Delbert Mann’s Marty is a romantic drama film starring Ernest Borgnine in arguably his best role and Betsy Blair. This film was Delbert Mann’s directorial debut. Marty was the first film to win both the Best Picture Oscar and the Cannes Film Festival’s Golden Palm. Marty is the story about Marty Piletti, (screen legend Ernest…
Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo Blu-ray review
Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo is a made for television movie from 1977 that stars Claude Akins, Charles Frank, and Deborah Winters. This movie came out the same year as another made for television horror, Ants! and is just as much fun, making for a double-feature that will make your skin crawl and have you looking…
Ants!(It Happened at Lakewood Manor) Blu-ray review
Ants! AKA It Happened at Lakewood Manor is a 1977 made for television horror movie. This is another one of those man versus nature films that dominated the seventies along the lines of Frogs, Grizzly, Empire of the Ants, Dogs, Day of the Animals and Long Weekend, among others. This movie takes place at an…
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941) Blu-ray review
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde from 1941 directed by Victor Fleming is a remake of the more famous version from 1931 that starred Frederic March. There have been many Jekyll and Hyde movies over the years including the classic 1920 silent version starring John Barrymore, The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll which is a Hammer…
The Brain from Planet Arous Blu-ray review
The Brain from Planet Arous is a science fiction low budgeter from 1957 and is part of a massive amount of cheesy B movies from that era. It was arguably the biggest year for low-budget science fiction and horror films that includes The Giant Claw, I was a Teenage Werewolf, I was a Teenage Frankenstein,…
Ziegfeld Girl Blu-ray review
Ziegfeld Girl is a 1941 musical that has one of the finest casts assembled with screen icons Judy Garland, Lana Turner, Hedy Lamarr and James Stewart. The three leads all want to be Ziegfeld girls! Legendary musical choreographer Busby Berkeley was the man in charge of the musical numbers for this picture. The film was…
For Me and My Gal Blu-ray review
As part of the 100th birthday celebration for Judy Garland, Warner Archive has released a few of her films on Blu-ray for the first time ever. New to Blu-ray is the classic For Me and My Gal which was the first true adult movie role for her and is the film debut for another screen…
The Clock (1945 film) Blu-ray review
As of June, of this year, screen icon Judy Garland turned 100 years old and in celebration, Warner Archive has released a trio of her films. One of those three films released by them is The Clock from 1945. This picture is a romantic drama starring a pair of screen greats in Judy Garland and…
Son of Samson Blu-ray review
Known in Italy as Maciste Nella Valle Dei Re, but in the USA as Son of Samson and Maciste in the Valley of the Kings, this is one of many sword and sandal films that dominated Italian cinema during the sixties. There were many films with Hercules, Samson, Maciste, Goliath among others that had beefcake…
The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu / The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu double feature Blu-ray review
Just before he starred as Charlie Chan, screen legend Warner Oland played the role of Sax Rohmer’s arch-villain Dr. Fu Manchu in the 1929 feature The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu followed by a sequel, The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu. Both films starred Warner Oland, Neil Hamilton, Jean Arthur and O.P. Heggie and were directed…