Author: David Greenstreet

  • TCM VAULT: Karloff - Criminal Kind in April

    Karloff: Criminal Kind, a 3-disc set, has been scheduled to street on April 16th. A TCM Vault release, it will contain all the usual bonus features associated with the Vault line. Some of the co-stars include with Walter Huston, Robert Young, Constance Cummings and Leo Carrillo with Criminal Code helmed by Howard Hawks. Available exclusively for purchase at TCM.com, this set will be available for rent here at ClassicFlix and n...

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  • CRITERION: Olivier's Richard III on Standard & Blu in April

    Criterion has announced an April 9th release date for Laurence Olivier's Richard III (1955) on standard DVD & Blu-Ray. Both come with all the bonus features from the previous standard 2-disc release, with the exception of an essay by historian Bruce Eder. Exclusive the Blu release is a booklet featuring an essay by film critic Amy Taubin. ...

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  • KINO BLU: Keaton's College & Little Fugitive in March

    Kino has scheduled March for the Blu-Ray debuts of Buster Keaton's hilarious College (1927) and 1953's charming Little Fugitive. A standard Ultimate Edition DVD of College will also be released. Bonus features for the Keaton feature are below, but have yet to be determined for Fugitive. Buster Keaton goes back to school and stages a hilarious send-up of unive...

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  • SHOUT: Howdy, Kids!! Saturday Afternoon Western Roundup in April

    Shout! Factory has announced an April 9th release date for Howdy, Kids!! - A Saturday Afternoon Western Roundup. A follow up to their popular Hiya, Kids!! collection released in 2008, this wall to wall TV Western set will be on three discs and feature 14 different shows. Retail will be 9.93, but it is available at ClassicFlix.com for only 3.99.

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  • Sylvester and Hippety Hopper - Looney Tunes Super Stars in April

    Warner Bros. has announced an April 23rd release date for Sylvester & Hippety Hopper (Looney Tunes Super Stars). The single disc release will feature all 13 Sylvester/Hippety shorts plus five bonus Sylvester cartoons. 17 of the 18 are new-to-DVD. It will retail for 9.98, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only 5.99.

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  • Route 66 - Season 4 in April - 3 DAY SPECIAL PRICE

    In November of 2011, Shout! Factory announced they had acquired the exclusive home video rights of the iconic 1960's TV series Route 66. Then last May, after Infinity Entertainment had already released the first three seasons, Shout! bypassed the idea of releasing Season 4 as a stand-alone set and instead released Route 66 - The Complete Series. Now comes word from Shout! that Route 66 - The Complete Fourth Season has been announced for an April...

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  • TCM VAULT: Glenn Ford - Undercover Crimes in March

    A Glenn Ford set is coming courtesy of TCM's Vault line on March 19th. The 5-disc set, Glenn Ford: Undercover Crimes, will contain all the usual bonus features associated with the Vault line. Available exclusively for purchase at TCM.com, this set will be available for rent here at ClassicFlix and nowhere else! SYNOPSIS: One of the most versatile and reliable leading men of the studio era, Glen...

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  • TIMELESS: West Point & Lee Marvin's Lawbreakers

    Some rarely seen (or even heard of) offerings are also due out early next year from Timeless Media as they have announced The Lawbreakers - The Complete Series and West Point - The Complete Series.Lawbreakers is a Lee Marvin hosted and narrated semi-documentary drama series that re-creates real-life crime cases. Known guest stars are probably minimal.West Point, a military drama focusing on the famous military academy, has a numb...

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  • TIMELESS: Wagon Train - Season 6, Loretta Young & Restless Gun

    More TV from Timeless Media as they have announced the upcoming releases of Wagon Train - The Complete Sixth Season, The Restless Gun - Complete Series and The Loretta Young Show - 100th Birthday Edition. Wagon Train will be a 10-disc set and packaged in the usual wagon shaped tin offerred for the series. Restless Gun, starring John Payne, is an 8-disc set, while The Loretta Young Show is a massive 17-disc 'best o...

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  • CRITERION: Ministry of Fear, Verdoux, Colonel Blimp & Blob in March

    Criterion has announced their March slate and it includes 3 titles making their Blu debuts (Colonel Blimp, Ministry of Fear & Monsieur Verdoux) and one (Fritz Lang's Ministry of Fear) bowing on DVD & Blu-Ray. Bonus features abound on Blimp and Verdoux, while The Blob's appear to be 100% carry over from the standard release. Ministry of Fear has the least and it is reflected in the lower price point for each respectively. Details below.

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