New boutique label Film Masters, who wowed us with their initial Blu-ray release of creature feature favorites, The Giant Gila Monster and The Killer Shrews which was outstanding, are back at it again with another Blu-ray double feature of another pair of entertaining B-movies in Beast from Haunted Cave and Ski Troop Attack. Deadwood, South…
Assault on Hill 400 Blu-ray Review [Shout Factory]
Charging forward on blu-ray from the nice folks at Shout Factory comes The Asylum-produced World War II war drama Assault on Hill 400, based on the true story of the U.S. 2nd Ranger Battalion who held Hill 400 from five German counterattacks through the month of December during the Battle of Hürtgen Forest in 1944….
Attack Force Z ( Severin Films) Blu-ray review
Attack for Z is a 1982 film based on true events during World War II. This film features screen icons Mel Gibson(Lethal Weapon, Apocalypto) and Sam Neill (Jurassic Park, Omen III: The Final Conflict) in early roles and also stars screen veteran John Phillip Law(The Golden Voyage of Sinbad, Danger:Diabolik). Tim Burstall directed this movie,…
So Proudly We Hail! Blu-ray review
So Proudly We Hail! is war drama film from 1943 that was directed and produced by Mark Sandrich and starring screen greats Claudette Colbert, Paulette Goddard, and Veronica Lake. Paulette Goddard was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in this film, which is indeed one of her very best!…
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…
Edge of Darkness (1943) Blu-ray review
Based on William Wood novel that was released one year prior, Lewis Milestone’s 1943 wartime drama Edge of Darkness, tells a tale of a German-occupied Norwegian village of Trollness where villagers have decided to fight back against them. It all begins when German soldiers fly over the village of Trollness, where they stop to investigate…
Captains of the Clouds Blu-ray review
Captains of the Clouds is one of the earliest War films after the United States entered World War II which tells the tragic tale of Canadian rugged bush pilots who bring their flying experience to the Royal Canadian Air Force. Screen icon James Cagney stars with many screen legends including Alan Hale, Dennis Morgan, George…
All My Sons Blu-ray review
Imagine marrying a woman who is the daughter of someone you threw under the bus when you were in a jam. That’s what we have here in the 1948 classic, All My Sons. The film is a suspenseful noir drama directed by Irving Reis, and starring a pair of screen icons in Edward G. Robinson…
China – 1943 film Blu-ray review
China is a 1943 war drama film that was directed by John Farrow and stars Loretta Young, Alan Ladd, and William Bendix. The latter two were paired together in The Blue Dahlia and The Glass Key. In this picture, the roles are different than their usual Noirish gritty characters. Ladd’s character, complete with a leather…
Objective, Burma! Blu-ray review
Objective, Burma! is an American war film from 1945 that is based on, to some extent, the six-month raid by Merrill’s Marauders in the Burma Campaign during World War II. The film is directed by legendary director Raoul Walsh and stars screen legend Errol Flynn who discards swashbuckling tights for military clothing. The main crux…