DVD Verdict: Barrie Maxwell Dossier

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Judge Barrie Maxwell

• Location: Toronto, Ontario
• Member since: June 2000
• 264 full reviews
• 43 small claims
• Columnist: Precedents: Classic Films on DVD

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I have had a life-long love affair with the movies, beginning with my childhood discovery of B-westerns and serials. Now, after a career in arctic environmental science, I am a freelance writer specializing in classic film. I work out of Toronto where I live downtown with my sweetheart Sue and two cats appropriately named Lawrence (of Arabia) and Cleo (patra), both soon to be on DVD.

Rulings:

The Accidental Spy
The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes
The Age Of Innocence
Air Bud (Canadian Release)
Air Rage
The Alec Guinness Collection
All About Eve: Special Edition
All The King's Men
American Roots Music
Amores Perros
Anatomy Of A Murder
Angel On My Shoulder
Angels Over Broadway
The Awful Truth
The Basketball Diaries
Battle Of Britain
Bee Gees: Live By Request
Beijing Bicycle
The Bells
Bells Of Coronado
Ben-Hur
Between Heaven And Hell
The Big Combo
The Big Heat
The Big Trail
Billy Liar: Criterion Collection
Blood On The Sun
The Blue Max
Blue Valley Songbird
Bob Le Flambeur: Criterion Collection
Boxcar Bertha
Breakout
Breakout
Bride Of The Wind
Bridge On The River Kwai: Limited Edition
Bright Eyes / Dimples / Heidi
The Brotherhood
A Bullet For The General
Bus Stop
Cactus
Cape Fear (1962)
Cape Fear (1991)
Carmen Jones
The Carry On Collection
Casablanca
Cat Ballou
Cattle Queen Of Montana
Champion
Changi
The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe
Citizen Kane
Citizen Welles
Clambake
Cleopatra
Cloak And Dagger (1946)
The Collector
Coming Home
Commandos Strike At Dawn
Cover Girl
Damn The Defiant!
D-Day The Sixth Of June
Dead Simple
Deep Water
The Defiant Ones
Demetrius And The Gladiators
The Desert Fox
The Desert Rats
Detour
The Devil At 4 O'Clock
The Devil's Keep
Divided We Fall
The Dogs Of War
Dr. Orloff's Monster
Druids
The Edgar G. Ulmer Collection: Volume 1 Moon Over Harlem / The Strange Woman
The Edgar G. Ulmer Collection: Volume 2 Bluebeard
The Edgar G. Ulmer Collection: Volume 3 Daughter Of Dr. Jekyll
The Education Of Little Tree
The Emperor's New Clothes
Enigma
The Entertainer
Evil Under The Sun
Experiment In Terror
Extremities
Fail-Safe
Fidel
Final
Four Faces West
Four Of The Apocalypse
Frankie And Johnny (1966)
Frankie And Johnny (1991)
The French Connection
From Here To Eternity
Funeral In Berlin
Fun In Acapulco
Funny Face
Funny Girl
The Gambler Returns / The Gambler V
Gandhi
The Garden Of Allah (Anchor Bay Release)
The Gathering Storm
Gentleman Prefer Blondes
Gentleman's Agreement: Studio Classics Edition
Giant
Gilda
A Glimpse Of Hell
Godzilla: King Of The Monsters
Goin' Down The Road
Going Hollywood: The War Years
The Golden Bowl
Good News
Grand Slam
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Hangmen Also Die
Happy Campers
The Harder They Fall
Harvey
Hatari!
Hearts And Minds: Criterion Collection
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
Hell Is A City / The Criminal / The Frightened City
Hi De Ho / The Duke Is Tops
High Noon (2000)
His Girl Friday
The Hole (Seville Pictures Release)
Hombre
Houseboat
How Green Was My Valley
How To Marry A Millionaire
The Hunter
I Love Lucy: Season One, Volume Nine
I Love Lucy: Season One, Volumes One And Two
Il Posto: Criterion Collection
I'm Going Home
Impact
The Importance Of Being Earnest: Criterion Collection
India: Kingdom Of The Tiger
Inherit The Wind
In The Heat Of The Night
In The Mood For Love
Iris
It's A Wonderful Life
The Jack Benny Collection
Jamaica Inn / Rich And Strange
Jan Dara
Jason X
John Wayne: The Duke
The Jolson Story / Jolson Sings Again
Kandahar
Keep The River On Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale
Keetje Tippel
Khartoum
The Kingdom
King Rat

The Lady And The Duke
A Lady Takes A Chance
Lassie Come Home / Son Of Lassie / Courage Of Lassie
Laurel And Hardy
Lawrence Of Arabia
Legendary Pirate Movies
Le Million: Criterion Collection
Lenny
The Life And Times Of Hank Greenberg
Lilies Of The Field
Little Dieter Needs To Fly
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Little Women
The Lone Ranger Classic Western Double-Feature
The Long Gray Line
Lord Of The Flies (1990)
The Lost Weekend
The Lost World
Love In The Afternoon
Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing
Love Me Tender / Flaming Star / Wild In The Country
Love Story
Lured
Mackenna's Gold
Madame Butterfly
The Man From Snowy River
The Man With Bogart's Face
Marilyn Monroe: The Diamond Collection #2
Matewan
Medium Cool
Meet Joe Black: Ultimate Edition
Midnight
Mildred Pierce
The Mirror Crack'd
The Misfits
Monster's Ball
Mr. Sardonicus
Mrs. Winterbourne
My Favorite Year
My Friend Flicka
My Man Godfrey: Criterion Collection
Mysterious Island
The Mystic Masseur
Naxos Musical Journey: Tchaikovsky
The Night Heaven Fell
North To Alaska
A Nous La Liberte: Criterion Collection
No Way To Treat A Lady
Now, Voyager
Oliver Twist
On The Road With Duke Ellington
On The Waterfront
Our Town
The Outer Limits: The Original Series
The Outlaws Is Coming
Pandaemonium
Pandora And The Flying Dutchman
Pavilion Of Women
Pennies From Heaven (1936)
The Peter Sellers Collection
The Pirates Of Capri
A Place In The Sun
Platinum Blonde
Plucking The Daisy
Portrait Of Jennie
Pot O' Gold
The Pride Of The Yankees
Prison Song
Queen Bee
The Quiet Man: Collector's Edition
Radar Men From The Moon
The Red Badge Of Courage
The Red Pony
The Remains Of The Day
The Rhino Brothers
Rififi: Criterion Collection
Rio Bravo
Rio Grande: Collector's Edition
Roman Holiday
Roseland
Rue Des Plaisirs (Love Street)
Saboteur
Salaam Bombay!
The Scarlet Empress: Criterion Collection
The Scent Of Green Papaya
Seance On A Wet Afternoon
Secret Agent X-9
Secret Ballot
The Seven Year Itch
Shane
The Shipping News
The Shop Around The Corner
The Silent Enemy
Singin' In The Rain: Special Edition
Sink The Bismarck
Small Time Crooks
Snow White: The Fairest Of Them All
The Solid Gold Cadillac
Sorry, Wrong Number
South Of Heaven, West Of Hell
The Spaghetti Western Collection
Strait-Jacket
Strange Illusion
Street Scene
Sunrise
The Tailor Of Panama
Taps
Target Earth
There's No Business Like Show Business
They Made Me A Criminal / Lady Gangster
The Thief Of Bagdad
13 Ghosts
Thomas In Love
The Three Stooges: Cops And Robbers
The Three Stooges: G.I. Stooge
Timeline 1941
Time Out (L'Emploi Du Temps) (Canadian Release)
Tokyo Joe
Tombstone: Vista Series
To The Shores Of Tripoli
Touch Of Evil
Traffik
True Colors
Twelve O'Clock High
20th Century Fox: The First 50 Years
Twist
Two Films By Jacques Becker: Criterion Collection
The Undefeated
Underground (1941)
Under The Roofs Of Paris: Criterion Collection
The Unforgiven
Victor/Victoria
Vidocq
The Vikings
Violent City
Von Ryan's Express
Walk, Don't Run
Walk On The Wild Side
War And Peace
Wedding In White
Westward Ho / Santa Fe Stampede / Three Faces West
The Wicker Man
The Widow Of Saint-Pierre
Wildflower
Will Penny
The Wolf Man
Working
World Trade Center: Anatomy Of A Collapse
A Yank In The R.A.F.
You Can't Take It With You
Young And Innocent / The Man Who Knew Too Much
The Young Ones
Zhou Yu's Train

Average Scales of Justice

Video:	81
Audio:	77
Extras:	35
Acting:	81
Story:	78
Judgment:	76

Scale Modifiers

Video:	+3
Audio:	+6
Extras:	+20
Acting:	+2
Story:	+1
Judgment:	+2
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