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I ran a popular rep house in Toronto from the mid 70's to the mid 80's and found that certain titles almost always brought in an appreciative audience. I'd love to see some of these movies on Blu-ray since they never show up in the cinemas anymore, probably because the prints were in such bad...

A first: James Cameron's Avatar is being released in a wide array of formats. For digital cinemas that have top movable masking Fox will be sending a 1.85 version to maximize the size of the picture. Digital cinemas with side movable masking will receive a 2.35 copy. Imax classic cinemas will...

I just heard that a complete 131 minute print of Orson Welles' The Magnificent Ambersons has been found in Brazil and that Warner Brothers will do a 4K restoration for release later this year or early in 2009. Has anyone else heard about this? Is it true? If so, I'll be one of the first in line...

Has anyone else been annoyed by the audio choices on the recent Blu-ray release of Master and Commander? This is not only one of my favorite films to watch, but with its truly astounding sound mix, also one of my favorites to listen to. I couldn't tell you the number of times I've used my...

Now that Warners has announced that all of their upcoming classic releases will soon be available day and date on standard DVD as well as on Blu-ray, maybe they could reconsider how their Ultra-Panavision & MGM Camera 65 titles are handled. I realize that certain members of the Home Theater...

I have two VistaVison films on DVD that I watched recently, and both were filmed in the mid-50's. One is the John Wayne classic "The Searchers," the other is "Three Violent People," a routine Paramount western with Charlton Heston. I wonder if anyone could tell me why the lesser known film has...

Columbia produced the first movie that Marilyn Monroe appeared in as one of the main stars of a feature film and not as a two line extra. The picture is "Ladies of the Chorus" released by Columbia Pictures in 1948. She sings, she dances, she acts. And why has it never been released on DVD? It...

I got to see the movie at the Toronto Film Festival this week and can confirm that the Coen Brothers are definitely at the top of their game. Not to mention that Javier Bardem portrays a monster with such a sick mind that it almost makes Norman Bates in Psycho seem normal.

I was lucky enough to have seen Charles Laughton's incredible film the Night of the Hunter in a flawless 35mm print at the Ontario Film Theatre many years ago. It was part of a series showcasing outstanding examples of the cinematographers craft. The first reel was screened in the old 1.33...