Mokey / Revolt in the Big House DVD Reviews: A Young Robert Blake Two-fer
By Luigi Bastardo |
The controversial actor goes from motherless juvenile delinquent to prison revolutionary in these two New-to-DVD rarities from the Warner Archive.
Daniel Boone: The Complete Series (50th Anniversary) DVD Review: A Dream Come-a-Truer
By Luigi Bastardo |
The Fox TV Archives makes its debut with an anticipated re-release of the out-of-print TV favorite.
Wicked, Wicked DVD Review: The Best Bad Gimmick Movie Ever
By Luigi Bastardo |
The first film to have been constructed entirely out of B roll footage finally comes to DVD.
Possessed (1947) Blu-ray Review: At Last, Gender Equality in Film Noir!
By Luigi Bastardo |
Joan Crawford takes the wheel in a classic thriller that has received a startling new HD release from the Warner Archive.
Pete Kelly’s Blues (1955) Blu-ray Review: Uneven Musical Gangster Noir (in Color)
By Luigi Bastardo |
The Warner Archive presents the second of three strikes for Jack Webb’s failed franchise.
The St. Louis Kid DVD Review: Another James Cagney Rarity Makes Its Debut
By Luigi Bastardo |
A cocky, real jerk of a truck driver learns the hard way about the evils of milk in this weird, uneven 1934 feature.
The Killer Shrews DVD Review: A Shrewd Release from Film Chest
By Luigi Bastardo |
Tons of fun, classic monster pics to choose from here.
Yankee Doodle Dandy Blu-ray Review: You’re a Grand Old Film
By Luigi Bastardo |
James Cagney gets born on the fourth of July for the Warner Archive’s dynamic HD release of the already exceptional George M. Cohan biopic.
The Italian Exploitation Invasion: Sex and Death, 1969-2012
By Luigi Bastardo |
From lite BDSM affairs of the late ’60s to bloody splatter flicks of the mid ’80s, here’s a little bit of everything from one of cinema’s most inimitably imitative industries.
Boy Meets Girl (1938) DVD Review: Recommended Neglected Screwball Comedy Antics
By Luigi Bastardo |
James Cagney and Pat O’Brien pull no punches in this biting satire of the Golden Age of Hollywood.
A Handful of de Havilland: Three Obscure Olivias from the Warner Archive
By Luigi Bastardo |
Olivia de Havilland encounters the plights and perils of a gold rush, a wartime rush, and rushed productions in a trio of forgotten films.
One Night at Susie’s DVD Review: Makes a Hardened Man Humble
By Luigi Bastardo |
The Warner Archive presents vintage film enthusiasts with one of the few surviving films of actress Billie Dove.
John Wick Movie Review: Keanu Reeves Gets His Wick Debt
By Luigi Bastardo |
A nice change of pace action/thriller that will hopefully inspire others to emulate instead of imitate.
Oh, Sailor Behave DVD Review: Olsen and Johnson Liven a Dud to Death
By Luigi Bastardo |
They don’t make ’em like this anymore. And an entire nation – if not universe – can sleep soundly with that assurance.
The Lusty Men DVD Review: An RKO Rodeo Picture
By Luigi Bastardo |
Robert Mitchum and Arthur Kennedy are two wild studs that only Susan Hayward can handle.
Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend DVD Review: The Feel-Good Flick of ’57
By Luigi Bastardo |
OK, so Randolph Scott, Bret Maverick, and the Green Hornet walk into a bar dressed as Quakers…
Son of a Gunfighter DVD Review: Sundown of the American Gundown
By Luigi Bastardo |
The Warner Archive brings us the home video debut of an odd, early Euro western prototype.
Under Fire (1983) Blu-ray Review: Nick Nolte Knows How to Shoot (a Camera)
By Luigi Bastardo |
Twilight Time’s new Blu-ray release is most assuredly the best possible way to experience this underrated gem.
Silent Witness: The Complete Season One and Seventeen DVDs Review: Ch-ch-ch-changes
By Luigi Bastardo |
BBC Video releases the earliest and latest seasons of the long-running crime drama series.
The Adventures of the Wilderness Family Triple Feature DVD Review: The Off Grid Trilogy
By Luigi Bastardo |
Those lovable stinkin’ hippies return in a compressed, single-disc/three-feature release for those of you on the cheap.
Classic Shorts from the Dream Factory, Volume 3 DVD Review: The Lost Stooges
By Luigi Bastardo |
The Warner Archive brings us six rare pre-Code shorts featuring The Three Stooges, including a previously thought-to-be-lost short rediscovered in 2013.
The Believers (1987) Blu-ray Review: That Old Black Magic Has Me in Its Spell
By Luigi Bastardo |
Martin Sheen is in trouble, for he does not practice Santería. Nor does he have a crystal ball, for that matter.
Steven Spielberg Director’s Collection Blu-ray Review: Finally, Duel in HD!
By Luigi Bastardo |
Universal unveils the HD debuts of four of the iconic director’s works in this eight-film set.
The Vanishing (1993) Blu-ray Review: So Bad That It Actually Becomes Good
By Luigi Bastardo |
That smudged printing on Jeff Bridges and Kiefer Sutherland’s résumés can be seen in a much clearer light now.
The Adventures of Marco Polo DVD Review: “The Princess Bride” of Its Day?
By Luigi Bastardo |
The Warner Archive re-releases a highly enjoyable epic of a box office bomb from 1938.
Audrey Rose Blu-ray Review: An ‘Exorcist’ for the Neil Simon Crowd
By Luigi Bastardo |
Twilight Time brings vintage horror movie lovers a misaligned tale of reincarnation and possession.
The Blob (1988) Blu-ray Review: Everybody’s in the Pink Now
By Luigi Bastardo |
Twilight Time delivers a dazzling HD re-release of the cult favorite ’80s remake and it’s swell, kids!
In the Flesh: The Complete Season Two DVD Review: The Undead Return. Again.
By Luigi Bastardo |
Because who doesn’t long for a BBC drama that includes gay zombie love?
Spenser: For Hire: The Complete First Season (1985-86) DVD Review: Great ’80s Neo-Noir
By Luigi Bastardo |
The criminally neglected cult ABC TV series starring the late great Robert Urich returns courtesy of the Warner Archive.
La Bamba (1987) Blu-ray Review: Lou Diamond Phillips Debuts as Ritchie Valens
By Luigi Bastardo |
The film that made you rue the day Los Lobos first started saturating radio airplay returns in High-Definition.
The Great Race (1965) Blu-ray Review: Blake Edwards, How Great Thou Art
By Luigi Bastardo |
A failure upon its release, this epic adventure makes a beautiful HD comeback via the Warner Archive Collection.
Nosferatu in Venice (Prince of the Night) DVD Review: When Art Becomes Trash
By Luigi Bastardo |
A rarely seen bad movie becomes even worse thanks to a marred English audio track.
The Desert Song (’43 and ’53 Versions) DVDs Review: Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things
By Luigi Bastardo |
The Warner Archive presents two tales where the heat is hot and the ground is dry, but the air is full of sound.
Grindhouse Trailer Classics, Volume 1 DVD Review: Seven Years Later…
By Luigi Bastardo |
Indie label Intervision presents American viewers with a collection of classic previews that has been out in the UK for over half of a decade now.
From Dusk Till Dawn: Season One (2014) Blu-ray Review: Why, God, Why?
By Luigi Bastardo |
Imagine a 108-minute film shamelessly and mercilessly expanded into an unwanted, unnecessary, uncalled-for ten-hour-long series.
The Killer Elite (1975) Blu-ray Review: The Wrath of Caan
By Luigi Bastardo |
Sam Peckinpah sets his bloody sights on a tale of covert government agents and stealthy ninja assassins. What’s not to love there?
Salvador (1986) Blu-ray Review: Oliver Stone Finds His Calling
By Luigi Bastardo |
Twilight Time revives the controversial director’s first (notable) film back for another haunting round.
Lolly-Madonna XXX (1973) DVD Review: More Than a Name on a Postcard
By Luigi Bastardo |
A rare type of film that precariously teeters between sleazy exploitative trash and fine underrated art.
Universal Classic Monsters: Complete 30-Film Collection (1931-1956) DVD Review: Too Little, Too Late
By Luigi Bastardo |
Cinema’s iconic creature features are re-released yet again in another SD-DVD
set.
The Bowery Boys: Volume Four (1946-1958) DVD Review: My Life Is Finally Complete
By Luigi Bastardo |
The Warner Archive unleashes the last 12 outings of what was arguably the greatest, longest-running comedy series ever made.
The Musketeers (2014) Blu-ray Review: Finally, A Reimagining Worth Viewing
By Luigi Bastardo |
Sporting great battles, amazing costumes, and a fresh take, this incarnation of the Alexandre Dumas tale has a lot of potential.
The Dogs of War (1980) Blu-ray Review: These Boots Are Made for Walken
By Luigi Bastardo |
Recommended. Even if we don’t get to hear Christopher Walken recite Shakespeare.
The Moonshine War (1970) DVD Review: Early Hicksploitation with an Unlikely Cast
By Luigi Bastardo |
Alan Alda and Patrick McGoohan portray Southerners in this tale from the disgraced director of the television remake of Catch-22.
Che! (1969) Blu-ray Review: A Prime Example of ‘What Were They Thinking?’
By Luigi Bastardo |
Omar Sharif as Che Guevara. Jack Palance as Fidel Castro. A match made in bad movie heaven.
Prom Night (1980) Blu-ray Review: Disco! Dancing! Death!
By Luigi Bastardo |
Synapse Films brings us the definitive transfer of the classic Canadian slasher flick.
Nasty Habits (1977) DVD Review: Nunsploitation of a Different Denomination
By Luigi Bastardo |
Watergate set in a convent. Seriously.
Enchantment (1948) DVD Review: Everlasting Loves, Friends, and Lovers Divine
By Luigi Bastardo |
David Niven and Teresa Wright headline a WWII romantic drama about lost love.
Raffles (1930) / Raffles (1939) DVD Review: Because Cricket Doesn’t Pay
By Luigi Bastardo |
Two rare versions of the same story about an even rarer combination of English gentleman, jewel thief, and cricketer.
Out of the Past (1947) Blu-ray Review: Lightning Captured in a Bottle
By Luigi Bastardo |
The very epitome of film noir – and the femme fatale that goes with it – receives a jaw-dropping HD upgrade from the Warner Archive Edition.
2 by Ken Loach: Riff-Raff (1991) / Raining Stones (1993) Blu-ray Review: Depressingly Fascinating
By Luigi Bastardo |
Two low-key, very sincere movies about everyday, average people get a Hi-Def release from Twilight Time.