Author: Staff Writer
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SHOUT: The Curse of the Cat People (Blu-ray) in June
Proving that Criterion isn't the only label with access to Warner's deep catalog, Shout! Factory has announced the upcoming release of The Curse of the Cat People (1944) on Blu-ray this June 12th. Retail is $29.99 and bonus features are in the works, but haven't been announced yet. This Val Lewton suspense-thriller is the sequel to
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CLASSICFLIX NOIR: Ruth Roman in Down 3 Dark Streets, 5 Steps to Danger in April
Ruth Roman stars in two 1950s film noir's coming from ClassicFlix on April 24th on both Blu-ray and DVD. Restored from the original camera negative and presented in 1.85:1 original aspect ratio, Five Steps to Danger (1957) finds Roman on the run in a bit of noir-style, Cold War intrigue with noir favorite Sterling Hayden. First time on any home video format. In
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WARNER ARCHIVE: Lang's While the City Sleeps & Reasonable Doubt on Blu and More in March Wave
Warner's March Archive wave is jam-packed with a good mix of re-issues, new-to-DVD and new-to-Blu titles including Fritz Lang's While the City Sleeps and Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (both 1956 and both releasing on March 1...
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OLIVE: Lancaster Hi-Def Twin Bill of Hallelujah Trail & Birdman of Alcatraz Out Next Week
Two Burt Lancaster films will be making their hi-def debuts next Tuesday as the western-comedy The Hallelujah Trail (1965) and the prison drama Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) arrive on Blu-ray and DVD from Olive Films. Birdman comes with an audio commentary by Kate Buford, auth...
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CRITERION: Borzage's Moonrise Debuts in May -- 3 Day Special Price
Criterion has announced a May 8th street date for Frank Borzage's drama Moonrise (1948) on Blu and DVD. The film stars Dane Clark, Gail Russell and Ethel Barrymore and is making its home video debut. Synopsis and bonus features are below. Retail for the Blu-r...
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WARNER ARCHIVE: The Story of Louis Pasteur and More in Latest Wave
Debuting on DVD and streeting today, The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936) headlines Warner Archive's February wave which is made up of a total of seven new-to-DVD and four re-issued titles. Also out today and making their first home video appearances: the musical-comedy
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KINO: March Includes Outer Limits - Season 1 (Blu) and Many More -- 3 Day Special Prices
Kino Lorber continues its abundant output with a March slate that includes everything from W.C. Fields silents to the iconic Sci-Fi TV series The Outer Limits. Eight titles with various street dates are below with a remastered release of Season 1 of The Outer Limits on both Blu-ray and
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FLICKER: A Trip to the Moon, This Is Cinerama & Windjammer Get Re-Releases -- 3 Day Special Prices
Previously released in SteelBook and standard case versions by Flicker Alley in 2012, and long out of print, the label is re-releasing A Trip to the Moon with two brand new scores in a Blu-ray/DVD combo set on March 6th. Bonus features and details are below. Also coming from Flicker on May 15th are upgrades to two previous Cinerama releases:
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DeMille's Cleopatra Coming to Blu-ray in April -- 3 Day Special Price
A pleasant surprise this morning from Universal as they've announced an April 10th release date for Cecil B. DeMille's Cleopatra (1934) starring Claudette Colbert. Previously out on DVD in various forms, including a
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John Alton Film Noir Collection in March
"It's not what you light… it's what you don't light." - John Alton The master of film noir, cinematographer John Alton, finally receives his due with our upcoming release of John Alton Film Noir Collection - The ClassicFlix Restorations this March 20th. They are the restorations you've heard so much about in our Special Edition releases of T-Men (1947), Raw Deal (1948) and He Walked by Night (1948), but now...
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