Archive: February 2017

  • The Old Corral: The Birth of the Western Movie

    Many people regardThe Great Train Robbery (1903) as the first Western movie. It isn't, though. Cowboys had been captured on celluloid before and short Western scenes were quite common. As early as 1894 Buffalo Bill Cody's troupe had been filmed and there was already a motion picture, Lasso Thrower viewed by a single person in a kind of what-the-butler-saw device. In 1896 motion pictures were first commercially projected onto large screens in the US.In 1898 there ...

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  • WARNER ARCHIVE: Love in the Afternoon on Blu and More in Latest Wave

    Five new releases have been announced by Warner as part of their Archive Collection including the Blu-Ray debut of the Audrey Hepburn and Gary Cooper romance, Love in the Afternoon (1957). The remaining four are: Challenge to Lassie (1949) - Edmund Gwenn, Donald Crisp, Geraldine Brooks, Reginald Owen A Lady's Morals (1930) - Grace Moore, Reginald Denny, Wallace Beery, Jobyna Howland

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  • UNIVERSAL VAULT: Crime Dramas Anchor Wave of Twelve

    Three months since their last wave of titles, Universal's MOD program kicks back into high gear with the announcement of twelve titles newly available on DVD as part of their Vault Series. Nine of the titles are crime dramas or films noir: Abandoned (1949) - Dennis O'Keefe, Gale Storm, Marjorie Rambeau, Raymond Burr An Act of Murder (1948) - Fredric March, Edmond O'Brien, Florence Eldridge, Geraldine Brooks I...

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  • June Allyson: America's Girl Next Door

    The delightful June Allyson was born in the Bronx, New York, on October 7, 1917. She overcame a hardscrabble childhood and a years-long recovery from a freak injury to emerge as a sunny and cheerful star at MGM.June was raised by a single mother after her father walked out. At the age of eight she was crushed after a tree limb fell on her when she was riding a bike; she spent years in a brace but eventually recovered and learned to dance. She appeared in a series of musical shorts...

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  • TV Time: Bizarre Sci-Fi Episodes

    You'll see many strange things in science fiction and fantasy television: space aliens, interstellar travel, super powers, and more. Yet even within the fantastic realm of genre entertainment, you sometimes encounter episodes that are just...bizarre. This month, let's look at some of the strangest episodes of popular sci-fi series. They may have their detractors, but I guarantee each is worth watching at least once.The Adventures of Superman, 'The...

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  • CRITERION: Woman of the Year Arrives in April

    Criterion announced Katharine Hepburn's Oscar-nominated film, Woman of the Year will be making its Blu-Ray premiere in April, as well as receiving an upgraded DVD. The first Hepburn film to pair her with Spencer Tracy originally dropped on DVD in 1997 and is receiving its introduction into the Criterion Collection. Bonus features are below. Woman of the Year arrives on April 18th.

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  • OLIVE: The Delinquents and More in March

    Olive Films has announced a Marcy 21st release date for the DVD and Blu-Ray debut of the 1957 drama The Delinquents. Also arriving on the same day is the 1967 Burl Ives comedy Blast-Off, as well as the 1936 British drama The Cardinal. Bonus features to the DVD and Blu-Ray aren't anticipated. The complete list of titles is posted to the Recent Additions section.

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  • KINO: Eight Titles Arrive in March

    Eight titles, all premiering on Blu, are scheduled for release in March from Kino. March 7th: Compulsion (1959) - Orson Welles, Diane Varsi, Dean Stockwell Lifeboat (1941) - Heather Angel, Hume Cronyn, John Hodiak, Tallulah Bankhead, Walter Slezak March 14th: The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959) - Anton Diffring, Hazel Court, Christopher Lee March 21st

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  • TIMELESS: Daniel Boone - Season 3 Arrives in April

    Timeless Media, a division of Shout! Factory, has announced an April 25th release date for Daniel Boone - Season 3. The third season of the long-running Western series, which ran from 1964-1970, was put out on DVD in December. Bonus features are not forthcoming. ...

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  • Dark Cinema: 'Danger'-ous Noirs

    Creating an absolute definition of film noir is an elusive task; I've found over the years that a simplistic but revealing description of the era can be found in some of the frequently repeated words in the titles of the films themselves, some of which include 'fear,' 'night,' 'kill,' 'street,' 'big,' and 'danger.'Today, I'm taking a look at three 'danger' noir films from the classic era. Each one is worth checking out (or checking out again)!Appointment with D...

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