Archive: November 2015

  • The Man From U.N.C.L.E. - Season Two Arrives in February

    Warner has announced February 2nd as the release date for the complete second season of the 1964 television spy series, The Man From U.N.C.L.E. The studio continues releasing the series on individual season sets after putting out the complete series (coming in a suitcase, no less) back in 2008. All 30 episodes will be contained on ten discs. Bonus footage has not been specified.

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  • TV TIME: How to Identify the Evil Twin

    One thing I loved about TV Guide in its heyday was its frequent description of a performer playing two different characters in the same episode as being in 'a rare dual role.' It seems like it happens all the time. There is a rich history of look-alikes appearing out of nowhere in television, and quite often they are not just twins, but evil twins. Unsuspecting friends, associates, even family members frequently must determine who the real deal is. As a public service, TV Ti...

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  • TCM VAULT: Horror Double Feature Arrives in November

    TCM and Universal will release Barbara Stanwyck's The Night Walker (1964) and Leslie Nielsen in Dark Intruder (1965) as part of a two film horror double feature. This marks the DVD debut of both films. Unlike past releases from the TCM Vault series, there's no indication this release will have bonus material. Since this is a TCM Shop exclusive ClassicFlix will carry the DVD as rental only starting November 24th.

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  • KINO BLU: The Southerner Leads January Slate

    Five more titles from Kino are scheduled for release on DVD and Blu-ray in January, with all five premiering on Blu-Ray, including Zachary Scott in the Jean Renoir directed film The Southerner. January 5th: The Captive City (1952) - John Forsythe, Joan Camden, Harold J. Kennedy Fantomas - The Complete Sage (1913) - Rene Navarre, Edmund Breon The Phantom From 10,000 Leagues (1955) - Kent Taylor, Cathy Do...

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  • Hammer Prime: The Best of Bray Horror

    The history of Hammer Studios is fascinating but convoluted; a production company in the 1930s, then a distributor, then a production company again that subsisted on a series of low-budget comedy, drama, and science-fiction pictures partially financed by U.S. producer Robert L. Lippert, who also supplied second-tier American stars like Brian Donlevy and Cesar Romero in return for American distribution rights. Hammer got UK rights to Lippert films, and the sci-fi offerings, including Rocke...

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  • Trick or Treat: Nine Classic Horror Films

    Halloween rivals Christmas in terms of the amount of films one can consume in celebration. Each year in October I do my best to take in as many chilling, spooky, and frightening films as I can. I've done it so often I've instituted themes, just so I can try to find newer films to add to the canon. In this inaugural discussion, I'll list nine mainstays of my Halloween viewing that, I hope, you'll enjoy. Now you won't see the requisite Dracula's and Frankenstein's; these will take you off the b...

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  • CRITERION: Gilda Debuts on Blu-Ray in January

    Criterion has announced a January 19th street date for Rita Hayworth's Gilda on DVD and Blu-Ray. Originally released by Sony in 2000, this marks the debut of the film noir drama as part of the Criterion Collection as well as on Blu. Unlike past Criterion releases, the DVD will be a single disc like the Blu. Bonus features are planned to accompany each disc (below).

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  • FOX ARCHIVES: The Silent Call Debuts on DVD

    Fox's lone Cinema Archive announcement this week is 1961's The Silent Call.  New to DVD and available at ClassicFlix on October 27th, the drama stars Gail Russell and David McLean. This release adds to the total of over 300 Cinema Archive titles exclusively available for rent at ClassicFlix.com.

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  • WARNER ARCHIVE: Deep in My Heart Debuts on Blu

    Warner Archive has announced the release of the 1954 musical, Deep in My Heart, on Blu-Ray as part of their Archive Collection. Released on DVD through Warner in 2008, this marks the first time the all-star musical has received HD treatment. The stellar cast includes titans of the musical genre including Ann Miller, Cyd Charisse, Gene Kelly, and Gene's brother Fred, as well as the likes of Jose Ferrer, Merle Oberon and more. Dee...

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  • Dark Cinema: Fatal Noir Femmes

    There's a lot to love about film noir. The oh-so-quotable dialogue. The shadowy, rain-swept, urban locales. The edge-of-your-seat plot twists.But one of the best things about noir is the femme fatales. Beautiful, mercenary, conniving, intelligent, sexy, and always out for number one, the femmes of film noir were -- as my mother would say -- a whole 'nother thing. Film noir is practically brimming with these fierce femmes; like any noir lover, I have my favorites, and I have my rea...

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