Archive: 2016

  • WARNER ARCHIVE: Westerns Dominate Latest Wave

    Six new-to-DVD releases, with an emphasis on Westerns, have been announced by Warner as part of their Archive Collection, including the complete run of the 1960s television series, The Dakotas. They are: Bad Men of Tombstone (1949) - Barry Sullivan, Marjorie Reynolds, Broderick Crawford Black Midnight (1949) - Roddy McDowall, Damian O'Flynn The Dakotas (1963) - Larry Ward, Jack Elam, Chad Everett, Micha...

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  • The Old Corral: The Old Corral Heads To Old Tucson

    If you're a fan of Western movies, chances are good a few of your favorites were shot at Old Tucson Studios -- 'Hollywood in the Desert.' The location is very well represented on DVD and Blu-ray. Here are a few points of interest.Arizona (1940)In 1938, Columbia Pictures built a replica of 1860s Tucson on a site adjacent to the Tucson Mountains and owned by Pima County for the movie Arizona. In just 40 days, workers built more than ...

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  • KINO BLU: Invitation to a Gunfighter, Secret Invasion in May

    Three more MGM titles are scheduled for release on DVD and Blu-ray through Kino's KL Studio Classics line. All have been put out previously on DVD and will be making their Blu-ray debut while getting updated DVD releases. Bonus features are limited to featurettes and theatrical trailers. May 5th: The Secret Invasion (1964) - Stewart Granger, Raf Vallone, Mickey Rooney May 12th: X: The Man With...

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  • The Name Game: Monumental Movie Trivia

    About 30 years ago, George Carlin came on The Tonight Show and had Johnny Carson laughing helplessly with a bit on old movies. The premise was when you see a crowd scene in an old black and white movie; odds are everyone in the scene is now dead. A bit morbid, but Carlin tapped into the back alleys of speculation movie fans love.When a film festival runs a film featuring an infant, it's a guaranteed conversation topic when the film ends. 'That baby that Constance Bennett ...

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  • KINO: Kings of the Sun Debuts on Blu in May

    Kino has announced a May 25th street date for the 1963 historical drama, Kings of the Sun, on DVD and Blu-Ray. This is the first time the Yul Brynner classic will be released on Blu after being put on DVD by MGM in 2008. Bonus features will carry over from that DVD release and include the theatrical trailer.

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  • Silent Cinema: From Russia to Paris

    Russian film enjoys a reputation among fans of silent cinema that is on par with the best works of France and Germany. Casual fans would be forgiven for thinking the Russian film industry did not exist at all before the Revolution since most of the famous films were created after the rise of the Soviet Union.Nothing could be further from the truth. For a full decade before the collapse of the monarchy, Russian actors and directors were creating films of intelligence and beauty. An...

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  • Rawhide - The Complete Series Comes to DVD

    Paramount will release Rawhide - The Complete Series onto DVD May 19th. The 59-disc set contains all 217 episodes of the Western series, starring Clint Eastwood in his breakout role, which ran from 1959 - 1965. NOTE: Since the show is available to rent in individual seasons, this complete series will only be available for purchase.

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  • TV TIME: When TV Characters Go on TV

    Before there were hundreds of channels and thousands of reality programs filling them, it was kind of a big deal to be on television. Sure, there were plenty of opportunities for starry-eyed amateurs to appear on the small screen, but it was still enough of a special experience that those who made TV shows could create fun stories by putting their characters on programs in their own fictional universes. How do our favorite characters respond to opportunities to be on the tube? Let's ...

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  • Seasons 1 and 2 of Wyatt Earp Back in Print

    Seasons one and two of the The Life and Legends of Wyatt Earp will be back in print on March 10th. The first two seasons of the Hugh O'Brian-led western series were previously released by Infinity Entertainment (2009) and Inception Media Group (2011) respectively. Those sets have long been out of print, and original rights holders, SFM Entertainment, before self-publishing the first two seasons, released seasons four through six the last month. The stud...

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  • VCI: The Flying Deuces Debuts on Blu-Ray in May

    Laurel and Hardy's The Flying Deuces (1939) makes its Blu-ray debut on May 19th from VCI. Originally released on DVD by Legend Films in 2012, that version contained both a black and white as well as a colorized version of the film. VCI doesn't appear to be putting out a colorized format, but will include a featurette on the duo, as well as a special trailer as bonus material (below).

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