Tag: Germany

Journey into Fear Blu-ray review

Norman Foster’s Journey into Fear was a movie that had never been on DVD or Blu-ray domestically until just recently the Warner Archive Collection gave it the first ever release on disc. It was available on VHS and laserdisc back in the day and a DVD was released overseas and that was it until now!…


Creature with the Blue Hand / Web of the Spider Blu-ray review

Legendary German actor Klaus Kinski is a household name when it comes to cult, Euro-sleaze, foreign crime and horror films.  Early in his career he had roles in many Edgar Wallace krimi films made in Germany. Later, he became a top-star in many Spaghetti Westerns, American horrors and other assorted German thrillers and cult movies…


Little Man, What Now? Blu-ray review

Based on the Hans Fallada novel under the same title, Little Man, What Now? is a pre-code film from 1934 about a couple that is financially struggling, with a baby on the way! Directed by Frank Borzage (Bad Girl, A Farewell to Arms, Desire) the film has a mixture of themes including love, hardship, and…


The Woman One Longs For Blu-ray review

Also known as Three Loves and The Woman Men Yearn For, The Woman One Longs For is a 1929 German tragic love story between two men and one woman, who happens to be the iconic Marlene Dietrich in one of her earliest roles. Even in these early roles, she has an incredible screen presence that…


Mark of the Devil (Arrow Video) Blu-ray

The best exploitation movies, the ones that really stick with you long after the end credits roll, often conceal within their hard-coated shell of violence and sex the sweet, nurturing candy of the ugly truth. That’s how I see it anyway. Mark of the Devil, infamous for its U.S. marketing campaign that promoted it with…


The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes Blu-ray review

Im a big fan of Sherlock Holmes mysteries, whether it is Basil Rathbone, Jeremy Brett, Peter Cushing, Christopher Plummer, among other actors that have played the iconic character over the years. I have seen most of the Holmes films over the years. One I had not heard of until it was announced by Kino Lorber…