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LATEST ADDITIONS TO THE RELEASE CALENDAR:
The
Shining [4K UHD
Blu-ray
+
Blu-ray]
(Stanley Kubrick, 1980) Region Free Warner Bros.
Noir
Archive Volume 3: 1957-1960 9-film Collection [Blu-ray]
(Various, Various) Kit Parker
Death
in the Garden [Blu-ray]
(Luis Buñuel, 1956) Kino Lorber
Gaslight [Blu-ray]
(George Cukor, 1944) Warner Archive
The
Milky Way [Blu-ray]
(Luis Bunuel, 1969) Kino Lorber
Death and the Maiden [Blu-ray]
(Roman Polanski, 1994) RB DE Studio Canal
The
Buster Keaton Collection: Volume 2 (Sherlock Jr.
/ The Navigator) [Blu-ray]
(Buster Keaton, Donald Crisp, 1924) Universal
The
Gunfighter [Blu-ray]
(Henry King, 1950) RB DE Koch Media
Indiscreet [Blu-ray]
(Stanley Donen, 1958) RB UK Infinity Video
Early
Women Filmmakers Collection [Blu-ray]
(Various, 1912-1940) RB UK BFI
Kiss
Me Deadly [Blu-ray]
(Robert Aldrich, 1955)
Criterion UK
(ALT-BEAVER
REVIEW)
Fragment of an Empire (aka Oblomok imperii) [Blu-ray]
(Fridrikh Ermler, 1929) Flicker Alley
Do
the Right Thing
[Blu-ray]
(Spike Lee, 1989)
Criterion UK
(ALT-BEAVER
REVIEW)
None
But the Brave [Blu-ray]
(Frank Sinatra, 1965) Warner Archive
Being John Malkovich
[Blu-ray]
(Spike Jonze, 1999) Arrow Academy UK
(ALT-BEAVER
REVIEW)
Jonny Quest: The Complete Original Series [Blu-ray]
- Warner Archive
Peter
Pan [Blu-ray]
(Herbert Brenon, 1924) Kino Lorber
Putney
Swope [Blu-ray]
(Robert Downey Sr., 1969) Vinegar Syndrome
Case
for a Rookie Hangman [Blu-ray]
(Pavel Jurácek, 1970) RB UK Second Run
Asylum
[Blu-ray]
(Roy Ward Baker, 1972) RB UK Second Sight
Lost
City of the Jungle [Blu-ray
(Lewis D. Collins, Ray Taylor, 1946) VCI
Taking
Tiger Mountain [Blu-ray]
(Tom Huckabee, Kent Smith, 1983) Vinegar Syndrome
Attack
of the Robots (aka Cartes sur table) [Blu-ray]
(Jess Franco, 1966) Redemption Films
True Believer - Retro VHS Style [Blu-ray]
(Joseph Ruben, 1989) Mill Creek
The Ugly American [Blu-ray]
(George Englund, 1963) Mill Creek
Stand by Me
[4K UHD
Blu-ray]
(Rob Reiner, 1986) Region Free Sony
Akio Jissoji: The Buddhist Trilogy (This
Transient Life, Mandala, Poem) [Blu-ray]
(Akio Jissoji, 1970-1972) Arrow Academy
Ash Is Purest White [Blu-ray]
(Zhangke Jia, 2018) RB UK Drakes Avenue Pictures
The House That Dripped Blood [Blu-ray]
(Peter Duffell, 1971) RB UK Second Sight
Magnificent
Obsession
[Blu-ray]
(Douglas Sirk, 1954) Criterion
Flavour of Green
Tea Over Rice
[Blu-ray]
(Yasujirô Ozu, 1952) Criterion
The Koker Trilogy - 3
Films by Abbas Kiarostami [Blu-ray]
(Where is the Friend's Home?, And Life Goes On,
Through the Olive Trees) (Abbas Kiarostami,
1987, 1992, 1994) Criterion
The Inland Sea
[Blu-ray]
(Lucille Carra, 1991) Criterion
An Angel at My
Table
[Blu-ray]
(Jane Campion, 1990) Criterion
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ONE VOICE
(not Ellsworth Monkton Toohey):
I still remain a very big fan of
A Few Good Men and
the 4K UHD transfer is
substantially superior to the old MPEG2 Sony
Blu-ray. The upgrade is
huge and the film, from Sorkin's screenplay, has sincerely
brilliant performances and a memorable climax. We strongly
endorse the 4K as essential. Joseph Losey's
Galileo is a
Fascinating bio-pic that Kino have transferred to
Blu-ray. Highly
interesting cinema. Giancarlo Santi's
The Grand Duel, on
Arrow Blu-ray, is a
delicious spaghetti western with genre-king Lee Van Cleef as
a grizzled ex-sheriff on a mission of revenge.
Madame X is a
beautifully colorful, noir-leaning (although has been called
neo-noir) an d a 60's murder-drama with Lana Turner, John
Forsythe, Ricardo Montalban, Burgess Meredith Virginia Grey
- now on Blu-ray with
commentary from Kino.
Arabian Adventure
is a late 70's, children's fantasy-adventure romp that
carries some serious nostalgia and the
Blu-ray has a director commentary. Still in
the family-film genre, we also get
Ring of Bright Water
where your daydream of exiting the hectic rat-race in a
beautiful setting... your pet Otter - comes true. A
wonderfully sweet film on Blu-ray
(with new commentary) is available.
The Uncanny is a
Brit anthology horror with stalwarts Peter Cushing, Ray
Milland, Joan Greenwood, Donald Pleasence, Samantha Eggar
with a nemesis of evil cats focusing on murder. Eyebrows
raised! On Region FREE Blu-ray
from Severin. .
"People look
at me as if I were some sort of monster, but I can't think
why. In my macabre pictures, I have either been a
monster-maker or a monster-destroyer, but never a monster.
Actually, I'm a gentle fellow. Never harmed a fly. I love
animals, and when I'm in the country I'm a keen
bird-watcher.." Peter Cushing
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month. Make DVDBeaver the friend, and do it monthly. Please?
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THIS WEEK's REVIEWS / COMPARISONS
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Galileo
BD - Filmed in England,
Galileo is based on Charles Laughton's 1947 adaptation of
the play by Bertolt Brecht, which, like this 1975 film, was
directed by Joseph Losey. Israeli film-star Topol plays the 17th
century Italian astronomer, whose theories run contrary to the
edicts of the Catholic Church. Forced to renounce his ideas
about planetary movement, Galileo nonetheless holds fast to
those beliefs to the end of his days, certain that time will
vindicate him. Brecht's trademarked "alienation" technique,
wherein the audience is constantly reminded that it is watching
a play, is muted by Losey's cerebral direction.
Blu-ray Release Date: June 25th,
2019
The Uncanny
BD - In 1977, legendary Amicus
co-founder Milton Subotsky teamed with Canadian producer Claude
Héroux for the anthology shocker. Peter Cushing, Ray Milland,
Donald Pleasence, Samantha Eggar, Susan Penhaligon, John Vernon
and Alexandra Stewart star in this grisly portmanteau about a
paranoid writer (Cushing) who must convince his publisher (Milland)
that all cats are unholy fiends based on three tales of kitty
carnage. Blu-ray Release Date:
May 28th, 2019
Arabian Adventure
BD - The evil Caliph Alquazar
(Christopher Lee) has his soul imprisoned in a mirror. The only
thing now capable of defeating him is the magical Rose of Elil.
And so Alquazar recruits the adventurer Hasan (Oliver Tobias),
who claims to be a prince, to go and obtain the Rose of Elil,
promising Hasan the hand of Princess Zuleira (Emma Sammsy) in
return. Joined by young rogue Majeed (Puneet Sira) and his pet
monkey, Hasan fights the perils on the Island of Elil to
complete the quest, unaware that all that awaits him at the end
is Alquazar’s treachery. Blu-ray
Release Date: May 28th, 2019
Ring of Bright Water
BD - An unlikely friendship…
one extraordinary adventure! Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna,
the husband-and-wife team who starred alongside Elsa the Lion in
Born Free, now share the screen with Mij, a delightfully
mischievous otter who’ll enchant viewers of all ages in this
bright, wholesome, captivating and endearing film. Middle-aged
bachelor Graham Merrill (Travers) has a nice, quiet life in
London, but his fun-loving new roommate Mij is about to change
everything. Curious and playful, this otter has better things to
do than sit around a stuffy apartment, so Graham decides to move
to the coast of Scotland where Mij can frolic to his heart’s
content. Once there, they meet Mary (McKenna), and the unlikely
trio begin an incredible journey of friendship and discovery
that will transform their lives forever.
Blu-ray Release Date: May 21st,
2019
Madame X
BD - Lana Turner plays Holly,
the neglected wife of a diplomat and mother of a young son. She
has an affair with a playboy, and is implicated in his death. To
avoid tainting her family with scandal, Holly disappears,
leaving them to believe she's dead. Over the years Holly sinks
into a life of degradation, until another death leaves her on
trial for murder...defended by the son who's unaware of who she
is. Kino Blu-ray Release Date:
May 28th, 2019
A Few Good Men
4K UHD - A taut script and
bravura performances distinguish Rob Reiner's masterfully
directed adaptation of the award-winning play written by Aaron
Sorkin. Tom Cruise heads the powerhouse cast, portraying a
callow Navy lawyer who defends two young Marines accused of
murdering a fellow Leatherneck on their Guantánamo Bay base.
Although he's got only three major scenes, Jack Nicholson
sparkles as the stern commanding officer, a much-decorated
veteran who resents Cruise's intimation that the accidental
death resulted from the misinterpretation of orders from
higher-ups. Nicholson's fiery courtroom confrontation with
Cruise precipitates a shattering climax, and it has come to rank
among the most memorable sequences in any Hollywood movie.
4K UHD Release Date: November 7th,
2017
The Grand Duel
BD - Genre stalwart Lee Van
Cleef stars as a gnarled ex-sheriff called Clayton who comes to
the aid of young Philipp Wermeer (Alberto Dentice), a fugitive
framed for the murder of a powerful figure called The Patriarch.
Clayton helps Philipp fend off attacks from bounty hunters in a
series of thrilling shootouts before the two make their way to
Jefferson to confront three villains known as the Saxon
brothers, and reveal who really killed The Patriarch. Arrow
Blu-ray Release Date: May 6th, 2019
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