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Jun24

Three Fantastic Journeys by Karel Zeman: A Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955), Invention for Destruction (1958), The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1962) 3 x Blu-Ray and 3 x DVD9 Criterion Collection

by movieworld on June 24th, 2020 at 16:28
Posted In: .Other movies, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Three Fantastic Journeys by Karel Zeman
A former marketing man for a shoe company, Karel Zeman took a job for an animation studio and went on to create not only several of the most influential Czech films of all time, but become arguably the most important Czechoslovak filmmaker of the pre-New Wave era. Zeman’s works demonstrate an imagination unrivaled by many filmmakers to have come since, and ingenious approach to special effects more artful than utilitarian.

Criterion's new boxed set, Three Fantastic Journeys by Karl Zeman offers his best three (and most representative) films: Journey to the Beginning of Time, Invention for Destruction (aka The Fabulous World of Jules Verne), and The Fabulous Baron Munchausen. Previously released to Blu-ray in other parts of the world, Criterion's set mostly repurposes supplements from those releases while packaging everything in a wonderful pop-up style folder/booklet consistent with Zeman's designs.

3xBD50, 3xDVD9 | 1080p AVC, NTSC | 248 min | 135 Gb, 21.9 Gb
Language: Czech
Subtitles: English
Genre: Adventure, Animation, Family, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Comedy

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May31

Edition Filmmuseum 71: Willow Springs (1973), Tag der Idioten / Day of the Idiots (1981) 2 x DVD9

by movieworld on May 31st, 2020 at 12:42
Posted In: .Other movies, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Edition Filmmuseum 71
The 2-disc DVD set presents new restored versions of two rare classics by Werner Schroeter.

Willow Springs was shot in a village in the Moravi desert and describes a house run by three man-eaters

In Tag der Idioten a woman experiences psychic disintegration and ends up in a mental institution.

Rare short films by and about Werner Schroeter as well as stills from the shooting of Tag der Idioten are added as bonus features.

2xDVD9 | PAL | 01:17:56, 01:45:34 | 6.44 Gb + 7.23 Gb
Language: Deutsch
Subtitles: Deutsch, English, Francais, Italiano, Espanol, Portugues
Genre: Drama, Fantasy

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May30

2046 (2004) 2 x DVD

by movieworld on May 30th, 2020 at 14:33
Posted In: .Other movies, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Romance

2046 2004
Writer/director Wong Kar Wai has created a dream-like, sci-fi, period reminisce that is a most unusual semi-sequel to his lush love story, "In the Mood for Love".

Consumed by the memory of an unfortunate love affair Chow (Tony Leung) is living in a world where reality is dangerously intertwined with fiction. In a small and dusty room of a cheap Hong Kong hotel Chow is finishing the final pages of a story recalling the women encountered throughout his life. In room 2047 strangers will show up, spend the night, and disappear without a trace barely making an impression on Chow. Except for his neighbor in room 2046, a beautiful prostitute who has captivated his imagination…so much as Chow is ready to follow her in the future where people travel to regain their lost memories.

Beautifully composed, often confusing, yet gently tingling your senses Kar Wai Wong's latest film 2046 is a pleasurable journey to a mysterious world where nothing is what it seems. Populated with stunningly beautiful women, gamblers, and plenty of shady characters Chow's world is indeed the perfect setting for a film which follows anything but a rational storyline. So much that the minute you turn your eyes away from the screen you will fall victim of Kar Wai Wong's deceiving camera and fail to put together the missing pieces in this quite intriguing film.

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May24

She (1984) Blu-Ray Kino Lorber

by movieworld on May 24th, 2020 at 15:25
Posted In: .Other movies, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

She 1984
It is twenty years after the nuclear holocaust. The warlord Nork abducts a girl from a peaceful community. Two of her friends, Tom and Dick, set out on a journey to rescue her. However, they venture into the territory of the Amazonian warrior queen She where they are captured and made slaves. They make an escape and take She prisoner so that she can guide them to Nork’s domain. This takes them on a perilous journey across a wasteland where they encounter mutants, werewolves, a crazed genetic engineer and a psychic god.

BD25 | 1080p AVC | 01:45:04 | 22.6 Gb + 3% rec
Language: English
Subtitles: English
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Director: Avi Nesher
Cast: Sandahl Bergman, David Goss, Quin Kessler
Country: Italy
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May24

Scotland Yard jagt Dr. Mabuse / Scotland Yard in Pursuit of Dr. Mabuse (1963) Blu-Ray

by movieworld on May 24th, 2020 at 13:56
Posted In: .Other movies, Crime, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Scotland Yard jagt Dr. Mabuse 1963
The Dr Mabuse series was revived in 1960 by none other than Fritz Lang (1000 Eyes Of Dr Mabuse). A total of six were released from 1960 to 1964. This is the fifth entry. It’s based on the novel “The Device” by Bryan Edgar Wallace and is written by Ladislas Fodor and Norbert Jaques.

The evil Dr. Mabuse dies in Germany but a new doctor, Dr. Pohland (Walter Rilla), takes his place as the spirit of Mabuse lives on through him. The new Dr. Mabuse enslaves people with his stolen mind-controlling camera that makes them carry out his orders.

Dr. Mabuse uses the device to inflict a crime wave in England. It's up to Major Bill Tern (Peter van Eyck) of Scotland Yard and Hamburg Inspector Vulpius (Werner Peters) to team up and crack the case. The Major is helped by his know-it-all doddering mother Gwendolyn (Agnes Windeck), who is around for comic relief.

BD25 | 1080p AVC | 1:30:14 | 21.4 Gb + 3% rec
Language: German
Subtitles: English, German

Director: Paul May
Cast: Peter van Eyck, Agnes Windeck, Dieter Borsche
Country: West Germany
Genre: Crime, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Horror, Mystery
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May24

The Roger Lambert Anthology – Coming of Age Vol. 6: Split (1974), I Want to Be Famous (1976), Follow You Follow Me (1979), A Seaside Story (1986) DVD9

by movieworld on May 24th, 2020 at 13:16
Posted In: .Other movies, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

The Roger Lambert Anthology
There are a great many films out there which follow the pattern of two boys "discovering" their sexual "identity" as they realise their feelings for each other. One wonders how many of them will still be viewed fifty years from now! Fortunately, Lambert's films are a great deal subtler than this, and have grown in stature and importance as the decades have rolled by.

In "I Want to be Famous" Steve is a lonely boy, for whom school seems merely a waste of time and whose home life is little better. His parents, particularly his father, seem incapable of relating to him emotionally. He takes refuge from this hostile social environment by nurturing a violent fantasy world which he shares with fellow loner Stuart.

Lambert's next film, "Follow You Follow Me" (1979) is about two boys, Joseph and Peter, who are inseparable from each other, despite coming from somewhat different social backgrounds. Their fathers are on opposite sides of an industrial dispute, and the various social and peer pressures operating on them places a strain on their relationship.

In "A Seaside Story" two youths visit a seaside resort for a holiday, but are looking for very different things. One is seeking to chat up the local girls, whereas the other, more introverted, seems more interested in fossil hunting and nature.

Split (1974): A young boy with behavioral problems claims to have been possessed by an alien life-force.

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May05

The Intrigue: The Forgotten Films of Writer & Director Julia Crawford Ivers (1915-1916) Blu-Ray Kino Lorber

by movieworld on May 5th, 2020 at 13:52
Posted In: .Other movies, Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Romance, Western

The Intrigue - The Films of Julia Crawford Ivers
Most commonly known as the principle screenwriter for ill-fated director William Desmond Taylor, publicity-shy Julia Crawford Ivers was a filmmaker of diverse talents, working as director, scenarist, production supervisor, and editor at Paramount.

This collection showcases two of Ivers’s directorial efforts: A Son of Erin (1916) and The Majesty of the Law (1915, of which only a single reel survives). But the centerpiece is The Intrigue (1916, directed by Frank Lloyd) a sci-fi/espionage film in which world powers vie for control of a death ray during World War I.

Through these meticulous restorations of films preserved by the Library of Congress, the woman once known as “Lady in the Shadows” can now finally receive the attention her work so richly deserves.

BD50 | 1080p AVC | 197 minutes | 38.4 Gb + 3% rec
Language: English intertitles
Subtitles: none
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Western

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Apr11

David Lean Directs Noel Coward: In Which We Serve (1942), This Happy Breed (1944), Blithe Spirit (1945), Brief Encounter (1945) 4 x DVD9 and 4 x Blu-Ray Criterion Collection

by movieworld on April 11th, 2020 at 17:30
Posted In: .Other movies, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Romance, War

David Lean Directs Noel Coward
Few filmmakers in the history of cinema can rival the artistry and vision of David Lean, and few dramatists in the history of comedy can claim more cutting quips per capita than Noel Coward. Yet when the two teamed up in the early 1940s for a quartet of pictures, 'Lawrence of Arabia' was still two decades away, and the young Lean, a well-regarded editor, had yet to direct his first feature film. Coward, long established as a popular playwright and icon of sophistication and wit, gave Lean that opportunity, sharing the directorial reins with him on a rousing British wartime propaganda film, 'In Which We Serve.' The movie launched Lean's distinguished career and spawned a fruitful - albeit brief - partnership with Coward that allowed the fledgling director to hone his skills and develop his distinctive style.

The Criterion collection has brought together his first four films, and they were all adaptations of Noel Coward’s work. The included films - 'In Which We Serve' (1942), 'This Happy Breed' (1944), 'Blithe Spirit' (1945), and 'Brief Encounter' (1945) - run the gamut of genre and emotion, encompassing war, devotion, family, romance, comedy, and tragedy. Yet the common thread they share is a vital sense of humanity, thanks to vivid, dimensional characters who express universal feelings in a literate, forthright manner.
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Mar24

Mork & Mindy (1978–1982) 15 x DVD9 The Complete Series

by movieworld on March 24th, 2020 at 17:09
Posted In: .Other movies, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Mork & Mindy
MORK & MINDY was a half-hour television sitcom that aired on ABC from 1978 to 1982 and was a huge smash amongst grade schoolers and tweens. Mork (Robin Williams) is an alien from planet Ork, banished for having a sense of humor on a planet where emotions have been forbidden. He is sent to Earth and commanded to report back mentally to his superior, Orson, on the way human beings function.
After Mork lands in Colorado in his ovoid spacecraft, he meets Earthling Mindy (Pam Dawber) who has been abandoned by a wretched date and thinks he's a priest because he's wearing his suit backwards. Upon learning that he is an alien, she invites him to stay at her apartment. She agrees to teach him how to be more like an Earthling, and he agrees to teach her about Ork. Most people of course, think he's just insane, but that leads to some of the most comic situations.

15xDVD9 | NTSC | 2385 mins | 101 Gb + 3% rec
Language: English
Subtitles: English (S01-S03 - Closed Caption, S04 - SDH)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi

Creators: Joe Glauberg, Garry Marshall, Dale McRaven
Cast: Robin Williams, Pam Dawber, Ralph James
Country: USA
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Mar24

Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) DVD9 and Blu-Ray Criterion Collection

by movieworld on March 24th, 2020 at 16:19
Posted In: .Other movies, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Nineteen Eighty-Four 1984
It’s the year 1984 and Britain is part of a superpower called Oceania, ruled over by dictator Big Brother. Oceania is permanently at war, though the opponent changes from Eurasia to Eastasia and back again. Telescreens watch your every move, and pump out propaganda twenty-four hours a day. Winston Smith (John Hurt) works at the Ministry of Truth, whose job it is to rewrite the news to remove “unpersons” and to change history as it suits the ruling Elite. Then he meets Julia (Suzanna Hamilton), who seems to be a sworn celibate and member of the Anti Sex League, but who in reality is rebelling against the state. Winston and Julia fall in love, but their rebellion has not gone unnoticed...

The bigger and more powerful the government, the smaller your freedoms are. This is the crucial truth that emerges from Michael Radford's cinematic adaptation of George Orwell's classic novel.

The story is as timely as ever, unfortunately. Lies are spun and accepted as truth. Slavery is freedom. Big brother is watching. Will we ever evolve out of this particular kind of fascist nightmare?

Director: Michael Radford
Cast: John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton
Country: UK
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
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