David Rosler

David Rosler

ON HIS BIRTHDAY: WHY ORSON WELLES' "CITIZEN KANE" IS STILL THE BEST MOVIE EVER MADE by David Rosler

The production year was 1940. The movie was released in 1941. The efficiency and artistic quality of the Hollywood RKO studio machine was...

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WHY THE "OSCARS" RATINGS ARE FAILING Editorial by David Rosler

The 2021 Oscars ratings were down a staggering 58% from the previous low of the previous year (2020) which was a similar percentage drop...

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LONG LIVE THE THEATER by David Rosler

SIX MONTHS AGO everyone was saying that the movie theaters were a thing of the past. The global pandemic of Covid 19 had supposedly...

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WINGS OF THE HAWK Blu-ray review by David Rosler

CUT-TO-THE-CHASE: RECOMMENDED Wings of the Hawk is a genuinely action-packed and enjoyable (and surprisingly fast-moving) 1953 color...

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REPAIRING LON CHANEY JR.'S LEGACY by David Rosler

His father, Lon Chaney Sr., was the Silent Screen's biggest star attraction at the time of Chaney Senior's death from throat cancer in...

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TODAY'S TRUE HORROR MOVIES AND YESTERYEAR'S "GOTHIC FANTASIES" Opinion by David Rosler

Frankenstein, Dracula, The Wolfman, The Mummy and their ilk from a day long gone by, but with an imagination and style that appears will...

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Music in Film (a video) by David Rosler

Our Editor-In-Chief, Roy Frumkes, would like this, by me, your Managing Editor, to be put on FIR. Since our undaunted fearless leader is...

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SEPTEMBER STORM (1960) review by David Rosler, 3D Blu-ray

Kino Lorber rescues yet another historically significant motion picture from oblivion with the salvation of this 1960 high-seas adventure...

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SANGAREE review by David Rosler, 3D Blu-Ray

Kino Lorber restoration 3D Color, 1953 Starring Fernando Lamas, Arlene Dahl, Francis L. Sullivan Kino Lorber continues its positively...

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"Twilight Zone At 60 And Its Unsung Hero" editorial by David Rosler

This day, 60 years ago, October 2, 1959 saw the debut of a television show so brilliant in its writing, direction and acting that the...

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IN ACADEMIC DEFENSE OF TOHO by David Rosler

CUTTING TO THE CHASE, MANY OF THOSE "STUPID OLD JAPANESE SCIENCE FICTION MOVIES" ARE NOT SO STUPID AFTER ALL. By way of initial example,...

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LITTLE ORPHANT ANNIE *Special Restoration Review* by Glenn Andreiev and David Rosler

*All Little Orphant Annie restoration images are original to FIR* Directed by Colin Campbell Written by James Whitcomb Riley, Gilson...

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THE GIANT BEHEMOTH - 2 Blu-ray Reviews by Roy Frumkes and David Rosler

WB Archive Collection. 1959. 80 mins. B&W. AR: 1.85:1 Commentary by Special Effects experts Dennis Muren and Phil Tippett. ...

FIR ARCHIVES

From the FIR ARCHIVES, "LANA TURNER", first published in print in 1972, posted by David Rosler

FIR's archives go back officially one hundred years, to 1919, before the name change to Films In Review. FIR will start re-publishing...

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LOST TREASURES: THE KING KONG SPIDER PIT SEQUENCE by David Rosler

FIR's own Glenn Andreiev asked me what lost movies or near-lost need to be recovered and found specifically from a special effects point...

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"A.P.E." 3D Blu-ray Review by David Rosler

Let's clear the air. Near-lost treasure-rescuer company Kino Lorber, of which this producer/director/reviewer is an unabashed...

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A MOVIE-PERSPECTIVE TRIBUTE TO STAN LEE by David Rosler

Stan (Stanley Martin Lieber) Lee, to-date by far the most successful artist of any sort fo bridge to chasm between comic books and motion...

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RAY HARRYHAUSEN: The Twentieth Century Leonardo da Vinci by David Rosler

To readers of Films In Review, the name of the late Ray Harryhausen is likely at best to conjure images of stop motion fantasy creatures...

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VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED (B&W 1960) Blu-ray Review by David Rosler

Not to be confused with the color and essentially dreadful remake from the 1990's, the original black-and-white Village Of The Damned,...

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THE MASK (1961) in 3D Blu-ray by David Rosler

Unlike the corny, hyperventilating Jim Carrey comedy of the same name, which appears to be a pretty terrible ripoff of this film, the...

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THE MAZE in 3D Blu-ray by Roy Frumkes and David Rosler

80 mins. In 3D and 2D. B&W. Commentaries by Tom Weaver, Bob Furmanek, Dr. Robert J. Kiss and David Schecter. Filmed interview with female...

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3D IS NOT A FAD AND IT'S NOT GOING AWAY by David Rosler

We all know the now-endless conventional wisdom mantra; “3D is a fad. Sophisticated people don't want it. It's a gimmick and not worthy...

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"GOG" in 3D Blu-ray from Kino by David Rosler

3D review by David Rosler Like most, this movie from the 1950's has substantial PROS and CONS, but before starting out, I want to say to...

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