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2 DAYS IN THE VALLEY (1996) – Blu-ray Review

Call it contrived, but back when this movie came out, audiences couldn’t get enough of such randomly colliding narratives.  Not everything that’s set up pays off, but various performances have stood the test of time.  Mazursky’s downtrodden filmmaker has stuck with me since my initial viewing all those years ago.  To only slightly lesser degrees, the same is true of Mason, Aiello, and Spader.  And of course, who could forget Theron in this movie?
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BLACKMAIL (1929) – Blu-ray Review

That ninety years later such an accomplished and important work from a vital film artist as Alfred Hitchcock not only survives but thrives as a viable piece across three separate versions deeply reiterates the inherently malleable and fluid nature of movies. It can be said that there is no “definitive version”, and yet it’s a classic all the same. Thankfully, Kino Lorber provides all three major variations. That is why no collector of great should be without this Blu-ray special edition of… Blackmail.
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