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INVADERS FROM MARS (1953)

Distributed in 4K by Ignite Films Coverage by Roy Frumkes I wasn’t a rabid fan of INVADERS FROM MARS back in the mid 50s when I first saw...

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WARNING SHOT

Paramount/Kino Lorber Reviews by Roi Frumkes & Roy Frumkes WARNING SHOT was the first review I wrote for ‘Films in Review,’ back in 1967,...

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GUNS OF EDEN

Review by Roy Frumkes Pittsburgh was a 3rd world city. It’s main source of economic sustenance evaporated and jobs became scarce. The...

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THE WAR OF THE WORLDS X4

Paramount Pictures DVD, Paramount Pictures DVD, Criterion Collection Blu-Ray, Paramount Pictures 4K + WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE Blu-Ray Reviews...

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“TWICE THE THRILLS! TWICE THE CHILLS!”- HORROR AND SCIENCE FICTION DOUBLE FEATURES 1955-1974.

McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers Bryan Senn, Author 424 pages, $59.95, 2.14 lbs. Reviewed by Roy Frumkes Hmmm. My favorite film as...

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BULLET TRAIN

Review by Roy Frumkes It was just one review ago when I invoked the industry truism that a moviegoer will forgive a film’s lousy first...

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BABY ASSASSINS

Blu-ray release by Well Go USA Review by Roy Frumkes Two silly sociopaths are forced by their superiors to team up as partners in crime...

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FILM NOIR: THE DARK SIDE OF CINEMA VIII – THREE 1940’s FEATURES

ENTER ARSENE LUPIN, STREET OF CHANCE, TEMPTATION A Kino Lorber Release Review by Roy Frumkes Sometimes the Kino Lorber boxed noir...

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LIVING DEAD WEEKEND

Remembrances of a Zombie Jamboree by Roy Frumkes I hadn’t been in the Monroeville Mall in 44 years. Back then, in ‘78, I portrayed a...

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TERROR ON THE PRAIRIE

PRODUCED AND DISTRIBUTED BY THE DAILY WIRE COVERAGE BY FRUMKOID Some years ago, Gina Carano retweeted a meme which, in less critical...

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TWO FUs ARE BETTER THAN NONE

KINO LORBER Blu-ray Release of a Pre-Code double bill: THE MYSTERIOUS DR. FU MANCHU & THE RETURN OF DR. FU MANCHU As well as a double...

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DUNE review by Roy Frumkes

I’m putting this one up a little late in its theatrical/home-delivery life to give it a fighting chance to initially play itself out. ...

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CRY MACHO review by Roy Frumkes

On the set of A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS, back in the mid-60s, Clint Eastwood supposedly acknowledged to a co-actor a) that he had adopted his...

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THE AUDIE MURPHY COLLECTION - Kino Lorber Blu-Ray review

by Roy Frumkes Available to purchase at KINO-LORBER and on Amazon.com NO NAME ON THE BULLET - 1959 - 77 mins DIRECTOR: JACK ARNOLD WITH:...

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SHADOW Blu-ray Review by Roy Frumkes

Distributed by Well Go USA Entertainment. 2018. 1h 56min. Predominantly B&W. Directed by Yimou Zhang. Screenplay by Zhang and We Li. ...

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THE GIANT BEHEMOTH - 2 Blu-ray Reviews by Roy Frumkes and David Rosler

WB Archive Collection. 1959. 80 mins. B&W. AR: 1.85:1 Commentary by Special Effects experts Dennis Muren and Phil Tippett. ...

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MAN WITH THE GUN Blu-ray by Roy Frumkes

(KINO/Lorber) 1955. B&W. 83 mins. AR: l:85:1Director: Richard Wilson. Screenplay, Wilson and N. B. Stone Jr. Producer: Samuel Goldwyn...

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THE BRAVADOS - Blu-ray Review by Roy Frumkes

(Twilight Time./Screen Archives) 1958. 98 mins. AR: 2.35:1 Color by Deluxe. Director: Henry King. Screenplay: Philip Yordan. Music:...

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QUEEN OF OUTER SPACE – A Blu-ray Review by Roy Frumkes

‘WB Archive Collection’ - 1958. Color and CinemaScope. 80 mins. AR: 2.35:1 Directed by Edward Bernds. Story by Ben Hecht. ...

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THE CYCLOPS (Warner Archive Collection) - a Blu-ray Review by Roy Frumkes

1957. 66 mins. B&W. AR: 1.85:1. Writer/Director – Bert I. Gordon. Technical Effects Creator – BIG. With: Lon Chaney Jr, Gloria Talbott,...

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UNIVERSAL CLASSIC MONSTERS: COMPLETE 30-FILM COLLECTION - A Blu-ray Review by Roy Frumkes

Not to be confused with ‘The Legacy Collection’, which grouped the monsters into their specific franchises and separate boxes, or with...

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PIRATES OF BLOOD RIVER - A Blu-ray review by Roy Frumkes

THE PIRATES OF BLOOD RIVER (Hammer Films, by way of Twilight Time) 1962. 87 mins. AR: 2.35:1 Supplements: Isolated score. Commentary...

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NO WAY TO LIVE Blu-ray review by Roy Frumkes

NO WAY TO LIVE – 2017. 84 mins. Directors: David Guglielmo & Nick Chakwin. Cinematography: Alex Chinnici. Editing: Derek Drouin....

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A STAR IS BORN (2018, in theaters) by Roy Frumkes

Film Review by Roy Frumkes The fourth incarnation of the classic story gives the second one (WB, 1954) a real run for its money, and...

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