The Wages of Fear (1953) Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot. Starring Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Peter van Eyck. shill's Movie Rating: 8.6/10. Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 7.4 Comment: Fascinating and unforgettable, filled with tension, trial and triumph. No alliteration though. Remastered edition. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
The Wages of Fear (1953) Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot. Starring Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Peter van Eyck. shill's Movie Rating: 8.6/10. Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras 1/10. Average bitrate: 6.76 Comment: Fascinating and unforgettable, filled with tension, trial and triumph. No alliteration though. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
Wait Until Dark (1967) Directed by Terence Young. Starring Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna. shill's Movie Rating: /10. Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.74 Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
A Walk in the Sun (1945) Directed by Lewis Milestone. Starring Dana Andrews, Richard Conte, George Tyne. shill's Movie Rating: /10. Disc ratings: Picture 3/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 3.51 Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
A Walk on the Moon (1999) Directed by Tony Goldwyn. Starring Diane Lane, Viggo Mortensen, Liev Schreiber. shill's Movie Rating: /10. Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.21 Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) Directed by Nick Park. Starring Peter Sallis, Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham Carter. shill's Movie Rating: 9.1/10. Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras 8/10. Average bitrate: 6.29 Comment: Rewards the careful viewer at every turn. Love it! |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
WALL·E (2008) Directed by Andrew Stanton. Starring Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin. shill's Movie Rating: 8.8/10. Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 7.9 Comment: Excellent film. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
Waltzes from Vienna (1934) Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Starring Esmond Knight, Jessie Matthews, Edmund Gwenn. shill's Movie Rating: /10. Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.58 Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. Only available in France, DVD includes Hitchcock's "Downhill". http://www.amazon.fr/dp/B000M8NM8W |
||
War and Peace (1968) Directed by Sergei Bondarchuk. Starring Lyudmila Savelyeva, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Antonina Shuranova. shill's Movie Rating: 8.6/10. Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 8.63 Comment: A stunning film. 5 disc set, anamorphic widescreen. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
War and Peace (1968) Directed by Sergei Bondarchuk. Starring Lyudmila Savelyeva, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Antonina Shuranova. shill's Movie Rating: 8.6/10. Disc ratings: Picture 5/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.44 Comment: Not yet watched. This is the inferior DVD edition - pan & scan, amazingly! |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
War Between the Planets (1966) Directed by Antonio Margheriti. Starring Giacomo Rossi-Stuart, Ombretta Colli, Enzo Fiermonte. shill's Movie Rating: /10. Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.86 Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
Wargames (1983) Directed by John Badham. Starring Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood. shill's Movie Rating: 8.3/10. Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 4.87 Comment: Not yet watched. Very entertaining movie. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
War-Gods of the Deep (1965) Directed by Jacques Tourneur. Starring Vincent Price, David Tomlinson, Tab Hunter. shill's Movie Rating: 6.3/10. Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.3 Comment: Not really very interesting, but it's worth a look for a good Vincent Price performance. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
The War Lord (1965) Directed by Franklin J Schaffner. Starring Charlton Heston, Richard Boone, Rosemary Forsyth. shill's Movie Rating: 6.3/10. Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 4.48 Comment: Not one of Heston's better roles, but a fairly good movie for the setting. Some story elements later showed up in Braveheart. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
Warning From Space (1956) Directed by Koji Shima. Starring Toyomi Karita, Keizo Kawasaki, Isao Yamagata. shill's Movie Rating: /10. Disc ratings: Picture 3/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 3.13 Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
Warning From Space (1956) Directed by Koji Shima. Starring Toyomi Karita, Keizo Kawasaki, Isao Yamagata. shill's Movie Rating: /10. Disc ratings: Picture 5/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.73 Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
Warning Shadows: A Nocturnal Hallucination (1923) Directed by Arthur Robison. Starring Fritz Kortner, Ruth Weyher, Alexander Granach. shill's Movie Rating: 7/10. Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.31 Comment: Interesting experiment, though the story is awfully lightweight. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
Warning Sign (1985) Directed by Hal Barwood. Starring Sam Waterston, Kathleen Quinlan, Yaphet Kotto. shill's Movie Rating: 8.1/10. Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.3 Comment: Not yet watched. I saw this on first run and really liked it - seems to have been forgotten by most people! |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
War of the Colossal Beast (1958) Directed by Bert I Gordon. Starring Sally Fraser, Roger Pace, Duncan Parkin. shill's Movie Rating: 4.2/10. Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 7.45 Comment: A masterpiece, as far as movies with giant men in diapers go. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
War of the Gargantuas (1966) Directed by Ishirô Honda. Starring Russ Tamblyn, Kumi Mizuno, Kenji Sahara. shill's Movie Rating: /10. Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 4.2 Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
War of the Planets (1977) Directed by Alfonso Brescia. Starring John Richardson, Yanti Sommer, West Buchanan. shill's Movie Rating: /10. Disc ratings: Picture 4/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 3.13 Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
The War of the Worlds (1953) Directed by Byron Haskin. Starring Gene Barry, Ann Robinson, Les Tremayne. shill's Movie Rating: 8.5/10. Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 8.6 Comment: Not yet watched. I love the movie. It's nice to have a decent DVD of this. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
War of the Worlds (2005) Directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Justin Chatwin. shill's Movie Rating: 7.5/10. Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 8.13 Comment: It has its moments. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
The Warriors (1979) Directed by Walter Hill. Starring Michael Beck, James Remar, Dorsey Wright. shill's Movie Rating: 6.7/10. Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.92 Comment: Not yet watched. A good nighttime movie. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
Washington Square (1997) Directed by Agnieszka Holland. Starring Jennifer Jason Leigh, Albert Finney, Maggie Smith. shill's Movie Rating: /10. Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 4.77 Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
The Wasp Woman (1960) Directed by Roger Corman. Starring Susan Cabot, Anthony Eisley, Barboura Morris. shill's Movie Rating: 5.7/10. Disc ratings: Picture 3/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 3.13 Comment: Really not too bad of a movie, just very low budget. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
The Wasp Woman (1960) Directed by Roger Corman. Starring Susan Cabot, Anthony Eisley, Barboura Morris. shill's Movie Rating: 5.7/10. Disc ratings: Picture 2/10. Extras 1/10. Average bitrate: 5.6 Comment: Appalling quality - Wasp Woman is *yellow* for goodness' sake - stay away unless you really want it. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
The Watcher in the Woods (1980) Directed by John Hough. Starring Bette Davis, Lynn-Holly Johnson, Kyle Richards. shill's Movie Rating: 5.4/10. Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 7.1 Comment: Somewhat frustrating, because it could have been good, but too many things are wrong with it. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
The Water Babies (1978) Directed by Lionel Jeffries. Starring James Mason, Bernard Cribbins, Billie Whitelaw. shill's Movie Rating: /10. Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.64 Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
Waterloo Bridge (1931) Directed by James Whale. Starring Mae Clarke, Douglass Montgomery, Doris Lloyd. shill's Movie Rating: /10. Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.54 Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
Waterloo Bridge (1940) Directed by Mervyn LeRoy. Starring Vivien Leigh, Robert Taylor, Lucile Watson. shill's Movie Rating: /10. Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.25 Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
Watership Down (1978) Directed by Martin Rosen. Starring John Hurt, Richard Briers, Michael Graham Cox. shill's Movie Rating: 9.3/10. Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras 2/10. Average bitrate: 5.72 Comment: One of my all-time favorite animated films. The "extras" don't amount to much at all. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
Waterworld (1995) Directed by Kevin Reynolds. Starring Kevin Costner, Dennis Hopper, Jeanne Tripplehorn. shill's Movie Rating: 8.7/10. Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras 4/10. Average bitrate: 7.28 Comment: Unfairly maligned. I like it more every time I see it. The dialogue is especially good. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
Waxworks (1924) Directed by Paul Leni. Starring Emil Jannings, Conrad Veidt, Werner Krauss. shill's Movie Rating: /10. Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.6 Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
The Way Ahead (1944) Directed by Carol Reed. Starring David Niven, Stanley Holloway, James Donald. shill's Movie Rating: 7.6/10. Disc ratings: Picture 6/10. Extras 2/10. Average bitrate: 5.29 Comment: Finally! A complete print, not those botched, hacked up American versions. Good stuff. |
Product page on amazon.co.uk |
|
Way Out West (1937) Directed by James W Horne. Starring Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Sharon Lynn. shill's Movie Rating: /10. Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 7.92 Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. |
Product page on amazon.co.uk |
|
The Way to the Stars (1945) Directed by Anthony Asquith. Starring Michael Redgrave, John Mills, Rosamund John. shill's Movie Rating: 7.7/10. Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras 2/10. Average bitrate: 5.62 Comment: Excellent British WWII film focusing on relationships and how the war changes them. |
||
Wedding Present (1936) Directed by Richard Wallace. Starring Joan Bennett, Cary Grant, George Bancroft. shill's Movie Rating: /10. Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.93 Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
We Dive At Dawn (1943) Directed by Anthony Asquith. Starring John Mills, Louis Bradfield, Ronald Millar. shill's Movie Rating: 7.2/10. Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras 2/10. Average bitrate: 6 Comment: Fine British WWII film, good underwater sequences. |
Product page on amazon.co.uk |
|
We Dive At Dawn (1943) Directed by Anthony Asquith. Starring John Mills, Louis Bradfield, Ronald Millar. shill's Movie Rating: 7.2/10. Disc ratings: Picture 4/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 3.26 Comment: Not yet watched this copy. Fine British WWII film, good underwater sequences. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
We Don't Live Here Anymore (2004) Directed by John Curran. Starring Mark Ruffalo, Laura Dern, Peter Krause. shill's Movie Rating: /10. Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.23 Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. Jill's collection. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
Weekend with the Babysitter (1971) Directed by Tom Laughlin. Starring George E Carey, Susan Romen, James Almanzar. shill's Movie Rating: /10. Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.53 Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
Wee Willie Winkie (1937) Directed by John Ford. Starring Shirley Temple, Victor McLaglen, C Aubrey Smith. shill's Movie Rating: 7.5/10. Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.59 Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
Weird Woman (1944) Directed by Reginald Le Borg. Starring Lon Chaney Jr, Anne Gwynne, Evelyn Ankers. shill's Movie Rating: 7.5/10. Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.32 Comment: Nice climax and generally good film, but as an adaptation of Leiber it doesn't work so well. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
Went the Day Well? (1942) Directed by Alberto Cavalcanti. Starring Leslie Banks, Frank Lawton, Basil Sydney. shill's Movie Rating: 8.2/10. Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.24 Comment: An interesting little wartime thriller inspired by a Graham Greene short story. |
Product page on amazon.co.uk |
|
We're Not Dressing (1934) Directed by Norman Taurog. Starring Bing Crosby, Carole Lombard, George Burns. shill's Movie Rating: /10. Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 7.3 Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
The Werewolf (1956) Directed by Fred F Sears. Starring Steven Ritch, Don Megowan, Joyce Holden. shill's Movie Rating: /10. Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 4.13 Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
Werewolf of London (1935) Directed by Stuart Walker. Starring Henry Hull, Warner Oland, Valerie Hobson. shill's Movie Rating: 8.2/10. Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 8.53 Comment: I love the creaky feel of this one, GREAT to watch it in October or November. Terrific image quality. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
Werewolf of London (1935) Directed by Stuart Walker. Starring Henry Hull, Warner Oland, Valerie Hobson. shill's Movie Rating: 8.2/10. Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras 3/10. Average bitrate: 6.33 Comment: I love the creaky feel of this one, GREAT to watch it in October or November. Terrific image quality. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
The Werewolf of Washington (1973) Directed by Milton Moses Ginsberg. Starring Dean Stockwell, Katalin Kallay, Henry Ferrentino. shill's Movie Rating: /10. Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.68 Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
West Side Story (1961) Directed by Robert Wise. Starring Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn. shill's Movie Rating: 7/10. Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.72 Comment: It's okay. Drags a bit. I'd love to see a *realistic* version… |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
Whale Rider (2002) Directed by Niki Caro. Starring Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rawiri Paratene, Vicky Haughton. shill's Movie Rating: 8.4/10. Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.42 Comment: Deliberately paced, and there's really no mystery as to where the plot is headed, but still very good. Jill's collection. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
What Dreams May Come (1998) Directed by Vincent Ward. Starring Robin Williams, Cuba Gooding Jr, Annabella Sciorra. shill's Movie Rating: /10. Disc ratings: Picture 6/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5 Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. Mediocre picture - too much edge enhancement and whites are blown out a bit. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
What's the Matter With Helen? (1971) Directed by Curtis Harrington. Starring Debbie Reynolds, Shelley Winters, Dennis Weaver. shill's Movie Rating: 6.9/10. Disc ratings: Picture 4/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.24 Comment: Somewhat interesting, and good acting from Winters, but a bit sloppy, with too many false leads. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
When a Stranger Calls (1979) Directed by Fred Walton. Starring Charles Durning, Carol Kane, Colleen Dewhurst. shill's Movie Rating: /10. Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.24 Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970) Directed by Val Guest. Starring Victoria Vetri, Robin Hawdon, Patrick Allen. shill's Movie Rating: /10. Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 4.86 Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. This DVD is a Best Buy exclusive at the time of this writing. |
||
When the Wind Blows (1985) Directed by Jimmy T Murakami. Starring Peggy Ashcroft, John Mills, Robin Houston. shill's Movie Rating: 7.3/10. Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 7.42 Comment: Not yet watched. Now this is depressing. |
Product page on amazon.co.uk |
|
When Time Ran Out... (1980) Directed by James Goldstone. Starring Paul Newman, Jacqueline Bisset, William Holden. shill's Movie Rating: /10. Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.54 Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
When Worlds Collide (1951) Directed by Rudolph Maté. Starring Richard Derr, Barbara Rush, Peter Hanson. shill's Movie Rating: 7.6/10. Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.99 Comment: Fascinating drama about the impending doom of the earth. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
Where Danger Lives (1950) Directed by John Farrow. Starring Robert Mitchum, Faith Domergue, Claude Rains. shill's Movie Rating: 7.5/10. Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.44 Comment: Not yet watched. Good movie. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950) Directed by Otto Preminger. Starring Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Gary Merrill. shill's Movie Rating: /10. Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 8.64 Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
Where Time Began (1976) Directed by Juan Piquer Simón. Starring Kenneth More, Pep Munné, Ivonne Sentis. shill's Movie Rating: /10. Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 4.58 Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
Whirlpool (1949) Directed by Otto Preminger. Starring Gene Tierney, Richard Conte, José Ferrer. shill's Movie Rating: /10. Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 7.91 Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
Whisky Galore! (1949) Directed by Alexander Mackendrick. Starring Basil Radford, Catherine Lacey, Bruce Seton. shill's Movie Rating: /10. Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6 Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
Whistle Down the Wind (1961) Directed by Bryan Forbes. Starring Hayley Mills, Bernard Lee, Alan Bates. shill's Movie Rating: 9.5/10. Disc ratings: Picture 5/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.72 Comment: A great, gentle, stately film about childhood innocence. Special edition. Picture quality is MUCH worse than earlier edition, even though it's anamorphic widescreen here and only full-frame on the earlier disc. |
||
Whistle Down the Wind (1961) Directed by Bryan Forbes. Starring Hayley Mills, Bernard Lee, Alan Bates. shill's Movie Rating: 9.5/10. Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.14 Comment: A great, gentle, stately film about childhood innocence. |
Product page on amazon.co.uk |
|
White Dog (1982) Directed by Samuel Fuller. Starring Kristy McNichol, Paul Winfield, Burl Ives. shill's Movie Rating: /10. Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.98 Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
White Heat (1949) Directed by Raoul Walsh. Starring James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien. shill's Movie Rating: 7.8/10. Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.73 Comment: Not yet watched. A great performance from Cagney. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
White Palace (1990) Directed by Luis Mandoki. Starring Susan Sarandon, James Spader, Jason Alexander. shill's Movie Rating: 6.6/10. Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.58 Comment: Not yet watched. Not really my kind of movie, but I liked it despite that. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
White Pongo (1945) Directed by Sam Newfield. Starring Richard Fraser, Maris Wrixon, Lionel Royce. shill's Movie Rating: /10. Disc ratings: Picture 4/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 3.13 Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
White Zombie (1932) Directed by Victor Halperin. Starring Bela Lugosi, Madge Bellamy, Joseph Cawthorn. shill's Movie Rating: 8.2/10. Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras 6/10. Average bitrate: 7.42 Comment: Dreamlike, doom-drenched horror classic. Picture's great but blacks are too black. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
Who Done It? (1942) Directed by Erle C Kenton. Starring Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Patric Knowles. shill's Movie Rating: 6.1/10. Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.81 Comment: |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
Who Done It? (1956) Directed by Basil Dearden. Starring Benny Hill, Belinda Lee, David Kossoff. shill's Movie Rating: 6.4/10. Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.7 Comment: I last saw this on television around 1980. It's awfully lightweight, but decent enough. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1971) Directed by Curtis Harrington. Starring Shelley Winters, Mark Lester, Chloe Franks. shill's Movie Rating: 8.6/10. Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.37 Comment: Clever and somewhat creepy placement of the Hansel and Gretel story in 1920s England. Winters is hammy but effective. Really quite a cool flick. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) Directed by Robert Zemeckis. Starring Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Joanna Cassidy. shill's Movie Rating: 7.2/10. Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.75 Comment: Not yet watched. Haven't seen it in many years. Outstanding picture quality. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
Who Saw Her Die? (1972) Directed by Aldo Lado. Starring George Lazenby, Anita Strindberg, Peter Chatel. shill's Movie Rating: 4.6/10. Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.7 Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
The Wicker Man (1973) Directed by Robin Hardy. Starring Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Diane Cilento. shill's Movie Rating: 7.4/10. Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras 6/10. Average bitrate: 5.44 Comment: Odd thriller might make you think about how silly religion is. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
Wide Awake (1998) Directed by M Night Shyamalan. Starring Joseph Cross, Timothy Reifsnyder, Dana Delany. shill's Movie Rating: 8.1/10. Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.94 Comment: Not yet watched. A very good first feature from M Night Shyamalan. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
The Wilby Conspiracy (1975) Directed by Ralph Nelson. Starring Sidney Poitier, Michael Caine, Nicol Williamson. shill's Movie Rating: 7.5/10. Disc ratings: Picture 6/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 4.86 Comment: Not yet watched. A good film, little seen. DVD is non anamorphic and transfer is not very good. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
Wild Boys of the Road (1933) Directed by William A Wellman. Starring Frankie Darro, Edwin Phillips, Rochelle Hudson. shill's Movie Rating: /10. Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.73 Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
Wildfire (1945) Directed by Robert Emmett Tansey. Starring Bob Steele, Sterling Holloway, John Miljan. shill's Movie Rating: /10. Disc ratings: Picture 6/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 4.48 Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
Wildflowers (1999) Directed by Melissa Painter. Starring Clea DuVall, Daryl Hannah, Tomas Arana. shill's Movie Rating: /10. Disc ratings: Picture 6/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.7 Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
The Wild Geese (1978) Directed by Andrew V McLaglen. Starring Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Richard Harris. shill's Movie Rating: 7.8/10. Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.44 Comment: Great cast and good adventure. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
Wild in the Streets (1968) Directed by Barry Shear. Starring Shelley Winters, Christopher Jones, Diane Varsi. shill's Movie Rating: /10. Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.24 Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
The Wild One (1953) Directed by László Benedek. Starring Marlon Brando, Mary Murphy, Robert Keith. shill's Movie Rating: /10. Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 4.53 Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. |
||
Wild Riders (1971) Directed by Richard Kanter. Starring Alex Rocco, Elizabeth Knowles, Sherry Bain. shill's Movie Rating: /10. Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.35 Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
Wild Side (1995) Directed by Donald Cammell. Starring Christopher Walken, Anne Heche, Joan Chen. shill's Movie Rating: 5.5/10. Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras 4/10. Average bitrate: 6.14 Comment: Pretty dire, but I'm an Anne Heche fan. I was hoping this would be the "director's cut" as shown at the Chicago Film Festival, but no. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
Wild Side (1995) Directed by Donald Cammell. Starring Christopher Walken, Anne Heche, Joan Chen. shill's Movie Rating: 5.5/10. Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.52 Comment: Not yet see. This is the "director's cut" - I have only seen (so far) the very poor mess released on region 1 DVD. |
Product page on amazon.co.uk |
|
The Wild Women of Wongo (1958) Directed by James L Wolcott. Starring Jean Hawkshaw, Johnny Walsh, Mary Ann Webb. shill's Movie Rating: /10. Disc ratings: Picture 3/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 3.95 Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
Will Any Gentleman...? (1953) Directed by Michael Anderson. Starring George Cole, Veronica Hurst, Jon Pertwee. shill's Movie Rating: 5.4/10. Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.5 Comment: Not yet watched. A fun thing to watch for a Doctor Who fan - William Hartnell chasing Jon Pertwee through a theatre! |
Product page on amazon.co.uk |
|
Willard (2003) Directed by Glen Morgan. Starring Crispin Glover, R Lee Ermey, Laura Harring. shill's Movie Rating: /10. Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 4.32 Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (1996) Directed by Baz Luhrmann. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, John Leguizamo. shill's Movie Rating: 4.2/10. Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.73 Comment: Not yet watched. It's supposed to be a cutting-edge angle on an all-time classic. Really, it's just an all-time classic covered liberally in crap. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) Directed by Mel Stuart. Starring Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Peter Ostrum. shill's Movie Rating: 8.7/10. Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras 4/10. Average bitrate: 5.6 Comment: Fun for kids and a bit trippy for adults, with an amazing performance by Wilder. This edition is out of print. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
Winchester '73 (1950) Directed by Anthony Mann. Starring James Stewart, Shelley Winters, Dan Duryea. shill's Movie Rating: 7.3/10. Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.96 Comment: I once caught the first five minutes of it, made me want to see the rest. Darn tootin' good. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
Wings in the Dark (1935) Directed by James Flood. Starring Myrna Loy, Cary Grant, Roscoe Karns. shill's Movie Rating: /10. Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.96 Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
Wings of Danger (1952) Directed by Terence Fisher. Starring Zachary Scott, Robert Beatty, Naomi Chance. shill's Movie Rating: /10. Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.11 Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
Wings of Desire (1987) Directed by Wim Wenders. Starring Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Otto Sander. shill's Movie Rating: /10. Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.9 Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
The Wings of Eagles (1957) Directed by John Ford. Starring John Wayne, Dan Dailey, Maureen O'Hara. shill's Movie Rating: /10. Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.54 Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
The Wings of the Dove (1997) Directed by Iain Softley. Starring Helena Bonham Carter, Linus Roache, Charlotte Rampling. shill's Movie Rating: 7.5/10. Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 4.15 Comment: A very good, very well acted drama, with a frustrating ending in which the characters seem to become inconsistent. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
Winter Kills (1979) Directed by William Richert. Starring Jeff Bridges, John Huston, Anthony Perkins. shill's Movie Rating: /10. Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.4 Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
Wishmaster (1997) Directed by Robert Kurtzman. Starring Tammy Lauren, Andrew Divoff, Robert Englund. shill's Movie Rating: 5.6/10. Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 4.74 Comment: Fairly creative in the art direction category, quite pedestrian in the script category. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
Wishmaster 3 Beyond the Gates of Hell (2001) Directed by Chris Angel. Starring John Novak, A J Cook, Jason Connery. shill's Movie Rating: /10. Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.32 Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
Wishmaster 2 Evil Never Dies (1999) Directed by Jack Sholder. Starring Andrew Divoff, Paul Johansson, Holly Fields. shill's Movie Rating: /10. Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.44 Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (1947) Directed by Charles Barton. Starring Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Marjorie Main. shill's Movie Rating: 6.5/10. Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.66 Comment: Some nice gags. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
Witchboard (1985) Directed by Kevin Tenney. Starring Todd Allen, Tawny Kitaen, Stephen Nichols. shill's Movie Rating: 7.5/10. Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.19 Comment: Not yet watched. Saw this theatrically, and then again on VHS in mid-2003. It holds up pretty well. Even though it feels cheesy due mostly to the cast, it's one of the better thrillers of its time. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
Witchcraft (1964) Directed by Don Sharp. Starring Lon Chaney Jr, Jack Hedley, Jill Dixon. shill's Movie Rating: /10. Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.72 Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
The Witches (1966) Directed by Cyril Frankel. Starring Joan Fontaine, Kay Walsh, Alec McCowen. shill's Movie Rating: /10. Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 7.95 Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
The Witches (1990) Directed by Nicolas Roeg. Starring Anjelica Huston, Mai Zetterling, Jasen Fisher. shill's Movie Rating: /10. Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.8 Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
Matthew Hopkins Witchfinder General (1968) Directed by Michael Reeves. Starring Vincent Price, Ian Ogilvy, Rupert Davies. shill's Movie Rating: 8.4/10. Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 7.9 Comment: Not yet watched. A dark, intense movie. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
Matthew Hopkins Witchfinder General (1968) Directed by Michael Reeves. Starring Vincent Price, Ian Ogilvy, Rupert Davies. shill's Movie Rating: 8.4/10. Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 4.7 Comment: Not yet watched. A dark, intense movie. |
Product page on amazon.co.uk |
|
The Witch's Curse (1962) Directed by Riccardo Freda. Starring Kirk Morris, Hélčne Chanel, Vira Silenti. shill's Movie Rating: 3.4/10. Disc ratings: Picture 2/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.21 Comment: Oh Maciste! Wow, this is bad stuff. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
The Witch Who Came From the Sea (1976) Directed by Matt Cimber. Starring Millie Perkins, Lonny Chapman, Vanessa Brown. shill's Movie Rating: 5/10. Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 7.18 Comment: Odd little movie. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
Withnail & I (1987) Directed by Bruce Robinson. Starring Richard E Grant, Paul McGann, Richard Griffiths. shill's Movie Rating: 6.6/10. Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.51 Comment: Not yet watched. To be honest, I don't see as much in it as others do - but it IS good. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
The Wizard of Gore (1970) Directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis. Starring Ray Sager, Judy Cler, Wayne Ratay. shill's Movie Rating: /10. Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.3 Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
The Wizard of Oz (1925) Directed by Larry Semon. Starring Dorothy Dwan, Mary Carr, Virginia Pearson. shill's Movie Rating: /10. Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 4.56 Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
The Wizard of Oz (1939) Directed by Victor Fleming. Starring Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger. shill's Movie Rating: 9.3/10. Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 7.5 Comment: No need for me to comment on the movie. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
The Wizard of Oz (1939) Directed by Victor Fleming. Starring Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger. shill's Movie Rating: 9.3/10. Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras 6/10. Average bitrate: 4.75 Comment: No need for me to comment on the movie. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
Wolfblood (1925) Directed by George Chesebro. Starring Marguerite Clayton, George Chesebro, Ray Hanford. shill's Movie Rating: /10. Disc ratings: Picture 4/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 3.99 Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
Wolfen (1981) Directed by Michael Wadleigh. Starring Albert Finney, Diane Venora, Edward James Olmos. shill's Movie Rating: 6.8/10. Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 4.75 Comment: Awfully detached, works much better as a novel than as a movie. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
The Wolf Man (1941) Directed by George Waggner. Starring Claude Rains, Warren William, Ralph Bellamy. shill's Movie Rating: 9.4/10. Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras 10/10. Average bitrate: 6.37 Comment: The commentary is especially a standout; the film is just as wonderful as ever, of course, even better. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
The Wolf Man (1941) Directed by George Waggner. Starring Claude Rains, Warren William, Ralph Bellamy. shill's Movie Rating: 9.4/10. Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras 10/10. Average bitrate: 7.45 Comment: The commentary is especially a standout; the film is just as wonderful as ever, of course, even better. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
Womaneater (1957) Directed by Charles Saunders. Starring George Coulouris, Peter Wayn, Vera Day. shill's Movie Rating: 6.5/10. Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras 2/10. Average bitrate: 6.54 Comment: Pretty bizarre trashy British sci-fi with the ever-interesting George Coulouris. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
The Woman in Black (1989) Directed by Herbert Wise. Starring Adrian Rawlins, Bernard Hepton, David Daker. shill's Movie Rating: 6.3/10. Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 4.92 Comment: Decent period ghost story delivers a few scares. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
The Woman in Green (1945) Directed by Roy William Neill. Starring Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Henry Daniell. shill's Movie Rating: 6.6/10. Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.28 Comment: Good Holmes classic. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
The Woman in Green (1945) Directed by Roy William Neill. Starring Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Henry Daniell. shill's Movie Rating: 6.6/10. Disc ratings: Picture 4/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 0 Comment: Good Holmes classic let down by poor quality. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
Woman in the Moon (1929) Directed by Fritz Lang. Starring Klaus Pohl, Willy Fritsch, Gustav von Wangenheim. shill's Movie Rating: 7.5/10. Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.75 Comment: Not bad, certainly interesting, but really too long! |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
The Woman in the Window (1944) Directed by Fritz Lang. Starring Edward G Robinson, Joan Bennett, Raymond Massey. shill's Movie Rating: 7.5/10. Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.92 Comment: Good, but it's tough to watch Robinson make such unbelievable boneheaded moves every step of the way. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
Woman Who Came Back (1945) Directed by Walter Colmes. Starring John Loder, Nancy Kelly, Otto Kruger. shill's Movie Rating: 7.2/10. Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.65 Comment: Decent, little-known thriller with above-its-own-level acting. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
Wombling Free (1978) Directed by Lionel Jeffries. Starring Bonnie Langford, Frances de la Tour, David Tomlinson. shill's Movie Rating: 5.6/10. Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.49 Comment: Not yet watched. Some things have no explanation. |
Product page on amazon.co.uk |
|
The Women (1939) Directed by George Cukor. Starring Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell. shill's Movie Rating: 8.3/10. Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.74 Comment: I really enjoyed this movie. A perfect Crawford film! |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910) Directed by Otis Turner. Starring Bebe Daniels, Hobart Bosworth, Eugenie Besserer. shill's Movie Rating: /10. Disc ratings: Picture 6/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 4.55 Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
Wooden Crosses (1932) Directed by Raymond Bernard. Starring Pierre Blanchar, Gabriel Gabrio, Charles Vanel. shill's Movie Rating: 8/10. Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 7.86 Comment: Fairly effective WWI tale but could be better. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
The Wooden Horse (1950) Directed by Jack Lee. Starring Leo Genn, David Tomlinson, Anthony Steel. shill's Movie Rating: 8.5/10. Disc ratings: Picture 6/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.34 Comment: Not yet watched. Great film! |
Product page on amazon.co.uk |
|
The World Is Not Enough (1999) Directed by Michael Apted. Starring Pierce Brosnan, Sophie Marceau, Robert Carlyle. shill's Movie Rating: 8/10. Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.64 Comment: Not yet watched. One of the more enjoyable Bond films, if you ask me. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
The World of Henry Orient (1964) Directed by George Roy Hill. Starring Peter Sellers, Paula Prentiss, Angela Lansbury. shill's Movie Rating: /10. Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 4.76 Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
World Without End (1956) Directed by Edward L Bernds. Starring Hugh Marlowe, Nancy Gates, Rod Taylor. shill's Movie Rating: 6.1/10. Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.55 Comment: Not yet watched. This DVD is a Best Buy exclusive at the time of this writing. |
||
Wrath of Daimajin (1966) Directed by Kenji Misumi. Starring Kojiro Hongo, Shiho Fujimura, Riki Hashimoto. shill's Movie Rating: 8.2/10. Disc ratings: Picture 6/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.18 Comment: Even better than the first Daimajin film. |
Product page on amazon.com |
|
The Wrong Man (1956) Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Starring Henry Fonda, Vera Miles, Anthony Quayle. shill's Movie Rating: 8/10. Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.73 Comment: Very effective at showing the alienation of being arrested and thrown in jail. |
Product page on amazon.com |
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z