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<b>Seventh Heaven (1937) DVD Review</b><p>A decade after carrying home three Academy Awards for the silent classic <em class='bbc'>Seventh Heaven </em>at the first-ever Oscar ceremony, Fox decided to remake one of its greatest films with a new cast and with top-notch production values. The...

<b>On the Sunny Side DVD Review</b><p>After scoring such a hit in John Ford’s <em class='bbc'>How Green Was My Valley</em> and a half dozen other films in 1941, Twentieth Century Fox knew it had a child star of its own who could compete with the Deanna Durbins and the Mickey Rooneys at other...

<b>The Pleasure Seekers/Three Little Girls in Blue/The Shocking Miss Pilgrim DVD Review</b><p>Twentieth Century Fox was nothing if not efficient in handling its many properties making sure to squeeze the maximum value out of each of its most popular stories. The Fox Cinema Archive triple feature...

<b>High Tension DVD Review</b><p>As he worked his way up the ladder toward top-billed stardom, Brian Donlevy played a number of different types of roles but mostly specialized in tough guys. Allan Dwan’s <em class='bbc'>High Tension</em> offered him a chance at a romantic lead, slightly tough...

<b>Rudderless DVD Review</b><p>Actor William H. Macy makes his feature film debut with <em class='bbc'>Rudderless</em>, a tale of tragedy that is ultimately a hopeful story, elevated by strong performances, a powerful surprise, dramatic influence, and a memorable music presence. The story...

I want "Encounters: The Hidden Truth" and "The Paranormal Borderline" to be released on DVD. For those who aren't familiar with these TV shows, I'm including brief summaries of them. Encounters: The Hidden Truth was an hour-long TV series that featured real-life stories of paranormal...

<b>Glee: The Complete Fifth Season DVD Review</b><p>When Fox's <em class='bbc'>Glee</em> came to the end of its fourth season, there was some speculation that this might be the end of the road for the formerly celebrated series. Ratings were down, and the show had lost both its critical and...

I’m looking to use this TV on my PC for gaming. Does anyone know if the TV will accept an native 120hz signal through the DisplayPort or HDMI 2.0 inputs. Does the DisplayPort support Adaptive Sync? Can I use Nvidia 3DTV Play with this TV?

Thus far, between The Warner Archive's "Wheeler and Woolsey - RKO Comedy Classics Collection" (Which contains 9 W&W Features.) and other assorted WA releases, there are a total of 16 RKO Wheeler & Woolsey Features currently available in the DVD/DVD-R Format. The remaining Bert Wheeler & Robert...

<strong class='bbc'>King of Burlesque DVD Review</strong><p>After Warner’s <em class='bbc'>42<sup class='bbc'>nd</sup> Street</em> proved such a surprise hit in 1933, the musical floodgates opened once again at the various studios who had sworn off musicals for the previous three years. Now...

<strong class='bbc'>The Black Scorpion DVD Review</strong><p><em class='bbc'> </em><em class='bbc'>The Black Scorpion</em> is a fairly routine 1950s giant insects film which is highlighted by stop-action animation supervised by the legendary Willis O'Brien (<em class='bbc'>King...

<strong class='bbc'>Lloyd&#39;s of London DVD Review</strong><p>One of the great pleasures of home video is the ability to pull up whenever one likes films that were star-making properties for certain actors. We can see, for example, Shirley Temple's first real splash in a feature film in <em...

Recently saw on Facebook, that one of my holy grail shows, "Knots Landing" marked it's 35th Anniversary, in which the first episode aired on December 27, 1979. That made me curious to know if possibly this series MIGHT get completed in 2015, since most studios try to do DVD releases around a...

<strong class='bbc'>Enlisted: The Complete First Season DVD Review</strong><p>The Fox television network doesn’t have the greatest track record for giving its shows time to build an audience. For every <em class='bbc'>Bones, Fringe,</em> or <em class='bbc'>Brooklyn Nine-Nine, </em>there are...

The 1984 multiple award-winning series from UK's Granada Television, has been released via PBS in a remastered anniversary edition, and the tech new is good. Photographed in 16mm by Ray Goode, who was also behind the camera for many of the Sherlock Holmes productions, Jewel appears newly...

<strong class='bbc'>Just Off Broadway DVD Review</strong><p>After 20<sup class='bbc'>th</sup> Century Fox dropped the <em class='bbc'>Mr. Moto</em> series of B-film mysteries, the studio searched for a low budget replacement and happened on Brett Halliday’s Michael Shayne, a wise-cracking...

<strong class='bbc'>Thin Ice DVD Review</strong><p>After ten world titles and three Olympic gold medals, figure skater Sonja Henie relinquished her amateur status, turned professional, and brought her ice show to America where it was seen by 20th Century Fox’s Darryl F. Zanuck who promptly...

<strong class='bbc'>Manila Calling DVD Review</strong><p>The 1942 war thriller <em class='bbc'>Manila Calling</em> was produced early enough during the war for America for there to have been some doubt about the effectiveness of the Pacific campaign up to that point. The film still shows Allied...

<strong class='bbc'>Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Turkey Day Collection DVD Review</strong><p>The <em class='bbc'>Mystery Science Theater 3000 Turkey Day Marathon</em> was a fixture on Comedy Central in the 1990s, devoting an entire day to some of the best episodes of the series, often with...

<strong class='bbc'>The Young Mr. Pitt DVD Review</strong><p>Though its title suggests an abbreviated biography of its subject, Carol Reed’s <em class='bbc'>The Young Mr. Pitt</em> pretty much covers the entire career of England’s youngest-ever Prime Minister. The movie suggests that William...

<strong class='bbc'>Brooklyn Nine-Nine Season One DVD Review</strong><p><em class='bbc'>Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Season One </em>walks its perps onto DVD with the first season of the Fox comedy featuring Andy Samberg. The 3-disc collection presents all 22 episodes in anamorphic picture and 5.1...

<strong class='bbc'>The Magnificent Dope DVD Review</strong><p>During his many years of stage and screen stardom, Henry Fonda was much better known for his dramatic performances than for his comedic ones. And yet, there are comedies in his filmography and some famous ones, too: <em...

<strong class='bbc'>Sin City: A Dame To Kill For 3D Blu-ray/DVD Combo Blu-ray review</strong><p>Josh Brolin replaces Clive Owen as Dwight in <em class='bbc'>Sin City: A Dame To Kill For</em>, the sequel to <em class='bbc'>Sin City</em>(2005) that has most of the original cast returning...

Hello, I'd like to start a thread about a short-lived monochrome horror anthology shot on video in 1961 entitled 'Way Out, hosted by writer Roald Dahl. It was broadcast by CBS in New York. There were twenty episodes. Episode 1: William and Mary, 31 March 1961 (written by Roald Dahl) Episode 2...

<strong class='bbc'>The Compleat Al DVD Review</strong><p>Long out of print, <em class='bbc'>The Compleat Al</em> first appeared on Showtime in 1985, later to be released on Beta, VHS, and Laserdisc by CBS/Fox. This mockumentary on “Weird Al” Yankovic very loosely follows his early career, tying...

Home Theater Forum recently sat down with Joe Swanberg, writer, director, producer, editor and actor in the independent film, Happy Christmas, which made its debut at this year's Sundance Film Festival to high praise. The film, starring Anna Kendrick, Melanie Lynskey, Mark Webber, and Lena...

<strong class='bbc'>Search For Paradise Blu-ray Review</strong><p>The search for Shangri-La has been the subject of many films, before and since the release of <em class='bbc'>Search for Paradise</em>(1957), the 4th Cinerama feature film. Like the other Cinerama travelogues, this film is a...

<strong class='bbc'>Seven Wonders of the World Blu-ray/DVD Combo</strong><p>The sublime restoration of this film should be designated the Eighth Wonder of the World. <em class='bbc'>Seven Wonders of the World</em>(1956), the 3rd Cinerama feature film, has been digitally restored from less than...

<strong class='bbc'>Maryland DVD Review</strong><p>After the Oscar-winning success of <em class='bbc'>Kentucky</em>, it’s obvious 20<sup class='bbc'>th</sup> Century Fox would want to wring another horse racing drama out of its stable and thus Henry King’s <em class='bbc'>Maryland</em> was born...

Will Solid Gold (1980-88) ever be released on DVD? I wish that CBS Studios (meaning the present day name of Paramount TV) would be able to clear all the rights to the various songs featured throughout that show. That would mean a whole lotta dough. . . There was a short-lived spinoff series...