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My Fair Lady
Josef Krebs  |  Feb 19, 2016
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Similar to phonetics expert Professor Higgins’ struggles to save a dirty, guttural-sounding Cockney girl by improving her language and appearance, other experts have tried to save and transform a Lady, too. In 1964, My Fair Lady won eight Oscars, including ones for best film, director, cinematography, sound, music, and for Cecil Beaton’s costumes and set designs. But, 50 years later, does the Lady still look and sound good enough to pass as a dazzling duchess?
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New Blu-rays for August 14, 2012: Just When You Thought It Was Safe to Go Back in the Water
Josef Krebs  |  Aug 14, 2012

Jaws

The arrival of a giant man-eating great white shark on the shores of a New England beach resort in 1975 and its cruise out of the universal unconsciousness and through the international zeitgeist from was a historical and game-changing event.

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New Blu-rays for August 21, 2012: The Hunger Games in HD, The Dictator Unrated, and More
Josef Krebs  |  Aug 21, 2012

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New Blu-rays for August 28, 2012: A Rich HD Harvest of TV Series
Josef Krebs  |  Aug 28, 2012

Boardwalk Empire: Season 2

"After you get what you want you don't want what you wanted at all." A great sense of loss runs throughout Boardwalk Empire, the Terence Winter-created, Martin Scorsese-executive produced gangster series set in Atlantic City of the Roaring Twenties.

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New Blu-rays for August 7, 2012: Cowboys, Cops, Monsters, and Martyrs
Josef Krebs  |  Aug 07, 2012

Rio Grande and Johnny Guitar

This week Olive Films are releasing these two classic westerns from the early 1950s. Rio Grande (1950) is part of what is known as John Ford’s cavalry trilogy — along with Fort Apache (1948) and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) — based on stories by James Warner Bellah.

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New Blu-rays for December 11, 2012: Buster Keaton Complete, Bourne Again, and More
Josef Krebs  |  Dec 11, 2012

The Bourne Legacy

Complex and flashback heavy, The Bourne Legacy expands on the action thriller world created by the late novelist Robert Ludlum and the previous three films based upon his books.

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New Blu-rays for December 18 2012: Last Chances, Southern Gothics, and Bad Sci-Fi
Josef Krebs  |  Dec 18, 2012

Total Recall

As a fan of the 1990 version of the science fiction action thriller Total Recall, loosely based on the 1966 Philip K.

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New Blu-rays for November 20, 2012: Blood, Guts, Bombs...and Manners
Josef Krebs  |  Nov 20, 2012

Tarantino XX: 8-Film Collection

Tarantino XX contains eight films chosen by writer-director Quentin Tarantino to illustrate the first 20 years of his career from 1992-2009 - pretty much his entire auteur oeuvre - that has brought joy to lovers of cinema and inspiration to filmmakers everywhere.

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New Blu-rays for November 27, 2012: Tales of the Underworld, the Supernatural, and the Extraterrestrial
Josef Krebs  |  Nov 27, 2012

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New Blu-rays for November 6, 2012: Sunset Boulevard, Ready for its Close-Up
Josef Krebs  |  Nov 06, 2012

Sunset Boulevard

After having his latest screenplay rejected by the studios, screenwriter-on-the-skids Joe Gillis (William Holden), chased by a pair of repo men, pulls into an open garage in what seems to be an abandoned, run-down mansion.

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