Due to the political season we recently had, Warner Archive went deep into their vaults to release on Blu-ray the 1933 pre-code political drama entitled Gabriel Over the White House. Screen icon Walter Huston (Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The Beast of the City, The Furies) is Judson Hammond, The President of the United States….
Monster from the Ocean Floor Blu-ray review
Monster from the Ocean Floor is a creature feature film, notable for being the first film iconic director Roger Corman produced. Directed by Wyott Ordung (who also had a small role in the movie), this classic super low-budget B-movie is about a sea creature which lives at the bottom of the sea at a Mexican…
The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes / Silver Blaze Blu-ray review
Film Masters continues to release some older classic, arguably obscure films on Blu-ray. They have entered the Sherlock Holmes universe and have offered a pair of Sherlock Holmes movies, The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes and Silver Blaze which star Arther Wontner as the great detective and Ian Fleming as Dr. Watson! The Triumph of Sherlock…
Tom and Jerry: The Complete CinemaScope Collection
Tom and Jerry fans are probably the happiest cats in the world right now, as the Warner Archive Collection has gone to their cartoon library and released over twenty of their short films on Blu-ray discs in letterboxed format. Entitled Tom and Jerry: The Complete CinemaScope Collection this Blu-ray release has twenty-six Tom and Jerry…
Poverty Row Classics – King of the Zombies / Miss V from Moscow Blu-ray review
VCI Entertainment has released a Blu-ray with a pair of low-budget grade Z movies, King of the Zombies and Miss V from Moscow as part of a ‘Poverty Row Collection’. I know there are plenty of fans, including myself that love these types of pictures, and are happy to see them get a little Blu-ray…
The Searchers UHD review
Legendary director John Ford’s The Searchers is the story about an American Civil War veteran who goes on a long journey to rescue his niece from the Comanches after the rest of his brother’s family is attacked and murdered during a raid on their farm in Texas. The journey takes several years and has many…
Mr. Lucky Blu-ray review
Directed by H.C. Potter, Mr. Lucky is a 1943 romantic comedy drama starring screen icon Cary Grant as Joe Adams, a swindler and smooth-talking gambler out to launch a casino after taking money from a charitable organization. Not the most noble role for Grant, at least at first! Told in flashback, the story is about…
Nora Prentiss Blu-ray review
Nora Prentiss is a film Noir about a man who has become weary with his all too routine married life. The boredom of staleness of his lifestyle leads him to falling in love with another woman, the title character, and it proves to be the costliest thing he has ever done. Directed by Vincent Sherman…
The Tall Target Blu-ray review
If it wasn’t for the Warner Archive Collection, I wouldn’t have ever seen or even heard of The Tall Target. After watching it on DVD years ago, I have always felt that Anthony Mann’s The Tall Target is an overlooked classic. It is basically a political crime thriller that mainly takes place on a train….
The Talk of the Town UHD review
The Talk of the Town is a comedy drama that has a fantastic cast with three iconic and legendary actors in Cary Grant, Jean Arthus and Ronald Coleman. Directed by George Stevens, his film is one of his best works! When mill worker now accused murderer and arsonist Leopold Dilg (Cary Grant, North by Northwest,…