Posts Tagged ‘Kino Lorber’
Kidnapped (1971) Blu-ray Review: More Political than Adventurous
Robert Louis Stevenson’s grand adventure tale loses a lot of its adventure to get bogged down in boring political details.
Read MoreBright Angel Blu-ray Review: A Coming-of-Age Road Trip
Kino Lorber Studio Classics presents this forgotten gem that’s given a second chance on Blu-ray.
Read MoreLa Prisonnière Blu-ray Review: Cluzot Gets Modern
Henri-Georges Clouzot’s final film is a visually sumptuous, but flawed masterpiece.
Read MoreThe Nun (1965) Blu-ray Review: Get Thee to a Nunnery
Jacques Rivette’s riveting portrait of convent life in the 18th century is as beautifully filmed as it is horrifying to watch.
Read MoreA Delicate Balance Blu-ray Review: A Caustic Bore
A cinematic adaptation of a Pulitzer Prize-winning play performed by award-winning actors shouldn’t be this dull.
Read MoreThe Image Book Blu-ray Review: Godard Expresses the Hell of the Contemporary World
A hypnotizing and provocative film essay of a world reaching oblivion from one of cinema’s most radical filmmakers.
Read MoreScream and Scream Again Blu-ray Review: You’ll Scream for It to Be Over
Three horror legends barely star in a ridiculously confusing early 1970s British horror.
Read MoreThe House of the Seven Gables Blu-ray Review: A Fine Adaptation of a Classic Novel
Seven gables, two deaths, one curse, and lots of melodrama.
Read MoreInherit the Wind Blu-ray Review: Monkeys on Trial
Stanley Kramer’s fictionalized telling of the infamous Scopes Monkey Trial is an acting tour de force, but its messaging is exhausting.
Read MoreThe World Before Your Feet DVD Review: One Very Must-see Documentary
A fascinating and utterly charming documentary about the true beauty of New York City.
Read MoreUnknown Soldier (2017) Blu-ray Review: A Gripping World War II Drama
Finland’s most expensive film comes to Blu-ray in the U.S. thanks to the folks at Kino Lorber.
Read MoreFar from Heaven Blu-ray Review: Subtle and Graceful Filmmaking
A remarkable and impeccably acted portrait of 1950s suburban malaise from the early 2000s.
Read MoreDesert Fury Blu-ray Review: More Like Desert Melodramatic
Western noir is a weird blend of genres, settings, and sexuality, but never amounts to much.
Read MoreThe Real McCoy (1993) Blu-ray Review: Dammit, Kim!
Kino Lorber places Russell Mulcahy’s heist stinker starring Kim Basinger and Val Kilmer on display for you to give or take.
Read MoreThe Midnight Man (1974) Blu-ray Review: I Could Stay Here All Night
One of Burt Lancaster’s most elusive (and intriguing) features finally hits home video in the U.S. thanks to Kino Lorber.
Read MoreSummer Lovers Blu-ray Review: Beautiful Scenery, Beautiful People, Not Much Else
Randal Kleiser’s follow-up to Grease takes him to Greece for a film that ought to be a lot more fun than it actually is.
Read MoreDiamonds for Breakfast Blu-ray Review: Should Have Had Bran
This oh-so very ’60s comedy could have used a little more swing and little less schwing.
Read MoreThe House That Would Not Die (1970) Blu-ray Review: A Clear Case of Repossession
Barbara Stanwyck’s lackluster TV-movie debut is pulled out of the vault by Kino Lorber.
Read MoreFour Times That Night Blu-ray Review: Rashomon Remade As a Sex Comedy
A single date is told from four perspectives in this Mario Bava comedy. None of them really work.
Read MoreHallelujah the Hills Blu-ray Review: Did Not Hit the Mark
The characters come across as flat and unlikable, so it was difficult to invest in any of them.
Read MoreThe Atomic Cafe Blu-ray Review: How I Learned to Keep Worrying and Fear the Bomb
One of the most essential films, documentary or otherwise, in the history of Cinema.
Read MoreScotty and the Secret History of Hollywood DVD Review: Sheds a Light on Hollywood’s Golden Era
The documentary gives us an interesting glimpse Hollywood’s gay “underground” during the 1940s and ’50s.
Read MoreA Minute to Pray, A Second to Die Blu-ray Review: And Nearly Two Hours to Snooze
Kino Lorber unholsters one of the most boring, cynical, shallow, and violent attempts to cash-in on the Spaghetti Western craze.
Read MoreA Strange Adventure (1956) Blu-ray Review: An Unremarkable Thriller
Young Nick Adams highlights this entertainingly cheapo Republic Pictures crime flick, now available from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
Read MoreI Walk Alone (1947) Blu-ray Review: A Fine, Slow-Burning Film Noir
Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas go toe-to-toe for the very first time in this classic crime drama from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
Read MoreThe Martian Chronicles (1980) Blu-ray Review: Is There Life on Mars?
Kino Lorber Studio Classics blasts off into the crazy surreal cosmos of this sci-fi miniseries.
Read MoreJack the Giant Killer (1962) Blu-ray Review: The Original Mockbuster
Kino Lorber Studio Classics debuts the infamous Harryhausen knock-off in HD, complete with the incredulous musical variation as a bonus.
Read MoreUnder Capricorn Blu-ray Review: Hitchcock Goes Down Under
Kino Lorber does a decent job restoring one of Hitchcock’s lesser films.
Read MoreSpetters Blu-ray Review: A Dirt Bike Drama that Lives in the Gutter
Paul Verhoeven’s dirt bike drama is a vile, sexist, homophobic piece of work that just might tell the truth of teenaged boys’ life in Holland during the 1980s.
Read MoreThe Big Country Blu-ray Review: Big Movie, Big Director, Big Stars, Little Story
William Wyler’s classic western gets a gorgeous new Blu-ray release for its 60th anniversary.
Read MoreAndrei Tarkovsky’s The Sacrifice Blu-ray Review: Slowly Rewarding
Tarkovsky’s last film is a gorgeous meditation on life, God and what we are willing to give up.
Read MoreA Woman’s Devotion (1956) Blu-ray Review: Mangled PTSD Crime Drama
Kino Lorber Studio Classics unburies Paul Henreid’s butchered, noir-esque tale with Ralph Meeker and Janice Rule.
Read MoreThe Maze (1953) Blu-ray 3D Review: Riddle Without a Clue
The folks at Kino Lorber Studio Classics do a real Grade-A job with one really B-Grade 3D movie.
Read MoreThe Psychopath (1966) Blu-ray Review: Columbo Goes Psycho
Robert Bloch and Freddie Francis’ unique, offbeat thriller finally hits home video thanks to Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
Read MoreManhandled Blu-ray Review: Come for the Opening Sequence, Stay for Gloria Swanson
A forgettable silent comedy is made watchable by the great Gloria Swanson, and worth buying by a terrific scene on a subway.
Read MoreMy Father the Hero (1994) Blu-ray Review: Gerard Depar-don’t. Please.
Kino Lorber Studio Classics re-releases the awkward, awful remake starring doughy Gérard Depardieu and jailbait Katherine Heigl.
Read MoreCrossing the Bridge / Indian Summer Blu-ray Review: A Mike Binder Double Feature
Kino Lorber Studio Classics releases a double feature from writer-director Mike Binder.
Read MoreBig Business / Scenes from a Mall Blu-ray Review: An Interesting Combination
Two disappointing Bette Midler films from 1988 and 1991 are teamed up in a not-so-funny double feature.
Read MoreThe Taking of Beverly Hills (1991) Blu-ray Review: Try Hard
The ridiculously fun ‘Die Hard’ knock-off with a mulleted Ken Wahl finds its way to BD thanks to Kino Lorber.
Read MoreNot As a Stranger (1955) Blu-ray Review: Robert Mitchum, Sociopathic Surgeon
Kino Lorber brings us Stanley Kramer’s first directorial effort starring Olivia de Havilland, Robert Mitchum, and Frank Sinatra.
Read MoreValdez Is Coming (1971) Blu-ray Review: They Just Messed with the Wrong Mexican
Despite casting Burt Lancaster as a Latino, this early revisionist western from Kino Lorber still deserves a look.
Read MoreCop-Out (1967) Blu-ray Review: A Boring Stranger in the House
Kino Lorber’s dated mod pic features a drunken James Mason, Bobby Darin as a total creep, and that’s about it.
Read MoreMaigret Sets a Trap / Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case Blu-ray Reviews: America’s Introduction to the Great French Detective
Jean Gabin plays the French detective in two of the earliest adaptations of Georges Simenon’s stories to reach the States.
Read MorePlatoon Leader / Soldier Boyz Blu-ray Review: The Dudikoff Abides
Kino Lorber gives us a double feature offering of two ‘lesser’ Michael Dudikoff actioneers.
Read MoreThe Wrong Guy (1997) Blu-ray Review: The Right Release
Kino Lorber’s Studio Classics releases the quirky late ’90s Canadian comedy starring Dave Foley, David Anthony Higgins, and Jennifer Tilly.
Read MoreDawson City: Frozen Time (2016) Blu-ray Review: Uncovering Cinematic Buried Treasures
In an industry that is lately obsessed with making films available in multiple different versions, both in medium of delivery and in the actual content, it’s astounding to conceive just how disposable film was in its early days. Cinema was more curiosity than art form, and it’s estimated that nearly 75% of all the films…
Read MoreThe Mercenary (1968) Blu-ray Review: This Fun for Hire
Franco Nero, Tony Musante, and a flamboyant Jack Palance highlight this Sergio Corbucci western, now available from Kino Lorber.
Read MoreDeath Rides a Horse (1967) Blu-ray Review: Lee Van Cleef’s Finest Hour
Lee Van Cleef and John Phillip Law each set out for revenge in this above-average Spaghetti Western classic, now available from Kino Lorber.
Read MoreThe Woman in Red Blu-ray Review: A Light Comedy Not Without Its Charms
I just called, to say, your film’s not that good.
Read MoreThe Man Who Died Twice (1958) Blu-ray Review: Um, Is That a Spoiler Alert?
Kino Lorber digs up a beautiful print of a less-than-remembered guilty pleasure B-noir from Republic Pictures.
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