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'The Class' DVD Review

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The brilliance of The Class is its unromanticized dramatization of the relationship between a teacher and his students.

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DVD Pick: North by Northwest

Wednesday November 11, 2009

'North by Northwest' DVD Cover Art -    © Warner Home VideoAlfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest (1959), starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint and James Mason, has been available on DVD for years, but now Warner Home Video has released a 50th Anniversary Edition two-disc DVD set containing a version of the feature film that is restored from original VistaVision film elements. The picture quality is superior to that of previous DVD editions, there are two new documentaries, and bonus materials from previous DVD releases are brought over to the new edition. Read the DVD review and find out more.

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New DVD Releases - November 10, 2009

Monday November 9, 2009

'The Merry Gentleman'  DVD Cover Art -  © Genius Entertainment The new DVD releases include The Merry Gentleman, The Ugly Truth and Up. You can also take a look at additional releases of interest and next week's movies on video/DVD.

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The Seventh Seal DVD Review

Monday November 9, 2009

The Seventh Seal'  -   © Criterion CollectionIngmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal (1957) was arguably the seminal film in what became a wave of subtitled foreign movies that large numbers of Americans went to see in specialty theaters known as art houses. Find out about the two-disc DVD version of The Seventh Seal.

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DVD Pick: The Dead

Wednesday November 4, 2009

The Dead is a John Huston-directed adaptation of James Joyce's short story. It is largely faithful to and generally captures the flavor of its source material. The DVD containing The Dead provides no bonus materials. But the superb artistic quality of this thought-provoking film makes it worth recommending. Read the DVD review and find out more.

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