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We can't be gaming all the time, despite our best efforts, and from time to time we'll actually take advantage of the movie-playing abilities on our gaming systems.

Sure, the economy is on unstable ground, and you will have to be judicious in your gift giving.

Sure, the Berlin Wall fell 20 years ago and Woodstock rolled 40 years past, but here's an anniversary really worth celebrating: a gorgeous new DVD of one of Alfred Hitchcock's greatest films: 1959's North by Northwest , the grandfather of the James Bond adventures, with ever-traveling hero, gentlemanly villain and untrustworthy woman - and smashing ...

It's no use telling me to get lost. I already am. It's a wonder I made it out of the birth canal, and things have been going south ever since.

FIVE FINGERS is a highly absorbing WWII thriller about a spy selling British secrets to the Germans.

DE PLANE! DE PLANE! Alfred Hitchcock 's 50th Anniversary Special Edition DVD of North by Northwest is that rare thing: a reissue where the bonus materials actually make the film itself nearly secondary.

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The Cool Channel Blu-Ray Review: North by Northwest Posted by J.D. Dunn on 11.10.2009 Hitchcock's seminal thriller receives a proper restoration.

Cary Grant is on the run again in Alfred Hitchcock's 1959 thriller "North By Northwest," remastered now in high-definition. Madison Avenue culture is a blip on the ol' radar screen again, thanks to AMC's cable-TV show "Mad Men." So it's interesting to track its picture of early '60s male corporate hegemony alongside a contemporary take on the breed ...

Alfred Hitchcock's 1959 masterpiece has never looked better, and it's among this week's platinum picks.

Rob Reiner Son of comic genius Carl Reiner, Rob Reiner has picked up the family torch and directed some of the most memorable, quotable, and endearing comedies of the last two decades, and he's no schmuck when it comes to dramas either.

One of my favorite movies in general and Alfred Hitchcock movies specifically marks a landmark year.

Thankfully, Peter Gabriel realized the error of his ways: Would Lloyd Dobler be the same without In Your Eyes? Anniversaries offer time for reflection, and is there any medium more reflective than the silver screen? This week saw the release of two celebratory reissues: Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest turns 50; Cameron Crowe's Say Anything ...

Watching North By Northwest for what must be that 10th time, I was struck as much by how totally absurd Ernest Lehman's screenplay is.

Alfred Hitchcock's great romantic/comedy/thriller -- with Cary Grant at his witty, seductive, impeccable best.

"Ridiculous." "Defies plausibility." "Blissfully divorced by logic." Then there are the contradictory comparisons.

WHO CAN FORGET those images - Cary Grant on a deserted highway being chased by a crop dusting plane? Grant and Eva Marie Saint scampering over the president's noses on Mount Rushmore as they are pursued by a group of nefarious spies? Then there's the pulsating score by Bernard Herrmann, one of the great screen composer's most evocative works.

It's one of the most chilling chase scenes in film history: A suited Cary Grant runs for his life as a low-flying biplane buzzes, shoots and crop-dusts him before crashing into a fiery ball.

Video Patrol: 'North by Northwest' better than ever Submitted by SHNS on Tue, 11/03/2009 - 18:49 "That's funny." "What?" "That plane's dustin' crops where there ain't no crops." A few seconds later, Madison Avenue adman Roger Thornhill will be dodging the most evil crop duster in movie history.

Martin Landau: I Worked with a Wooden Actor in Pinocchio! >> Posted By Buckaroo_Banzai 2 hours, 55 minutes ago in Arts & Entertainment The unstoppable Martin Landau is working harder than most actors half his age.