TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT (1944) on Blu-ray Howard Hawks’ masterpiece, loosely adapted from the Hemingway novel with an assist from fellow Nobel Laureate William Faulkner, still scorches the screen thanks to the sparks palpably sizzling off its two leads, Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall in their first pairing. Freshly-minted screen siren Bacall – still in her teens – matches Bogie’s bravado scene for scene lending an air of bemusement to Hawks’ sinewy cinema masterstroke. Harry ‘Steve’ Morgan (Bogart) runs a boat in Martinique, now under Vichy control. When Harry encounters chanteuse Marie ‘Slim’ Browning (Bacall), he starts a spiral that leads him from pickpocketing to smuggling and finally, heroism. To Have and Have Not’s new 2016 master is nothing short of a passport straight to the movie houses of 1943 – and maybe more so. With Walter Brennan, Hoagy Carmichael and Dolores Moran.

16X9 WIDESCREEN PREMIERES

STEALING HOME (1988) Mark Harmon stars in this bittersweet coming-of-knowledge tale, written and directed by Steven Kampmann & Will Aldis. Summoned home by a sudden and shocking death, burnout ballplayer Billy Wyatt must sort for sense through his memories – especially those of his babysitter, Katie (Jodie Foster). 16×9 Widescreen

IN COUNTRY (1989) Bruce Willis breaks his charming rogue casting mold with this powerful, understated performance as a reclusive Vietnam vet struggling to help his headstrong niece (Emily Lloyd) with memories of the father she never knew. Memories that force him to revisit a war he is trying to forget. Directed by Norman Jewison. 16×9 Widescreen

DOC HOLLYWOOD (1991) Michael J. Fox stars as an unlikeable med school graduate whose dreams of Beverly Hills avarice are undone by small town charms. Following a car crash in the “Squash Capital of the South,” the young plastic surgeon-to-be must perform community medical service for the local yokels – and it’s quite the collection – but who will heal who? With Woody Harrelson, David Ogden Stiers and Bridget Fonda. 16×9 Widescreen

BORN TO BE WILD (1995) This very 90s coming-of-age comedy drama mashes up the primate pal, kids on the run, road and teen genres to come up with a tale of a boy and his gorilla. Katie, a three year old sign-language fluent gorilla gets penned up as a sideshow attraction by her former owner (Peter Boyle) forcing her friend Rick (Will Horneff) to break her out and go on the lam. 16×9 Widescreen

MY FELLOW AMERICANS (1996) Jack Lemmon and James Garner star as a pair of ex-Presidents forced to become conspiracy crackers in this buoyant crime comedy political thriller. Thanks to the current Commander-In-Chief (Dan Ackroyd), the pair ditch their compromised handlers and must learn to stand together, lest they – and the nation – hang apart. Directed by Peter Segal. 16×9 Widescreen

NOTE: These DVDs are Manufactured on Demand (MOD); to order, fans must visit The Warner Archive Collection, WB Shop.com, Amazon or Barnes & Noble.