Savant's new reviews today are

The fan-consumer groans heard this week are directed at the jolly folk up at Universal, who are about to grace us with a handful of dud pan-scan discs of favorite genre films. The worst offender is the always-slighted Colossus: The Forbin Project, a slam-bang thinking-person's scifi film about a computer taking over the world. It looks sensational in Panavision but seems to be filmed in a phone booth when seen in Pan-scan. There are several others to grieve, like Don Siegel's Charley Varrick, Last of the Independents, but Savant will be quick to lament the crummy framing (unless Uni surprises us with something different) on the terrific Sissy Spacek movie Raggedy Man. It's the one where she's stuck answering telephones during WW2 and dances with a mop to the tune of Rum and Coca Cola. One of those gems that never found a home beyond cable television, Raggedy Man is about to see its one opportunity for a proper presentation skipped over.

Have a terrific Thanksgiving. I'll probably miss Saturday's review update because of the holiday, but will keep the reviews coming, including new Criterion monster boxes and boxed sets from Home Vision and Universal. Thanks, and be kind to Turkeys. Glenn Erickson.