Paramount has announced a June 2nd release date for season eight of the popular Western series, Bonanza. Bonus content is set to include audio commentaries, original promos, and photo galleries.
Read moreSix 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...
Read moreThree 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...
Read moreKino 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.
Read moreParamount 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.
Read moreSeasons 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...
Read moreLaurel 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).
Read moreOlive Films has announced an April 21st release date for the Blu-Ray debut of Abbott and Costello's final teaming, the 1956 comedy Dance With Me, Henry. The film originally premiered on DVD through MGM a decade ago and has been out of print since. The comedic duo would make 38 films in their sixteen years together. Bonus features to the upgraded DVD or Blu-Ray aren't anticipated.
Read moreCriterion has scheduled May 19th as the street date for the Blu-Ray debuts of Leo McCarey's Make Way for Tomorrow (1937) and Charlie Chaplin's Limelight (1952). McCarey's film was originally released on DVD by Criterion in 2010, while Chaplin's melancholy drama came to DVD in a 2-disc set via Warner in 2005. Both movies will receive simultaneous DVD upgrades. Both come with bonus features typical of Criterion releases (below).
Read moreMill Creek has announced April 12th as the release date for volumes 1 and 2 of their Three Stooges Triple Feature Collection on Blu-Ray. Each disc contains three Stooges feature films, with volume 1 containing three pre-1950s films and the latter three from the 1960s. Outside of their upgrade to Blu all have been previously released on DVD through Sony and are contained on various Three Stooges box sets.
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