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Spellbound in Sodom with Sherlock

  
The 100th anniversary of  composer Miklós Rózsa’s birth has started well – with releases on CD of his scores for “Sodom & Gomorrah”, “The Private Life Of Sherlock Holmes” and a complete “Spellbound”.
Born on the 18th April 1907, maestro Rozsa furnished masterful film scores for many classic Hollywood and international movies, as well as […]

Worst Transfer Of a Film To DVD: and the winner is…….

“The Runaway Bus” (Pickwick)
Imagine everything that could be wrong with a film transfer: missing frames, scratches, poor contrast, bad sound, freezing of the image (more than once!), this abysmal Pickwick transfer of the 1954 Val Guest film “The Runaway Bus” has ‘em all! And, just to add insult to injury, there is even a point […]

Rants & Raves: Plaudits & Praise

For Fox Sake! 
Question: Where do you go to find out information about upcoming and current Universal DVD releases? For example, what and which films are on the recently released Universal Region Two Marlene Dietrich box set – and what does the box art look like? Answer: Certainly not the Universal/UK DVD site – why? Because, […]

“Tough Guys” released!

Am still collecting DVDs: got the upcoming Warners “Tough Guys Collection” on order…it’s on its way!  Arrived yesterday (Saturday 22nd July). Looks excellent - loaded to the gunwhales with extras, including those Warner Bros. Blooper reels that are such a rare treat!
           

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