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  • TV TIME: Celebrate the season with The Munsters!

    Halloween is an ideal time to revisit one of television's greatest sitcom families, The Munsters. Though it ran only two seasons on CBS, the comedy about the unusual inhabitants of 1313 Mockingbird Lane is one of the most fondly remembered shows of its era and continues to thrive in reruns, streaming and DVD.At first glance a show about equivalents of Frankenstein's monster and Dracula living in suburbia, oblivious to their own status as 'monsters' to everyone else, seems like a k...

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  • CRITERION: His Girl Friday Arrives in January

    Criterion announced Howard Hawks' His Girl Friday will be making its Blu-Ray premiere in January, as well as receiving an upgraded DVD. The classic screwball comedy originally dropped on DVD in 1999 and is receiving its introduction into the Criterion Collection. Unlike past releases both the DVD and Blu-Ray will be two-discs. Bonus features are below. His Girl Friday arrives on ...

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  • UNIVERSAL VAULT: Ten Diverse Titles Lead Latest Wave

    Three months since their last wave of titles, Universal's MOD program kicks back into high gear with the announcement of ten titles newly available on DVD as part of their Vault Series including Gary Cooper and Sylvia Sidney in City Streets (1931). The rest are: The Accused (1949) - Loretta Young, Robert Cummings, Wendell Corey, Sam Jaffe The Appaloosa (1966) - Marlon Brando, Anjanette Comer, John Saxon

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  • Dark Cinema: Noirs Your Should Know, Vol. 2

    I'm continuing my quest to shine the spotlight on those films noirs that are not necessarily well-known, but are certainly worthy of your time. This installment focuses on three Columbia Pictures features from the 1950s that will put you on the edge of your seat and keep you there for a while.Pushover (1954)Some may call Pushover a 'poor man's Double Indemnity' -- and the label is understandable. Like Double Indemnity, Pu...

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  • WARNER: Citizen Kane 75th Anniversary Edition Arrives in November

    Warner Bros. has announced the 75th anniversary edition of Orson Welles' Citizen Kane will arrive on DVD and Blu-Ray on November 15th. There is no word if the film has been remastered for this edition or if bonus material will be different from the 70th anniversary edition. Preliminary information listed below.

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  • OLIVE: Brazil Plus Cheers for Miss Bishop in December

    Olive Films has announced a December 6th release date for the DVD and Blu-Ray debut of the 1944 musical romantic comedy Brazil. Also arriving on the same day is the 1940 Martha Scott drama Cheers for Miss Smith which is receiving its first Blu upgrade. Bonus features to the DVD and Blu-Ray aren't anticipated.

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  • WARNER ARCHIVE: On Dangerous Ground on Blu and Wheeler & Woolsey Volume 2 in Latest Wave

    Two new releases have been announced by Warner as part of their Archive Collection including the arrival of Ida Lupino and  Robert Ryan in On Dangerous Ground (1951) on Blu-ray. Also included this week is the second volume in the Wheeler and Woolsey - RKO Comedy Collection, containing six of the comedic duos films on a three-disc set. On Dangerous Ground will be available here at ClassicFlix on October 25th while

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  • The Old Corral: Howdy Ma'am - Women in Westerns

    The West of the Western movie has always been a masculine place. Looking at it impartially, it's a bit odd because women have been associated with nature and freedom, while men have been the conventional law and order types. So we might imagine that men would be more urban creatures, setting up businesses and building churches, while women would relate to the wide open spaces of the frontier. But the reverse is true.In the Western myth women are the civilizers. The men in Westerns...

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  • A Compelling Character: Edmond O'Brien

    Oscar-winning actor Edmond O'Brien was born in New York just over a century ago, on September 10, 1915.O'Brien made his Broadway debut at the age of 21 and four years later made his film debut opposite Charles Laughton and Maureen O'Hara in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939). He continued to work in theater, including starring as Mercutio opposite Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh in a 1940 production of Romeo and Juliet, and also appeared in a handful of other f...

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  • FLICKER ALLEY: Children of Divorce Debuts on Home Video in December

    Flicker Alley celebrates their 50th release with the home video premiere of the silent drama Children of Divorce. Starring Gary Cooper during his silent film career and 'It' Girl Clara Bow, Children of Divorce is receiving a 4K restoration for its debut. This will be a Blu-Ray / DVD Combo pack. Bonus content is below. Children of Divorce will be available here at ClassicFlix on December 6th.

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