My go-to disc for White Zombie, which I just watched again tonight, is the 2013 Kino Lorber Classics blu-ray. I am always amazed at the picture quality they managed to restore from a film I remember seeing many years ago on TV and VHS that was barely visible, and audible, in many parts. The...
Just watched this tonight, and originally as a youngster in the movie theater. The Trojan Horse stuff is still way better than the Brad Pitt version! An obvious and welcome picture quality upgrade over the DVD. Overall, however, lacks the blu-ray pop of other recent releases like Land of the...
I watched this last night and enjoyed it immensely! A fantastic upgrade over the DVD! My only, sorta dumb, quibble is with the somewhat overly long (to my mind) "foggy seas" sequences in the first half of the film. Yes I know it's realistic to show that fog is hard to see through. But the...
This isn't a current new release, and some may differ on the term "classic", but I recently added the WB Archive blu-ray of "2 Weeks in Another Town" to my collection. I found it immensely enjoyable, and the picture is reference quality: very sharp and just gorgeous color! As another "expose" of...
Just watched the new KL blu-ray and I loved it. I ony remember a bit of this on B&W TV when I was a little kid, specifically the scene where Nicole Maurey takes off her shirt to have a cut examined by the "Doctor" Robert Young. Funny what young boys remember, LOL. Anyway, I thought the 4k...
Just watched this last night and was very pleased with the nice picture quality, never saw this film before. Great eye-candy here, with beautiful ocean shore scenery and Esther Williams in her prime. Jeff Chandler is always great too. I felt the plot was sorta weak, though; I was expecting more...
Maybe (not?) it's "just me", but Red Skelton really grates on me in Neptune's Daughter. Much more Esther is needed! Besides the classic Million Dollar Mermaid (fantastic eye candy on blu-ray), I much prefer On an Island with You (Cyd Charisse is also enchanting here) and Dangerous When Wet...
Received my blu-ray copy in about a week, well-packed in bubble wrap. Best things for me were the elimination of the print damage evident throughout the old DVD, and the color corrections. I did expect a little better clarity from a 4k scan, some scenes still seemed a bit too soft and grainy...
I own the WB Archive Collection DVD (2020 pressing) of the 1939 version, and also the Twilight Time blu-ray of the 1970 version, with Timothy Dalton as Heathcliff. I agree that the earlier version deserves a restored blu-ray release. Actually, I always liked Timothy Dalton's Heathcliff better...
Watched The Northman last night. Nice picture quality, but it reminded me of just another episode of the Vikings TV series. I guess I expected more of a huge theatrical production "feel" and I wasn't getting it. But my wife liked seeing her boyfriend, Mr. Skarsgard ;)
I saw this as a kid in a local movie theater, thanks to my Mom who loved the Sword & Sandal genre (she's 92 now and still likes Herc). It blew me away! I definitely will order!
When I was a movie theater manager back in the day, this premiered and played at my theater for a month, even though the attendance was not so great. I got to know it well though, standing in the back of the auditorium waiting for the last showing to end. The music was cool, the actors were in...
Son of Samson from Kino Lorber was pretty good, and also Hercules and the Captive Women from The Film Detective. No Steve Reeves, but Mark Forest and Reg Park did a great job.