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Don’t Look in the Basement

Leave a Comment / At Home / By Jennifer, Pie Pal

The latest DVD release of Don’t Look in the Basement has the picture quality of something recorded off TV thirty years ago from a channel with poor reception, then transferred to a second tape with some handy home duplicating technology. It’s terrible. It makes you feel as if you’re suffering double vision or somehow wearing …

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Shutter Island

Leave a Comment / At Home / By Linda, Webmistress

Almost from the opening frames, I couldn’t help but notice that Shutter Island oozes with style. From the booming Hitchcockian soundtrack to the arty and transfixing flashbacks, you can tell right away that this tale isn’t being conducted by a director-for-hire. That said, the plot balances on a thin line between a masterpiece thriller and …

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