THE LETTER (1940) New 2019 1080p HD Master In a career packed to the rafters with show-stopping performances, Bette Davis delivers up one of her best in this W. Somerset Maugham adaptation directed by the great William Wyler. In this torrid, tropical melodrama, Davis plays Leslie Crosbie, a wealthy socialite who stuns her island community … More
WAGON MASTER (1950) New 2019 1080p HD Master Master director John Ford assembles most of his ever-reliable ensemble sans headlining stars for this character driven drama in which a pair of laconic horse traders lead a group of Mormon pioneers across the wilds of the American West. Under the leadership of gruff Elder Wiggs (Ward … More
From the Big Screen: “Pokemon Detective Pikachu,” “The Curse of La Llorona,” “Poms,” “Tolkien,” and “The Souvenir.” For more information on other releases this week, see the Weekly Guide to Home Video Releases. This Week’s Best Bets: “An Angel at My Table” (1990), Academy Award-winning filmmaker Jane Campion brought to the screen the harrowing autobiography … More
THE THIN MAN (1934) New 2019 1080p HD Master From new 4K Scan of Best Archival Elements William Powell and Myrna Loy light up the screen in this intoxicating screwball murder mystery that is as seductively charming now as it was 85 years ago. Debutante Nora shocked 5th Avenue when she married laconic gumshoe Nick … More
FOOTLIGHT PARADE (1933) New 2019 1080p HD Master James Cagney demonstrates his Big Apple hoofer bonafides while adding his one-of-a-kind fiery grit to this Busby Berkeley musical packed with the usual sensational suspects. Chester Kent (Cagney) sees the song and dance business hitting the skids with the advent of talkies so he joins the enemy … More
NONE BUT THE BRAVE (1965) New 2019 1080p HD Master Frank Sinatra added “director’ to his astonishing resume of wonder with this taut anti-war drama that looked back at World War II with a prescient message for a nation currently wading into the morass of Vietnam. A Japanese-American co-production (the first such venture) and adapted … More
SHAFT’S BIG SCORE (1972) New 2019 1080p HD Master Following the astonishing breakout and genre defining success of 1971’s Shaft, star Richard Roundtree, director Gordon Parks and screenwriter Ernest Tidyman reunited for this follow up that plunges Shaft into the middle of a gang war. John Shaft (Roundtree) gets a pre-dawn phone call from a … More
PRISONER OF SECOND AVENUE (1975) New 2019 1080p HD Master In this adaptation of his stage play, Neil Simon captures America’s infamous mid-Seventies malaise among the upper middle-class microcosm of Midtown Manhattan. Ann Bancroft and Jack Lemon star as Edna and Mel Edison, whose existence is upended when Mel loses his job. As the city … More
FRANKENSTEIN 1970 (1958) New 2019 1080p HD Master Inspired by a notorious radio marketing stunt, the intrepid genre team of producer Aubrey Schenck (Robinson Crusoe on Mars) and director Howard Koch (Born Reckless) hit upon an inspired conceit that was meta before meta was a thing. Desperate for money, the disfigured descendant of the original … More
NEW ON BLU-RAY! THE GLASS BOTTOM BOAT (1966) New 2019 1080p HD Master Frank Tashlin directs Doris Day as “the drip-dry spy licensed for laughs” in this delightful spy spoof/romantic comedy co-starring the always welcome Rod Taylor and all-star assemblage of comedic supporting players. Day plays Jennifer Nelson, a PR pro who finds herself under … More
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