
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Restoration/B+,A |
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Richard III/A,A |
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Ridicule/A-,B- |
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River Wild/B+,A- |
| Romy
and Michele's High School Reunion/B,B |
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Room at the Top/A-,B |
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Rosewood/B,B+ |
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Scopio/B,C |
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Seven SE/ B+, A |
| Shawshank Redemption/A-,A |
| She/B,B- |
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Shining Through/C+,B |
| Shop Around the
Corner,The/A,B |
| Silence of the Lambs/A,A |
| Sling Blade/A,B+ |
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Slingshot/A,A- |
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Something to Talk
About/ B-, B+ |
| Spartacus Special
Edition/A,A |
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Species/C,B+ |
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Star Trek: First
Contact/C+,A- |
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Stars Fell on Henrietta/ C+,B+ |
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Stealing Beauty/B,B |
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Strange Days/ C+, B+ |
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Striptease/D,A- |
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Sudden Death/ B, A- |
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Sullivan's
Travels/B+,B |
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Surviving Picasso/C,B+ |
| T-Man/B,B |
| Teacher's Pet/A-,B+ |
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That Old Feeling/B-,A- |
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That Thing You Do/B,C+ |
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They Drive By
Night/B,B |
| Thieves(Les
Voleurs)/B,B |
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Things You Do in
Denver When You're Dead/D+,B+ |
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This Sporting
Life/A-,B+ |
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Timemaster/ D, C |
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Tom and Viv/B-,B- |
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Tortilla Flat/B+,B |
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Trainspotting/B-,B+ |
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Trees Lounge/B-,B- |
| Trigger Effect/B-,B+ |
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Two Bits/C,B |
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Unforgettable/C,C+ |
| Umbrellas of Cherbourg/B+,B |
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Unzipped/B-,B- |
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Usual Suspects/ B-,C+ |
| Valdez is Coming/C+,B- |
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Vengeance Valley/B,C+ |
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Vertigo/A-,A- |
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Virtuosity/ C+, A |
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Wait Until Dark/B,B- |
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Walk in the Clouds, A/ A-, |
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Walkabout/B/B- |
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Waterworld/ B+, B |
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White Man's Burden/ B,
B+ |
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White Squall/ B,A |
| Whole Wide World/B,B |
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Wicked City/ B, C+ |
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Wild Bill/ C+, B |
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Window to Paris/ B,B |
| Witness/B+,A- |
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include articles on Akira Kurosawa, Frank Darabont, Blonde Bimbos, Hollywood Street Gangs, or Vietnam: The Hollywood Pariah, and many
more....
Click on the image of The Heistmasters for an interesting
feature on the tough guys that pull off the big jobs.
The Movie Poster Archive includes
extensive poster images from the films of stars like Susan Hayward,
Kirk Douglas, Katharine Hepburn and many more. Our featured
star is Doris Day.
Jou Du/A,B-
A sexy Chinese noir. Bold colors paint
stirring emotions in a small provincial town.
 Gary Morris's insightful
publication Bright Lights Film Journal turns the celluloid in
films from a unique perspective. Click on the image above for more
pure movie views.
An on-line Home Theater magazine with
excellent hardware reviews, including thorough and responsible
research. Check it out.
The official site for information about the great comic
director. A treat for connoisseurs of classic Hollywood madcap.
The home of John Tisch's invaluable Poster Price Almanac.
Every serious poster collector uses the Almanac as a reference.
Umberto Passini
Online
Vintage & Contemporary Film Poster Art. Umberto
has developed a fine Internet reputation as reliable and honest.
Nice posters too!
Bruce Hershenson Move Posters
Bruce
Hershenson has been running successful movie poster auctions for a
number of years, most notably for Christies. His site includes many
images and a huge variety of posters for sales from his periodic
catalogs.
Films of the Golden Age is
a showcase for special
feature articles on film people and Hollywood history, all
illustrated with beautiful photographs and classic movie art.
 ETEKNet is the web's only 24-hour, totally FREE
source for all your home theater, DVD, Dreamcast, PC, and Networking
tech support needs!
First Run Features boasts a library of
independent and foreign features available on DVD and VHS. Check out
their web site for catalog details.
Venerable electronics industry magazine
with excellent online selections from their hard book.
Now a major independent DVD distributor, Image has
parlayed its laser disc business to success. Great DVD release
calendar info.
The Movie Poster Archive includes
extensive poster images from the films of stars like Susan Hayward,
Kirk Douglas, Katharine Hepburn and many more. Our featured
star is Danny Kaye.
Starship Troopers/A-,A
A great, modern, war movie that skewers genre conventions.
Director Paul Verhoeven controls the Scifi flick with a perfect
flight plan.
Click
on the DVD MIA symbol for profiles of DVDs missing in action.
Add films to the DVD MIA Master List
by filling out a simple
form. Click Here
Looking for information about
widescreen movies and hardware. The
Widescreen Movie Center is the place to go.
DVD links, information about Web specials, news, Site reviews.
A self-proclaimed bastion of
irreverence place where Joe Public smacks the heck out of the
studio execs that treat us like cattle.
The Films2
website contains Films2.com is a comprehensive film website,
providing a searchable shop of new and archived video and region 2
DVDs to buy. You can check local cinema listings, read the latest
film news, reviews and gossip, and see the latest film trailers.
The home of director Kevin Smith,
replete with inside info on his films like Clerks, Mall Rats,
Chasing Amy and Dogma.
Cyber Theater is an outstanding source for accurate
video information. Check out their 16 x 9 format guide for a
thorough understanding of DVD encoded that way.
European film portal and hard to
find video store.
A hallmark of Film Threat Magazine is irreverence. The transition
from print to the Internet leaves the acid base in tact. Humorous
criticism with a vengeance.
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