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Monumental Western Classic ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST Comes To 4K UHD Blu-ray May 14th!

Director Sergio Leone’s monumental Western classic ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST celebrates its 55th anniversary this year and to mark the occasion Paramount Home Entertainment will release the fully restored film for the first time on 4K Ultra HD™ May 14, 2024, as the latest addition to the studio’s Paramount Presents line. One […]

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There Was A Crooked Man… (Blu-ray Review)

Warner Archive Collection continues its seemingly effortless crusade to do some of the finest restoration on classic cinema of all eras and genres and bring it to Blu-ray for the first time month in and month out. Plenty of westerns of all types have been given their due in this line. A few of them […]

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The Lady Eve – The Criterion Collection (Blu-ray Review)

Here’s another screwball classic getting the Blu-ray upgrade from The Criterion Collection. The Lady Eve is a wonderful romantic comedy about a con gone wrong due to feelings getting in the way. Preston Sturges is in peak form with this film, knocking it out the same year as another one of his classics, Sullivan’s Travels. […]

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Fail Safe – The Criterion Collection (Blu-ray Review)

The Cold War period allowed many filmmakers to experiment with storytelling, filmmaking styles, and social commentary in their movies. Fail Safe is the sort of Cold War thriller that banked on cultural paranoia as much as it did skilled filmmaking and intense performances. The Criterion Collection has finally brought more justice to Sidney Lumet’s tense […]

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Tentacles / Reptilicus – Double Feature (Blu-ray Review)

Invincible…Indestructible! Two underwater creature shockers on Blu-ray for the first time! Scream Factory proudly presents the monstrous arrival of Tentacles and Reptilicus in a double feature Blu-ray.  This double feature is part of a continued effort to put more dual disc midnight movie features together.  We’ve seen an increase in them this year from the […]

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TENTACLES & REPTILICUS Double Feature Coming From Scream Factory!

Invincible…Indestructible! Two underwater creature shockers on Blu-ray for the first time! Scream Factory proudly presents the monstrous arrival of Tentacles and Reptilicus in a double feature Blu-ray release on June 16, 2015. . . .

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On Golden Pond – Collector’s Edition (Blu-ray Review)

On Golden Pond was a sort of swan song for legendary screen actors Henry Fonda and Katharine Hepburn back in 1981.  The film was critically heralded and come awards season, handsomely rewarded.  The film received ten Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture.  It wound up taking three home, but two of them being the important […]

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June Debut For Award Winners – The Grapes of Wrath And Zorba The Greek

It is always nice to see the announcement of a few classic films making their way onto Blu-ray.  Earlier today, Fox announced that they will be releasing The Grapes of Wrath and Zorba the Greek on June 5th.  Both are award winning features that should be worked into the rotation of any cinefile who has […]

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Once Upon A Time In The West (Blu-ray Review)

With the summer heat fast approaching, and in some cases, already here, what better way to cool off than with some westerns on Blu-ray.  Once Upon A Time In The West is Sergio Leone’s epic western starring Charles Bronson, Henry Fonda, Jason Robards, and Claudia Cardinale.  Paramount Pictures has gone to the vaults and meticulously […]

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‘Once Upon A Time In The West’ Gallops onto Blu-ray May 31st

Saddle up, folks!  Paramount is fixing to bring the Blu-ray world one of the classic westerns of all time in Sergio Leone’s masterpiece Once Upon A Time in the West!  Once Upon A Time in the West stars Charles Bronson, Jason Robards, and Henry Fonda in one of his darkest roles ever.  This Blu-ray will […]

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1939: Hollywood’s Greatest Year

It’s the end of the year and we’re beginning to see the usual “best-of” lists.  Seeing as this is 2009, some of these may even be “best of the decade.”  Now, let’s be honest, some of these will be spot on, some will be terrible, but ultimately, they’re all subjective.  That’s the beauty of cinema; […]

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