Greetings! Savant's new reviews today are

I'm late, yes indeed, but I've spent the week running around like that proverbial jackrabbit on a date. "The reviews will soon be under control" is getting to be a weak refrain, but good distractions (i.e., paying jobs) don't get sniffed at around here. Semper Pecunae.

Let's see ... Anchor Bay decided on final specs for their MARIO BAVA COLLECTION, and the titles still have some attractive extras. WARNERS announced some welcome new boxed sets, with a particularly good WAR set. CLASSIC MEDIA gave us the specs for their two Toho Ghidrah movies, which I've been advised are far better than I remember .. dancing Kaiju? Readers are excited about the announcement for NIGHT OF THE COMET and BECKET and generous with praise for some of my reviews. I also got the sharp end of the email stick for A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS. Advice for writers in fan-land: don't diss Steve McQueen.

I'm impatient for the ALICE FAYE COLLECTION as I want to see and review the delirious THE GANG'S ALL HERE, but I shall hold out somehow. Just saw THE HEIRESS for the first time (I know, perhaps I could have skipped my 50th viewing of MAJOR DUNDEE somewhere in the past) and it knocked me out. Ditto Criterion's new THE BICYCLE THIEF (BICYCLE THIEVES). The quality of the transfer will invalidate a lot of film school papers describing the film's murky visuals.

That's it, I have to get to the library for some research before doubling back to the reviews for the above plus THE BLOODY CHILD, THE WELL and the LITERARY CLASSICS COLLECTION. Thanks for your patience! Glenn Erickson