Luigi Bastardo

The Warner Archive paroles a corny prison yarn featuring Shemp Howard and the voice of Jiminy Cricket as inmates.

Six globetrotting adventures and dramas make their HD home video debuts, including a Sonny Chiba disaster flick and that missing title from you Ray Harryhausen collection.

Groucho’s last leading role ‒ now available from the Warner Archive ‒ isn’t something you’d bet your life on, but warrants a viewing from devoted Marxists just the same.

Terence Hill digs a name for himself in the only legitimate unofficial prequel to the Sergio Corbucci cult classic.

Elio Petri’s forgotten, strange, and very dark satire makes a long-overdue debut in the US from the newly launched Arrow Academy.

The Warner Archive Collection unveils a marvelous, meticulously restored look this WWII classic.

The Warner Archive Collection brings us the groundbreaking precursor to the revenge film genre in what is easily one of the most beautiful transfers of the year.

The best B horror movie Universal Studios never made receives a beautiful makeover from the UCLA Film & Television Archive and The Film Detective.

Canada’s strange ‘Exorcist’ rip-off receives a beautiful restoration thanks to Severin Films.

Lucio Fulci’s last credited feature feels more like a dry run for Dario Argento’s career slump. And is just as appealing.

Yes, it’s a dog’s world, but that doesn’t mean you have to live in it.

Severin Films assembles 35 original trailers for some of the most mind-numbing martial arts films ever to escape from the Far East.

Pedro Almodóvar’s career-defining, groundbreaking dark screwball comedy gets the Criterion treatment ‒ and is just as awesome as you’d expect it to be.

A forgotten, completely forgettable underwater treasure-hunting flick receives more love than it probably deserves in this fully restored, fully loaded 3D release from Kino Lorber

Severin Films presents one of the best bad movies ever, fully restored from original elements discovered ‒ naturally ‒ in the remains of a drive-in.

Robin Williams turns in an exceptionally fine dramatic performance in this must-see classic from Paul Mazursky, now available in High-Definition from Twilight Time.

From Brazilian horrors to 3D European westerns, this assortment of weird and unusual films knows its target audiences quite well.

Phyllis Coates and Myron Healey star in the penultimate Republic Pictures serial, which gets a new lease on life from Olive Films.

Anthony Hopkins stars in a four-year-old dud based off of a decades-old, rejected sequel to ‘Se7en,’ ineffectively re-written to rip-off the recently revoked ‘Hannibal.’

The Warner Archive Collection proudly presents something anyone can sing and dance to: a Cynical Musical from the otherwise sunny 1950s.

Neil Simon’s Oscar-winning precursor to the contemporary rom-com receives a warm welcome from the Warner Archive Collection.

The Warner Archive Collection shows us its dark side with two more gems from the fabulous world of film noir.

The motion picture that single-handedly brought about the fall of the Hays Code receives a fearless restoration from the Warner Archive Collection.

The original classic receives a makeover to die for thanks to the Warner Archive Collection.

Severin Films brings us the seldom-seen supernatural thriller which seems to have inspired others more than itself.

The Warner Archive Collection presents the home video debut of this legendary box office failure featuring a young Ian McKellen.

The Warner Archive Collection dusts off one of the sappiest, nerve-wracking, Depression-era family melodramas ever made. Enjoy.

Blaxploitation meets Bruceploitation in an utterly shameless, completely inept, no-budget cash-in on the demise of a martial arts master.

An overlooked, underrated slice of internal political espionage is probably more relevant today than you realize.

From forgotten comedy duos to early travelogues to matinee cowboy pictures, the WAC has just a bit of everything for classic film collectors.

Imagine a seven-and-a-half-hour compilation of nothing but horror movie previews from the ’80s. Then go one step further.

Olive Films releases one of Bob Hope’s legendary flops, which is almost bad enough to be funny.

Debbie Reynolds, Doris Day, and Julie Andrews highlight a trio of amazing rom-coms from more enjoyable, innocent times.

An offbeat, seldom-seen British spy-fi offering goes HD courtesy the efforts of Kino Lorber.

Twilight Time brings us the most famous filmic Melville adaptation of all, lovingly restored to match the original theatrical presentation.

Susan Hayward, Anthony Perkins, Tony Curtis, and Shelley Winters commit killer performances in this assortment of murderous movies.

For those of you who think they know Dick, the WAC salutes you.

Filipino cinema’s least-likely leading man was only 2-foot 9-inches tall, but his appeal to cult cinema aficionados is immeasurable.

Alpha Video compiles a selection of creepy shorts guaranteed to leave your mattress well soiled.

Nicholas Meyer’s quirky sci-fi classic ‒ wherein Jack the Ripper and H.G. Wells travel through time ‒ gets a much-needed makeover from the Warner Archive Collection.

The Warner Archive Collection dusts off filmdom’s oddest pod people Invasion yet.

The Warner Archive Collection brings us both a legendary man and a man of legend in these two High-Def offerings.

Two of the most famous John Ford/John Wayne collaborations make their HD home video debut courtesy the Warner Archive Collection.

The seldom-seen Spaghetti Western outing starring Tony Anthony and a recently disbanded Ringo Starr finally hits DVD.

One of the pulp world’s first heroes makes for one of film world’s worst zeroes.

From classic tear-jerkers to vintage knee-slappers, these goodies are sure to warm the hearts and tickle the funnybones of movie buffs.

Runaway locomotives, trainspotting hoboes, rail-hopping escapees, and deep-rooted Deep South prides and prejudices highlight this delivery of Blu-ray goods.

Though the extras for this Arrow Video release are a bit on the anemic side, I can still sink my teeth in this fun ’80s vampire cult classic.