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Mark Bourne

Agrees with the Tomatometer 92% of the time.

Publications:: DVDJournal.com , Film.com

Total Reviews:: 429
Total QuickRatings:: 177

Location:: Seattle, WA

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Rating	T-Meter	Title \| Year	Add Date
	57%	Clickety-Clack (Dodesukaden) (1970)	" Dodes'ka-den need not be a grand-scale 'Kurosawa film' on the order of Rashomon, Seven Samurai, or Ran to give us much that's effective, emotive, and beautiful." — Film.com Posted Mar 18, 2009
	100%	Pinocchio (1940)	" Benefiting from modern digital restoration techniques that -- this is vital -- don't lose touch with the film's rich painted-cel brush strokes and artistic authenticity, this new edition of Pinocchio looks and sounds sensational." — Film.com Posted Mar 12, 2009
	69%	Synecdoche, New York (2008)	" It's Kaufman mind-melding with Samuel Beckett and Franz Kafka while Salvador Dali is pouring the drinks and M.C. Escher is doodling on the napkins. It's the 2001: A Space Odyssey of existential funk, David Lynch without the bubbly joie de vivre." — Film.com Posted Mar 10, 2009
	97%	Casablanca (1943)	" From the absolute crispness and clarity of the first image ... this clean, practically flawless 1080p transfer is now the definitive home video edition." — Film.com Posted Feb 2, 2009
	——	Upright Citizens Brigade - ASSSSCAT! (2008)	" But since improv ... is all about the impulsive creative jazz, the immediacy, and the spontaneous energy of a live, you-are-there, no-rules event, does ASSSSCAT work on DVD? It does." — Film.com Posted Apr 27, 2008
	100%	12 Angry Men (Twelve Angry Men) (1957)	" From 1957 and first-time director Sidney Lumet, here's the great jury-room drama about the dynamic -- and potentially lethal -- relationship between guilt, suspicion, and prejudice." — Film.com Posted Mar 11, 2008
	95%	No Country for Old Men (2007)	" Both brutal and snowflake delicate all at once, this meditative neo-noir bears rewatching as layers and insights reveal themselves with subsequent viewings." — Film.com Posted Mar 11, 2008
	——	Monsters And Madmen (2007)	" There's not a masterpiece among them, but each is sufficiently enjoyable to the suitably minded.... upholds Criterion's reputation for well-made and authoritative extras supporting the main attraction." — DVDJournal.com Posted Mar 5, 2007
	91%	Pandora's Box (1929)	" Criterion's superb two-disc DVD is a veritable 'the Essential Louise Brooks' compendium. With it we get not only Pandora's Box restored to Criterion's exacting standards, but also choice extras including an interview with Brooks." — DVDJournal.com Posted Dec 11, 2006
	98%	Forbidden Planet (1956)	" For the film's golden anniversary, Warner has done such a good job ... that chucking out the 1997 DVD edition for this upgrade is a no-brainer, not to mention an essential acquisition for anyone who doesn't yet have this title on the Genre Classics shelf." — DVDJournal.com Posted Dec 11, 2006
	——	Battlestar Galactica - Season 1 (2005)	" Some of the best writing currently on television makes this a challenging and intelligent show that fills its science-fiction bottle with intriguingly flawed characters, bare-knuckle politics ... sincere humanism, and other interesting choices all around." — DVDJournal.com Posted Oct 8, 2006
	——	Battlestar Galactica - Season 2.0 (2005)	" The zeitgeist-heavy question 'Is torture ever justified?' doesn't get any easy answers before the brutal climax cliffhanger. Where all this is leading remains utterly unpredictable, and that's one of the best things about the series, period." — DVDJournal.com Posted Oct 8, 2006
	——	Battlestar Galactica - Season 2.5 (2006)	" Speaking of hoped-for payoffs, the two-parter that cliffhangers 2.5, "Lay Down Your Burdens," may prove to be a bold masterstroke spinning up the series for a knockout Season 3. Or does it jump the whole show over the jaws of a giant space shark?" — DVDJournal.com Posted Oct 8, 2006
	98%	Some Like It Hot (1959)	" In terms of presentation, quantity and quality of extras, and most importantly the film itself, 2006's two-disc Collector's Edition DVD significantly improves on the non-anamorphic, letterboxed, single-disc Special Edition from 2001." — DVDJournal.com Posted Jul 23, 2006
	——	Tennessee Williams' South ()	" We recommend it for newbie enthusiasts, American Lit or drama students, and film buffs wondering where all these poetic dreamers, misfits, and good ol' boys came from." — DVDJournal.com Posted Jun 12, 2006
	97%	Patton (1970)	" Fox's two-disc Cinema Classics Collection edition (2006) improves upon Patton's earlier DVD editions in both style and content. It's a new transfer (2.20:1, anamorphic) from a 70mm print that's considerably cleaner than the 2001 edition...." — DVDJournal.com Posted Jun 11, 2006
	97%	Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)	" Warner Home Video's 2006 'Deluxe Edition,' part of the Tennessee Williams Film Collection, brings us a big improvement over the studio's previous edition from 2001." — DVDJournal.com Posted Apr 30, 2006
	100%	The Grapes of Wrath (1940)	" [The Fox Studio Classics DVD] delivers a sterling print that restores Toland's photography to its deep, documentary-like beauty...." — DVDJournal.com Posted Apr 17, 2006
	86%	Junebug (2005)	" Sony's DVD edition of Junebug brings the film home in a great-looking anamorphic transfer (1.78:1).... A generous selection of extras do a better job of giving us a behind-the-scenes experience than most 'making of' featurettes...." — DVDJournal.com Posted Apr 17, 2006
	94%	The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)	" [Fox Studio Classics edition] gets the blue-ribbon DVD treatment ... fully restored from a new 35mm print created from original elements, a labor of love that involved two fine-grain positives -- one for this DVD and a second for the Fox vaults." — DVDJournal.com Posted Apr 15, 2006
	100%	Dr. Strangelove Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)	" [40th Aniversary Special Edition two-disc DVD] gives us a high-definition transfer struck for the first time from a fine-grain source master, rather than from a print.... Disc Two holds this collection of new and archival supplementary material..." — DVDJournal.com Posted Apr 15, 2006
	100%	The Kid (1921)	" [The MK2/Warner Home Video Chaplin Collection DVD] ... From start to finish the restored imagery looks splendid." — DVDJournal.com Posted Apr 14, 2006
	100%	The Gold Rush (1925)	" ...anyone who asks why The Gold Rush deserves the attention and dedication showcased in Warner's The Chaplin Collection might as well ask why we continue to crack open new editions of, say, Mark Twain, or ... Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue." — DVDJournal.com Posted Apr 14, 2006
	100%	The Circus (1928)	" The restored imagery is free of scratches and blemishes.... This is one of the less impressive transfers in The Chaplin Collection, yet consider that only as a comparison to the extraordinary quality exhibited throughout the set overall." — DVDJournal.com Posted Apr 14, 2006
	100%	City Lights (1931)	" [The MK2/Warner Home Video Chaplin Collection DVD] presents City Lights in a pleasing but not jawdropping restoration." — DVDJournal.com Posted Apr 14, 2006
	100%	Modern Times (1936)	" For the [MK2/Warner] restoration, experts at Cineteca Bologna assembled the best footage from a variety of sources into a new print. MK2's technicians painstakingly touched up all 126,000 frames individually..." — DVDJournal.com Posted Apr 14, 2006
	95%	The Great Dictator (1940)	" For The Great Dictator's restoration, experts at Cineteca Bologna assembled the best footage from a variety of sources into a new freshly minted print. The final product ... is splendid." — DVDJournal.com Posted Apr 14, 2006
	96%	Monsieur Verdoux (1947)	" [The MK2/Warner Home Video Chaplin Collection DVD] ... Looking freshly minted, Monsieur Verdoux arrives with a black-and-white print that's clean and striking. The graytones are as strong and balanced as we could ever wish." — DVDJournal.com Posted Apr 14, 2006
	96%	Limelight (1952)	" [The MK2/Warner Home Video Chaplin Collection DVD] looks terrific. Throughout the spotless print, the grayscale and definition are excellent (although occasionally the inky blacks make us wonder if the contrast wasn't boosted one notch too far)." — DVDJournal.com Posted Apr 14, 2006
	——	King in New York/A Woman of Paris (2000)	" A King in New York arrives with a pristine, flawless print displaying excellent black-and-white contrast, marred only by rare signs that the transfer is slightly overcompressed. A Woman of Paris shows off a restorative polishing..." — DVDJournal.com Posted Apr 14, 2006
	——	Chaplin Review (1989)	" The Chaplin Collection's two-disc presentation ... gives us the complete 1959 compilation. Then on Disc Two we find the rest of Chaplin's First National films. The total package offers seven of Chaplin's most ambitious and sophisticated shorts..." — DVDJournal.com Posted Apr 14, 2006
	82%	Invaders from Mars (1953)	" Image Entertainment's ... 50th Anniversary Special Edition delivers the best home version of the movie yet released." — DVDJournal.com Posted Apr 13, 2006
	——	Cook and Other Treasures (2003)	" It's a reconstruction, not a full restoration, still marred by wear and tear. Nonetheless, film historians and Arbuckle-Keaton fans have plenty to be thankful for." — DVDJournal.com Posted Apr 13, 2006
	——	Beatles - Ed Sullivan Presents the Beatles: 4 Complete Shows (2003)	" On this SOFA Entertainment release ... these vintage black-and-white TV recordings look no worse than they should and better than one might expect...." — DVDJournal.com Posted Apr 10, 2006
	74%	Backbeat (1994)	" Universal's 2005 Backbeat: Collector's Edition ... The pristine print and transfer are as good as they get ... The DD 5.1 audio likewise exhibits superb clarity and strength." — DVDJournal.com Posted Apr 9, 2006
	100%	The Public Enemy (1931)	" In the documentary featurette on this disc, Martin Scorsese says that before he shot The Aviator he showed his cast The Public Enemy, and when Cagney's entrance arrived someone exclaimed 'Modern screen acting begins.'" — DVDJournal.com Posted Apr 9, 2006
	94%	Man of Aran (1934)	" ...a good print of the film plus a collection of no-fluff supplementary extras that would fill out a film school course in Flaherty 101." — DVDJournal.com Posted Apr 9, 2006
	79%	Louisiana Story (1948)	" Home Vision Entertainment gives Louisiana Story the Criterion treatment on a DVD that presents a solid restoration plus enough generous extras to thrill students of 'the father of the documentary.'" — DVDJournal.com Posted Apr 9, 2006
	——	Slapstick Masters (2003)	" ...a first-rate introduction for anyone new to silent comedy, and a worthy addition to the shelves of dedicated enthusiasts." — DVDJournal.com Posted Apr 9, 2006
	96%	2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)	" Home video can't compete with giant wrap-around screens, but Warner's new '2000 digital master' edition offers the best substitute so far." — DVDJournal.com Posted Apr 8, 2006
	95%	Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)	" ...like a giant Gilliam foot the Extraordinarily Deluxe Edition has arrived. And what a wonderful, somewhat moist thing it is. Much, much better than a dead bishop on the landing." — DVDJournal.com Posted Apr 8, 2006
	98%	Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)	" ...after a bare-bones release that disappointed fans who knew that this is a movie screaming for a fully-packed-clown-car Special Edition, we get a two-disc whopper, and it's as keen as a special delivery box from Acme to Wile E. Coyote." — DVDJournal.com Posted Apr 8, 2006
5/5	100%	Singin' in the Rain (1952)	" [Warner's DVD] has received the royal treatment for this 50th Anniversary Special Edition. This all-new 2002 digital transfer from state-of-the-art restored elements delivers one of the best restoration and preservation jobs ever put on a disc." — DVDJournal.com Posted Apr 8, 2006
	100%	Monterey Pop (1968)	" Pennebaker himself supervised this disc's beautiful restoration and remastering.... The audio is, of course, absolutely vital, and it's a stunner...." — DVDJournal.com Posted Apr 8, 2006
	88%	H�xan: Witchcraft Through the Ages (The Witches) (Haxan) (1929)	" Criterion offers a strikingly beautiful print of the fully restored and re-tinted Häxan and again pairs it with the Burroughs version. Its superb audio track features a new score recreated from the original list of musical cues." — DVDJournal.com Posted Apr 8, 2006
	81%	Wonder Boys (2000)	" Paramount's ... DVD offers a splendid transfer (2.35:1 anamorphic) with strong, crisp audio in Dolby Digital 5.0.... "The Songs of Wonder Boys" (like album liner notes by Hanson)..." — DVDJournal.com Posted Apr 8, 2006
	98%	Nosferatu, a Symphony of Horror (Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens) (Nosferatu the Vampire) (1922)	" ...the score by Christian Death, Electric Hellfire Club, and other post-pube gloomsters isn't ill-used here.... [The print] looks as though it's been run across a cheese grater." — DVDJournal.com Posted Apr 7, 2006
	86%	The Thing from Another World (1951)	" Warner's DVD ... brings us a very good unrestored print of the uncut 87-minute version in its original full-screen aspect ratio. The transfer is sharp with fine definition and black-and-white contrast. Some dirt, scratches ... but it's nothing serious." — DVDJournal.com Posted Apr 7, 2006
	——	Antigone (1974)	" This Broadway Theatre Archive DVD is from a videotape master that's in poor shape or is a, say, 3rd-generation dupe. It's plenty watchable, but expect a soft, low-definition image with thin, occasionally bleeding color." — DVDJournal.com Posted Apr 7, 2006
	——	Working (2002)	" ...on a technical level this DVD is another fine entry in the Broadway Theatre Archive. The 1982 videotape is preserved in fine condition..." — DVDJournal.com Posted Apr 7, 2006

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