Another fast night ... no time for chit-chat.

Classic horror gets a boost from Milestone / Image's The Phantom of the Opera, a dee-luxe two disc Ultimate Edition with two versions of the movies and enough extras to make one start looking for chandeliers to drop onto audiences. Lon Chaney is fantastic, and one of the transfers is from a wonderfully-preserved element.

Universal's The Ugly American is a sincere and well-written account of foreign policy failings in a country called Sarkhan ... which has intentional parallels to Vietnam. Marlon Brando is excellent as the Ambassador who puts assertive action before caution.

Just a workin' guy here ... trying to do better than last week with the review quotient. I'm told the AOL problem will be fixed by next Tuesday or so ... Thanks! Glenn