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  • CRITERION: Sullivan's Travels and Odd Man Out Debut on Blu in April

    Criterion has scheduled April 14th as the street date for the Blu-Ray debuts of Preston Sturges' Sullivan's Travels (1941) and Carol Reed's Odd Man Out (1947). Sturges' film was originally released on DVD by Criterion in 2007, while Reed's psychological noir came to DVD via Image Entertainment in 1999. Both movies will receive simultaneous DVD upgrades. Both come with bonus features typical of Criterion releases (below).

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  • OLIVE: Six Titles Set to Premiere in March

    Olive has announced a dozen titles debuting on both DVD and Blu-Ray in March. Said titles are: The Beat Generation (1959) - Steve Cochran, Mamie Van Doren, Ray Danton, Louis Armstrong John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man (1952) - Peter Bogdanovich, Gabriel Byrne, Maureen O'Hara, Martin Scorsese The Quiet Gun (1957) - Forrest Tucker, Mara Corday, Jim Davis, Kathleen Crowley, Lee Van Cleef The Shanghai Story (196...

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  • WARNER ARCHIVE: James Cagney's Sinners' Holiday Leads Quartet of Titles

    Four new-to-DVD releases have been announced by Warner as part of their Archive Collection. Crime drama Sinners' Holiday (1930) leads the pack, marking the debut of both James Cagney and Joan Blondell. Also debuting is showbiz musical comedy, New Faces of 1937, starring Milton Berle. Two RKO collections are also being released: The RKO Double Feature contains two musical comedies, Old Man Rhythm and To Beat t...

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  • Classics 101 - Must-See Cinema: Foreign Films

    Classicflix boasts a beautiful array of excellent foreign-language films in its library, but they don't get talked about much. That's a shame because an understanding and appreciation of world cinema should be a part of every movie lover's experience.Growing up in Ohio, I didn't see a lot of foreign films; my impression of the ones I did see was that they were bleak, dark, dull and depressing, filled with poverty-stricken characters who drone on and on in voiceover while going thr...

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  • Wyatt Earp Seasons 3 - 6 Debuts on DVD

    SFM Entertainment has released final four seasons of The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp television series. Inception Media put out the first two seasons of the Western series starring Hugh O'Brian. These final four seasons will be contained in a 5-disc set and presented in their original aspect ratio. Wyatt Earp seasons 3 - 6 will be availble at ClassicFlix on January 27th. Since these are manufactured on-demand these will only be available to ren...

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  • FOX ARCHIVES: James Stewart and Simone Simon in 7th Heaven

    Fox's lone Cinema Archive announcement this week is 1937's Seventh Heaven.  New to DVD and available at ClassicFlix on February 3rd, the Parisian-set drama stars James Stewart, Simone Simon, and Jean Hersholt. This release adds to the total of over 300 Cinema Archive titles exclusively available for rent at ClassicFlix.com.

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  • Dark Cinema: Ladies in Exotic Exile

    Sex, crime, drugs, alcohol, and a young woman who is vulnerable to it all, put them in an isolated location, add a little heat, and morals melt away. At least that seemed to be the way studios reasoned in the pre-Code era. Never before or since have so many glamorous ladies found themselves in such exotic screen peril than in the steamy, lurid dramas made during this period. These movies tend to be bleak, but they are also packed with fascinating characters and provide a great showcase for th...

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  • OLIVE: The Facts of Life Coming to Blu-Ray in March

    Olive Films has announced a March 31st release date for the Blu-Ray debut of Bob Hope and Lucille Ball's 1960's comedy The Facts of Life. Originally put out on with the Bob Hope - Movie Legends Collection in 2007, the movie has been long out of print despite Hope and Ball's billing. Bonus features to the upgraded DVD or Blu-Ray haven't been revealed.

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  • SHOUT: Bilko - Season Two Arriving in April

    Shout! Factory has announced an April 28th release date for Sgt. Bilko: The Phil Silvers Show - Season 2. Paramount released Season 1 back in July of 2010, but abandoned the series without explanation. Shout! released The Complete Series last November and, as indicated with this announcement, will likely release the remaining three single season sets a few months apart. The 5-disc set contains all 36 episodes in the second season of the...

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  • KINO: At War With the Army and Cover Up Make Blu Debut

    Kino's new off-shoot label KL Studio Classics has announced a street date of March 24th for the Martin and Lewis war comedy At War With the Army (1950) and the 1949 mystery Cover Up.  Both are receiving their debuts on Blu-Ray. At War With the Army was originally released on DVD via Alpha Video, and received an upgraded transfer from Film Chest back in August of last year. Cover Up was previously released on DVD ...

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