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Time to predict what Shout! will announce for the rest of the year at Comic Con. After that wonderful “Dances With Wolves” set last year (which I plan to get, by the way), here is what I predict for the ComicCon announcement… From Shout! Select: DUNE (remastered theatrical, NOT the Buffalo...

I don't know about everyone else, but when I envision a film written by Richard Curtis, I smile. While he's worked in different genres, I revel in his work in that lands squarely in the rom-com arena, as they're so incredibly multi-layered, entertaining, and just darn sweet. The ones that come...

If MGM needs to celebrate not only their 95th anniversary but also their own legacy, can they collaborate with Warner Bros. on a publicity campaign (featuring a combination of movies and cartoons from pre-1986 MGM and a large batch of library titles currently owned by MGM) like they did in late...

1980: A Small Circle Of Friends (NOB) Leo And Loree (NOV) Happy Birthday Gemini (VHS) Dr. Jekyl And Mr. Hype (VHS) Nothing Personal (VHS) Tell Me A Riddle (VHS) Mama Dracula (VHS) Below The Belt(VHS) Return Of The Secaucus 7 (NOB) Dracula's Last Rites (VHS) The Happy Hooker Goes To...

MGM, most prolific of major studios to license their product still have quite a few titles never to reach Bluray. In bold are films I feel are important and Italics means Oscar nominated films. These are based on U.S. releases only What Do You Say To a Naked Lady? (NOB) Love Is A Funny Thing...

Sidney Lumet's The Group, is a 1966 production, based upon the bestseller by Mary McCarthy. The novel won millions of fans, as well as naysayers, and still does: https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2013/07/vassar-sex-single-girl-ivy-league-mary-mccarthy I've not seen The Group in decades...

I bet it would likely be Warner Bros., I think they should hire some Fox executives to take much better care of their library and distribution deals, and forge more licensing deals with smaller HE distributors/boutique labels, along with a new HE distribution deal with MGM (whose logo would be...

Josh Steinberg submitted a new blog post Get Shorty (Collector's Edition) Blu-ray Review Continue reading the Original Blog Post.

One might wonder how that bit of bottle age will affect a film that was enjoyable at the time of release. Martha Coolidge's Valley Girl, at 35, brings us back to that era in Hollywood and The Valley, acts as a time capsule, and as a film, still works its charm. Shout Factory's new Blu-ray...

Is MGM still going to co-finance films with studio partners like Warner, Paramount, Sony and Universal and utilize their distribution services even after relaunching their theatrical distribution arm with Annapurna, or are they trying to break free from the studios they collaborate with and move...

Matt Hough The Complete Hal Roach/Thelma Todd/Patsy Kelly Comedy Collection DVD Review The Complete Hal Roach/Thelma Todd/Patsy Kelly Comedy Collection fills a worthwhile space on the shelf of comedy lovers everywhere. [review]

Todd Erwin Night of the Lepus Blu-ray Review Long regarded as one of the worst films ever made, Night of the Lepus finally makes its way to Blu-ray courtesy of Scream Factory. [review]

Matt Hough Spetters Blu-ray Review Paul Verhoeven’s fifth Dutch film Spetters extended the international reputation he had earned with Soldier of Orange. It’s a long, stark, slice-of-life drama more depressing than exhilarating though certainly there are enough upbeat moments to keep the...

Matt Hough The Woman in the Window Blu-ray Review The Woman in the Window is a prime film noir from Fritz Lang featuring outstanding performances and a story that intrigues from the start and draws one into its ever-tightening noose around its protagonist’s neck. [review]

The Woman in the Window, a 1944 Fritz Lang film, produced by Nunnally Johnson, and photographed by Milton Krasner, is pure mid-'40s noir. But with a touch of It's a Wonderful Life and Wizard of Oz, thrown in for good measure. I'll not discuss, as to give away a plot line could be devastating...

Todd Erwin Tomb Raider (2018) UHD Review Warner and MGM’s reboot of Tomb Raider arrives on 4K UHD Blu-ray with a stellar transfer, but the movie is seriously lacking in joy and humor. [review]

For me, any time we have the release of a new well-produced Blu-ray of a William Wyler film, it's a time to pause and celebrate. And his 1958, The Big Country, is one such cause for celebration. But we'll up the ante. Gregory Peck Jean Simmons Carrol Baker Charlton Heston Burl Ives...

Fistful of Dollars, was the earliest of the Clint Eastwood / Sergio Leone Italian western imports. There were thousands that followed, mostly with unidentified talent, and sold packaged with the better films, if you wanted those for distribution. It was photographed in Techniscope, 35/2. For...

Matt Hough Down Three Dark Streets Blu-ray Review Arnold Laven’s FBI-based docudrama Down Three Dark Streets combines investigations of several taut and frustrating cases with a behind-the-scenes look at FBI techniques and analytical expertise that keep interest high and suspense nicely...

Matt Hough Five Steps to Danger Blu-ray Review A cat-and-mouse thriller turns interestingly into a Cold War espionage tale in Henry S. Kesler’s Five Steps to Danger, a 1957 independent production which is the latest remastered thriller in the Classic Flix line. [review]

Cinematographer, John Bailey, turned to direction in 1994, for China Moon, an interesting little film, that many felt was too derivative of the swelteringly sexual and nourish, Body Heat, to capture one's attention. While it does immediately bring to mind, the earlier, film, without all of the...

Neil Middlemiss The Handmaid's Tale Season One Blu-ray Review Politically poignant, The Handmaid’s Tale is compelling, heartbreaking, enraging and angering television. A superb production supports a top-rate cast, led by Elizabeth Moss’ outstanding performance. It’s a cry against the savage...

"It's the way I register despair..." Tony Harvey's quite extraordinary 1968 The Lion in Winter, is one of those films that I would take with me, if i knew I was to lost on a desert island. Albeit with electricity and some playback gear. I love the film, and Tony became a friend. After owning...

Matt Hough Casanova Brown Blu-ray Review An amiable comedy of miscommunication with delightful stars and touches of screwball comedy tropes of old, Sam Wood’s Casanova Brown is fairly lightweight material for two Academy Award-winning stars. [review]

Matt Hough Along Came Jones Blu-ray Review A case of mistaken identity fuels the comedy hijinks in Stuart Heisler’s comic adventure Along Came Jones. [review]

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Matt Hough Wuthering Heights (1970) Blu-ray Review Emily Bronte’s Gothic romance returns to the screen in Robert Fuest’s 1970 version of Wuthering Heights, an expensive color production that sadly lacks the atmosphere and intimately chilling, dysfunctional interpersonal relationships that...

Stanley Kramer's Not as a Stranger, a 1955 medical melodrama is an odd film. Not great, but certainly interesting enough to warrant two hours of your time. The independent production boasts a superb cast, and a plethora of secondary and bit players that will have you repeating, "where do I...

Matt Hough The Hospital Blu-ray Review A chaotic comedy of errors courtesy of the satirical pen of playwright Paddy Chayefsky, Arthur Hiller’s The Hospital is part personal drama and part lunatic comedy with a dash of murder mystery tossed in for good measure. [review]

Matt Hough Alice (1990) Blu-ray Review Woody Allen takes another stab at surreal character exploration with Alice, a sort of kissing cousin to the magical events that unfold in his masterpiece The Purple Rose of Cairo. [review]