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James Schumacher / JamesInDigital: Words & Art

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Detour Film Review – L.A. Noire Gold Film Reel Series

James Schumacher, January 23, 2019February 11, 2024

Detour Update – 4k Restoration and Bluray Way back when I had the idea of presenting reviews and analysis of all the major gold film reels of actual Noir titles featured in the game L.A. Noire. Life has a way of changing plans, so the project never got very far….

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Mandy Patinkin Reflects on Princess Bride

James Schumacher, October 7, 2012October 7, 2012

Mandy Patinkin Reflects on Princess Bride Mandy Patinkin: 25 Years After ‘The Princess Bride,’ He’s Not Tired Of That Line : NPR Mandy Pantikin does an audio interview with interview, talking about The Princess Bride which is now celebrating its 25th anniversary. He seems to genuinely cherish his memories of…

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Lawrence of Arabia Better than Ever

James Schumacher, August 31, 2012August 31, 2012

Lawrence of Arabia Better than Ever Watch The New Trailer For The Lawrence Of Arabia 4K Restoration Lawrence of Arabia is coming back into to theaters and better than ever. The film is getting a full restoration at huge 4K resolution. The 4k resolution print will be showing at selected…

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Treasure Island 1990 DVD Review

James Schumacher, September 27, 2011November 13, 2012

I’ve been waiting for this for quite awhile. Since 97-98 when I bought my first DVD player and in truth as far back as the early 90s when I could find no VHS copy to replace my taped off the television version.  Some of this is ground I’ve already covered…

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Scarface Digitially Remastered in Theaters – One Night Only

James Schumacher, August 31, 2011September 1, 2011

For one night only fans and newcomers alike were able to experience Scarface on the big screen.  The film received the special treatment as an anniversary gift and celebration of it’s release into High Definition on Blu-ray.  Check out the Scarface Limited Edition Humidor Gift Set post for information on…

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Where the Sidewalk Ends – L.A. Noire Gold Film Reel Series

James Schumacher, August 15, 2011March 2, 2014

Cementing the Sidewalk Crew Where the Sidewalk Ends is a 1950 Film Noir starring Dana Andrews and Gene Tierney. The writers for the film were headed up by Ben Hecht (making his second appearance on our list after 1946’s Hitchock masterpiece Notorious). The wonderfully simmering, desperate musical score was composed…

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Body and Soul (1947) – L.A. Noire Gold Film Reel Series

James Schumacher, July 10, 2011January 23, 2019

Body and Soul is a 1947 Film Noir that portrays a boxer struggling to deal with the complications and temptations that come with great success and moreover the money that comes with fame. The film was written by Abraham Polonsky who would later go on to begin a directing career…

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Scarface Humidor Gift Set – Limited Edition

James Schumacher, June 28, 2011June 28, 2011

Scarface Humidor Gift Set Scarface is on of the most powerful and well-acted “gangster” films of all time. Now, Universal celebrates this classic Al Pacino with the Scarface Limited Edition Humidor Gift Set. Below is the Universal Studio promo video. The Scarface Humidor Gift set not only includes a remastered…

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Treasure Island 1990 Preorder – Release Date Confirmed

James Schumacher, June 26, 2011September 27, 2011

*Update* Treasure Island DVD review here! It’s finally 100% confirmed, Treasure Island 1990 DVD approaches! Check out this graphic released to major vendors as a tie-in for the Ben Hur Anniversary Blu-ray release. A collection of Heston films are set to come out with Treasure Island featured most prominently. Treasure…

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Scarlet Street Film Review – L.A. Noire Film Project

James Schumacher, June 21, 2011July 17, 2015

Scarlet Street is a 1945 Film Noir from Austrian director Fritz Lang. Lang was a master of the dark genre of German Expressionism which lent itself so well to the Noir genre. The British Film Institute titled him as the Master of Darkness. Lang was best known for the still popular…

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Gun Crazy Film Review – L.A. Noire Gold Film Reel Series

James Schumacher, June 16, 2011March 2, 2014

Gun Crazy (originally called Deadly is the Female) is a 1950 Film-Noir from director Joseph H. Lewis and writer MacKinlay Kantor who wrote the screenplay based on his original work.  An interesting side-note, Millard Kaufman received a co-credit as screenwriter.  Kaufman was creator of Mr Magoo at the time and…

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