Author: David Greenstreet

  • BLU OLIVE: High Noon, Invasion of the Body Snatchers in July

    Olive Films has announced the Blu-Ray debuts for both High Noon (1952) & Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) for release on July 17th. Both Blu-Ray's will have a special pre-order price of 7.98 until Sunday. Standard versions accompany these Blu's and while Invasion doesn't contain any bonus features, High Noon does carry over a featurette from the previous release. Additionally, both previous DVD rel...

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  • BRIT VCI: First a Girl, Woman Hater in July

    VCI has set a July 3rd date set for three more Rank films. Stewart Granger stars in the romantic-comedy Woman Hater (1948) as an English aristocrat who believes that all women are fortune hunters out to ensnare men. Also out is Jessie Matthews in First a Girl (1935) which was adapted from the 1933 German film Viktor und Viktoria, and later remade starring Julie Andrews and James Garner.The Na...

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  • KINO: Saphead, The Devil's Needle - Standard & Blu in July

    More silents on Blu from Kino as they have announced Buster Keatons's The Saphead (Ultimate Edition) and The Devil's Needle and Other Tales of Vice and Redemption on both standard DVD & Blu-Ray for release on July 10th.The Saphead will come with numerous bonus features that have yet to be announced. The Devil's Needle release showcases three titles making their DVD debut. Details are below. All will be single disc releases.

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  • KINO: They Made Me a Fugitive (Blu-Ray) in July

    Kino has announced They Made Me a Fugitive (Blu-Ray) for release on July 24th. Bonus features are not likely. It will retail for 9.95, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only 3.99.SYNOPSIS: Alberto Cavalcanti (Dead of Night), one of the key figures in French and British cinema for several decades, turns his sights on the London underworld in the engrossing Brit Noir gangland drama They Made Me a Fugiti...

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  • The Incredible Mr. Limpet (Blu-Ray) in August

    Warner has announced The Incredible Mr. Limpet (Blu-Ray) for release on August 7th. Bonus features will likely carry over from the standard edition. It will retail for 9.98, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only 5.99. Mild-mannered Henry Limpet (Don Knotts) longs to serve his country during Worl...

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  • Bonanza - Season 3 in July

    Paramount has announced Bonanza - Season 3, Vol. 1 & Bonanza - Season 3, Vol. 2 for release on July 17th. No word on bonus features, but Volume 1 will be a 5-disc set and Volume 2 will consist of four discs. The Cartwrights are back – Ben (Lorne Greene), Adam (Pernell Roberts), Hoss (...

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  • TIMELESS: 87th Precinct - The Complete Series in August

    Another TV series languishing in Universal's vaults sees the light of day as Timeless Media has announced 87th Precinct - The Complete Series for release on August 7th. The 6-disc set will retail for 9.98, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only 9.99. Bonus features are not expected. SYNOPSIS:

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  • BRIT VCI: The Way Ahead, Never Let Go & Morning Departure in June

    Three more Rank films have been scheduled by VCI for release on June 19th. First up is Carol Reed's The Way Ahead (1944) starring David Niven and Stanley Holloway. While this full version is making its DVD debut, it has been previously released in a shortened U.S. version as The Immortal Battalion. The other two, Morning Departure (1950) &  Never Let Go (1960), were previously...

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  • TCM VAULT: Columbia Pictures Pre-Code Collection in July

    Wayne, Stanwyck, Harlow and Lombard. Bolstered by top-name stars, Sony is delving into new genre territory with their first pre-code set, Columbia Pictures Pre-Code Collection, on July 2nd. Released via TCM's Vault line, and only available for rent here at ClassicFlix, the 5-disc set is up for pre-order at Movies Unlimited (and will probably eventually make its way over to TCM.com). Bonus features are not forth...

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  • OLIVE: Night of the Grizzly, The Hangman in June

    The wait is over. Big Jim Cole is coming to DVD & Blu-Ray. Since our November 16th announcement of upcoming Olive releases, nothing has piqued more interest or generated more email and calls thanThe Night of the Grizzly (1966). We are happy to report that Olive has set a June 26th release date for the Clint Walker Western. Not only that, they have included a 27 minute featurette with the big man himself (The Legend of Big Jim Cole - An Interview w...

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