Author: David Steigman

The Carey Treatment Blu-ray review

Based on Michael Crichton’s Novel A Case of Need, Blake Edwards’ film, The Carey Treatment is a crime thriller about a doctor that gets caught up in a mystery about an illegal abortion and murder! The story follows pathologist Dr. Peter Carey (screen legend James Coburn, Charade, Our Mint Flint, In Like Flint) who has…


Time Out of Mind Blu-ray review

Time Out of Mind is Film Noir drama from 1947 that is directed by legendary director Robert Siodmak who directed some Noirs in his career which includes Criss Cross, The Killers, and Cry of the City The story focuses on Christopher Fortune (Robert Hutton, The Slime People, The Invisible Invaders, They Came from Beyond Space)…


Marty (re-release) Blu-ray review

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…