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SUPERMAN I – IV (DVD)

By | July 1990

This jam-packed, double-sided platter includes a trio of documentary featurettes tracing the film’s development from basic concept to final product, including an in-depth look at the extensive visual effects work…

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SUPERMAN I – IV (DVD)

Nearly a quarter-century has passed since the release of Richard Donner's 1978 blockbuster "Superman," and it is still considered by many to be the...

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PETER PAN (SPECIAL EDITION DVD)

Not so coincidentally arriving in stores at the same time as its sequel, Return to Never Land, arrives in theatres is a new special DVD edition of Disney's...

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TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (DVD)

In the years since its initial 1974 release, Tobe Hooper's has developed a reputation for being horrifically violent--a reputation that a fresh viewing...

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SALESMAN (DVD)

Those who adhere to the wildly held, wildly wrongheaded notion that feature documentaries are "boring" obviously have not seen a film by the legendary team...

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COSMOS (DVD)

Cosmos, the 13-episode astronomy series hosted by the late Carl Sagan, was a landmark for a number of reasons, the most prominent being two: (1) in terms...

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DOUBLE SUICIDE (DVD)

Masahiro Shinoda's 1969 screen adaptation of a 1720 banraku puppet play is striking and unusual in a number of respects--for a start, the minimalist sets...

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GLORY (DVD)

Watching "Glory," Edward Zwick's Oscar-winning 1989 Civil War drama, it's almost impossible to fathom that the remarkable piece of American history the...

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HOW TO GET AHEAD IN ADVERTISING (DVD)

"Monotonous" is one of the more unlikely terms one would associate with Bruce Robinson's 1989 film, "How to Get Ahead in Advertising," which reunited the...

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WITHNAIL & I (DVD)

Bruce Robinson's most recent directorial effort may have been 1992's thoroughly forgettable Andy Garcia-Uma Thurman mystery "Jennifer Eight," but his first...

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