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FWIW Hammerhead's already available on a very nice DVD from Sony/Columbia; Corrupt Ones and Deadlier Than The Male are available on blu ray from the UK and Germany, respectively. (Deadlier Than the Male's also available Stateside in HD streaming via Amazon.) Generally I'd love more Eurospy...

No. 1 of The Secret Service! Now that's counterintuitive! From the dubiously talented Lindsay Shonteff! But I still might pick it up! ;) I'd pounce at a Kino release of Shonteff's maiden spy outing, Second Best Secret Agent in the Whole Wide World (with a Sammy Davis, Jr., theme song no...

Rights entanglements and 90-year-old B movies should be a contradiction in terms -- an oxymoron. Any heir should be pleased with whatever modest fee the studio and/or distributor is willing to cut them; holding out for some kind of $$ windfall from the homevid exploitation of any but a relative...

A great addition to one of Kino's next Noir boxsets: The 1946 Universal early A-bomb-spy entry Danger Woman. Not strictly a noir of course but then again neither was Mystery of Marie Roget nor several other recent selections. ;)

In other words.... we won't have Nixon to kick around any more.... ;)

With their prodigious output Kino has unearthed more rarities than I'd ever imagined.

Sooo appreciative for Kino's announcement that they'll be bringing us the long-elusive 1957 chiller Back From the Dead. Kudos to Kino!

While I'm wish-listing: Kino's tireless talisman of classic and rare film, the great Frank Tarzi (for whom so many of us are grateful) recently noted on Heath Holland's Cereal at Midnight podcast that there are a number of titles available to Kino from their latest StudioCanal deal. Since box...

Thrilled that Kino's deal with MGM is bringing us the remaining UA Golden-Age 3D titles -- Southwest Passage and of course the historic Bwana Devil. Now hoping they can mine those vaults for two AWOL/presumed-lost rarities -- 1958's Wink of an Eye and 1961's Dead to the World. Kino's worked...

Couple of takeaways after listening to the Tarzi interview on Cereal at Midnight: Kino Lorber was close to mining more Fox titles under an existing deal when Disney bought Fox and clamped down on Fox's homevid output. So why did Disney buy Fox after all? Apart from the usual consolidator...

Heath is a great young guy. He interviewed Bob Furmanek and (the truly great :)) Greg Kintz of (frequent Kino Lorber collaborator) 3DFA a few weeks back.

Just posted: The wonderful Frank Tarzi of Kino Lorber makes a return visit to chat with Heath Holland on his Cereal at Midnight show:

It's a 2015 Samsung 42" Curve UHD TV

OK I've got to confess I've had little interest in getting a 4K player. To me, my 3D blu ray player provides me the ultimate home viewing experience. Alas, studio homevid departments have jettisoned 3D blu rays of their 3D theatrical releases to make way for flat 4K releases of these titles...

KL Insider (or anyone else knowledgeable): The Amazon listing for the Sergeant Ryker blu ray lists the aspect ratio at 1.85:1. Of course since it was a TV production the OAR was 4:3. Can you tell us which it is for your disc? Thanks.

KL has outdone themselves, working overtime to address the nettlesome music rights to bring us a long-sought 3D blu ray of The Glass Web. This on top of digging thru the Uni vaults to bring us other (2D) '50s noirs and other B/W rarities like Spy Hunt, The Night Runner and, best of all, the...

One of the many nice aspects of Diamond Wizard is that it has an intelligent, even somewhat intricate plot (with the occasional twist), that requires the viewer to pay attention -- which can be challenging when you're immersed in the strong 3D. The acting and pacing are solid, and it can be an...

Received my Kino blu ray of the late great Henry Silva's 1967 Eurospy outing Assassination and am very happy to jettison my old Japanese DVD. Excellent picture and sound quality on what is one of the more intelligent and competent titles in the genre. An enjoyable commentary by film historians...

Just received my Diamond Wizard disc and am watching it now. I'll have more to say about it after I've had a chance to take in the commentary and extras but here's an initial take: It's spectacular! A remarkable restoration from admittedly imperfect source material. Yes, there's some...

At the outset of KL's deal(s) with Universal, here are the (presumably) Universal-owned titles I wanted KL to unearth. The following list is chronological; movies KL has delivered are bolded; most of the non-bolded titles are said to be tied up in rights entanglements: Murder by the Clock...

Well among the new Film Noir crop I'm most interested in Behind the High Wall -- but I'm even more interested in another Universal noir by the same director -- 1957's The Night Runner.

SO thrilled KL, with the aid of 3DFA of course, is realizing a 3D blu of "Bwana Devil." (And, btw... notice the announcement has quickly garnered about 30 "Likes"...?) And the news about a new deal with Paramount -- including at least one more 3D title? Let me say once again: KUDOS TO KINO!

Received my Treasure of the Four Crowns yesterday and watched last night -- and this outstanding (literally...) rendition is a hoot! Pop-out City. Tons of in-your-face effects with a crispness and clarity that renders irrelevant any previous version you've seen. I have not yet watched the...

On the KL Announcement thread, KL Insider wrote: "There are only 15 more announcements to go from our current Universal deal. All 15 will be part of our ongoing FILM NOIR: THE DARK SIDE OF CINEMA series. Volumes 11 to 15." Here's hoping a certain cheezy 1957 espionage title falls sufficiently...

He plays a convincing creeper.... but he's pretty unconvincing as a dad to John Saxon. Are you kidding me?

Enjoying the Edgar G. Ulmer Sci-Fi Collection's print of a longtime guilty pleasure, Beyond the Time Barrier. An excellent copy with a greatly entertaining commentary track led by Tom Weaver.

From your lips.....

My thoughts on Kino Lorber blu rays today....? 1) Eternally grateful for all the new-to-homevid rarities they've brought us. Best distributor we have today by a country mile 2) Frustrated that most of what we see from them now are upgrades. I'm done upgrading except in rare cases. If it's...

All I know about Mr. Hyatt is what I've read on "another" board -- namely that he's spent many years restoring (and/or sitting on) Triffids. If he is indeed holding out for an unrealistic upfront payment he should learn from the example of the good folks at 3D Film Archive, who approach jobs...

Or at least Henry Aldrich Haunts a House. ;)