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Off topic: It's not perfect, but THE HUNCHBACK (1939) has always been a favorite of mine (since I watched it on Million Dollar Movie in NY about a dozen times in one week) and it makes quite a wonderful Blu-ray from Warner Bros. It is sharp, and has good contrast and black levels, and sufficient...

I am planning on sharing this one for one of my monthly neighborhood shares, and hope I can convince a bunch of people to check it out. Attention spans are not what they used to be, and this is nothing if not a talky historical drama with almost no action. I just love the film so much and want...

I haven't anywhere near the cinema eyes and ears of Mr. Harris, but for me, this is a 4.5 rating based on his scale. LION IN WINTER is one of my absolute favorite films, and I've been frustrated (downright pissed-off, actually) by previous imported Blu-rays, of which I bought two. Kino's...

I empathize, Mike.

I was also surprised, but I thought Ron Moody's Fagin was superb, too. Cliff Robertson's win might have had to do with the good old person-with-handicap handicap. Voters have always loved actors who play dysfunctional and disabled people as proof they can act way outside of their norm. O'Toole...

But the dialog's the thing. I think the comment above that the script here was like a cross between Shakespeare and Mamet is pretty astute. For the sake of his audiences, James Goldman found a middle ground that made viewer-friendly modern vernacular ("What family doesn't have it's ups and...

I have owned several European editions of the Blu. The PQ on the most recent UK edition looks decent to me, but what was completely unacceptable was the tinny soundtrack with not a trace of low end. I assume because Mr. Harris gave the audio a "4," the sound, at least, has been fixed.