Newsletter - FOR THE WEEK

OF May 30th, 2016
  This Week's Highlights
 
 

Seavus! Another good week with Blu-ray reviews of Criterion, Arrow, Artificial Eye, Film Detective, Blue Underground, Panamint, Synapse Films films directed by Stanley Kubrick, Michelangelo Antonioni, René Laloux, Norman Foster, Byron Haskin. Our Calendar has new listings including films by Luchino Visconti, Robert Siodmak, Fritz Lang, John Ford, Eiichi Yamamoto, Joe Dante, Richard Fleischer, Neil Jordan, Otto Preminger, Jack Arnold, Ida Lupino, Henry Hathaway, Stanley Kramer, Max Ophüls and more. Feature Blu-ray and DVD is posted for MAY. We have a CONTEST posted with a Brand New Arrow Blu-ray prize! Peace!

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LATEST ADDITIONS TO THE RELEASE CALENDAR:

Conversation Piece [Blu-ray] (Luchino Visconti, 1974) RB UK Masters of Cinema

Cry of the City [Blu-ray] (Robert Siodmak, 1948) RB UK BFI

Kiss of Death [Blu-ray] (Henry Hathaway, 1947) RB UK Signal One

Destiny [Blu-ray] (Fritz Lang, 1921) Kino

They Were Expendable [Blu-ray] (John Ford, 1945) Warner Archive

Belladonna of Sadness [Blu-ray] (Eiichi Yamamoto, 1973) Cinelicious Pics

La Ronde [Blu-ray] (Max Ophüls, 1950) RB UK Screenbound Pictures

The 'Burbs [Blu-ray] (Joe Dante, 1989) Universal

Miles Ahead [Blu-ray] (Don Cheadle, 2015) Sony 

Between Heaven and Hell [Blu-ray] (Richard Fleischer, 1956) RB UK Signal One
Eyewitness [Blu-ray] (Peter Yates, 1981) RB UK Signal One
The Panic in Needle Park [Blu-ray] (Jerry Schatzberg, 1971) RB UK Signal One
Carmen Jones [Blu-ray] (Otto Preminger, 1954) RB UK BFI
The Crying Game [Blu-ray] (Neil Jordan, 1992) RB UK BFI
The Culpepper Cattle Co. [Blu-ray] (Dick Richards, 1972) RB UK Signal One

The Dream Team [Blu-ray] (Howard Zieff, 1989) Universal

The Great Outdoors [Blu-ray] (Howard Deutch, 1988) Universal

The Money Pit [Blu-ray] (Richard Benjamin, 1986) Universal

Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon [Blu-ray] (Otto Preminger, 1970) Olive Films

The Neon Demon [Blu-ray] (Nicolas Winding Refn, 2016) Broad Green Pictures

Hired Wife (William A. Seiter, 1940) R2 UK Simply Media

Joe Butterfly (Jesse Hibbs, 1957) R2 UK Simply Media

Journey to Shiloh (William Hale, 1968) R2 UK Simply Media

The Lady Gambles (Michael Gordon, 1949) R2 UK Simply Media

The Lady Takes a Flyer (Jack Arnold, 1958) R2 UK Simply Media

The Lupino Collection - No Lady (1931) / Her First Affaire (1932) / Shipmates O' Mine (1936) R2 UK Renown

Cat in the Brain [Blu-ray] (Jim Wynorski, 1990) Grindhouse Releasing

Beethoven [Blu-ray] (Brian Levant, 1992) Universal

Rawhide [Blu-ray] (Henry Hathaway, 1951) RB UK Signal One Entertainment

Hardcore Henry [Blu-ray] (Ilya Naishuller, 2015) Universal

Sherlock Holmes in New York [Blu-ray] (Boris Sagal, 1976) RB UK Signal One 
 American Ninja [Blu-ray] (Sam Firstenberg, 1985) Olive Films
American Ninja 2: The Confrontation [Blu-ray] (Sam Firstenberg, 1987) Olive Films
American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt [Blu-ray] (Cedric Sundstrom, 1989) Olive Films
American Ninja 4: The Annihilation [Blu-ray] (Sam Firstenberg, 1990) Olive Films
The Pride and the Passion [Blu-ray] (Stanley Kramer, 1957) Olive Films
Saved! [Blu-ray] (Brian Dannelly, 2004) Olive Films
Wild in the Streets [Blu-ray] (Barry Shear, 1968) Olive Films
La Ronde [Blu-ray] (Max Ophüls, 1950) RB UK Screenbound Pictures

The Spiders [Blu-ray] (Fritz Lang, 1922) Kino

Sweet Bean [Blu-ray] (Naomi Kawase, 2015) RB UK Masters of Cinema

Nina [Blu-ray] (Cynthia Mort, 2016) Image Entertainment

The Borrowers [Blu-ray] (Peter Hewitt, 1997) RB UK Fabulous Films
 Cape Fear [Blu-ray] (J. Lee Thompson, 1962) RB UK Fabulous Films

I Wanna Hold Your Hand [Blu-ray] (Robert Zemeckis, 1978) RB UK Fabulous Films
Parenthood [Blu-ray] (Ron Howard, 1989) RB UK Fabulous Films

Drive-In Massacre [Blu-ray] (Stu Segall, 1977) RB UK 88 Films
Poor Cow [Blu-ray] (Ken Loach, 1967) RB UK Studiocanal
Dukhtar (aka Daughter) [Blu-ray] (Afia Nathaniel, 2014) Kino Lorber
Last of the Badmen [Blu-ray] (Nando Cicero, 1967) RB DE Koch Media
Men & Chicken [Blu-ray] (Anders Thomas Jensen, 2015) RB UK Arrow Films
Renegade Gun (aka Shoot the Living and Pray for the Dead) [Blu-ray] (Giuseppe Vari, 1971) RB DE Koch Media
Tickle Me [Blu-ray] (Norman Taurog, 1965) RB DE Koch Media

The Return of Godzilla (aka Godzilla 1985) [Blu-ray] (Koji Hashimoto, R.J. Kizer, 1984) Kraken Releasing / Section23 Films
Trancers 3 [Blu-ray] (C. Courtney Joyner, 1992) Full Moon

Woman in the Dunes [Blu-ray] (Hiroshi Teshigahara, 1964) Criterion

Chimes at Midnight [Blu-ray] (Orson Welles, 1965) Criterion

McCabe & Mrs. Miller [Blu-ray] (Robert Altman, 1971) Criterion

The Immortal Story [Blu-ray] (Orson Welles, 1968) Criterion

A Taste of Honey [Blu-ray] (Tony Richardson, 1961) Criterion

Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words [Blu-ray] (Stig Björkman, 2015) Criterion

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon [Blu-ray] (John Ford, 1949) Warner Archive

Victor/Victoria [Blu-ray] (Blake Edwards, 1982) Warner Archive

David Cronenberg's Early Works - Stereo / Crimes of the Future / Transfer / From the Drain [Blu-ray] (David Cronenberg, 1966-1970) RB UK Arrow

The Count Yorga Collection - Count Yorga, Vampire / The Return of Count Yorga [Blu-ray] (Bob Kelljan, 1970-1971) RB UK Arrow
 

 

ONE VOICE (not Ellsworth Monkton Toohey): Wow - 4 stellar Criterion Blu-ray releases reviewed this week. Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove gets top spot - a stellar Blu-ray package loaded with value and re-watchability. René Laloux's Fantastic Planet never ceases its impact and Criterion have given us a new 1080P transfer. Both Arrow's Noir Blu-rays; Norman Foster's Woman on the Run and Byron Haskin's Too Late For Tears appear to be exact duplicates of the previously reviewed Flicker Alley Blu-ray editions - and that's fine as it's hard to improve upon perfection. You know it's a strong week when Michelangelo Antonioni on Criterion Blu-ray is this far back on being mentioned. Le Amiche - a key film of the iconic director's middle-period gets a superlative Blu-ray treatment. It's almost impossible not to love Here Comes Mr. Jordan - and Criterion have transferred it to Blu-ray in another must-own package. There is immense value in Arrow's Nikkatsu Diamond Guys Vol. 2 Blu-ray with three classics from the famous Japanese  studio films. I really enjoyed the Icelandic film Rams - a wonderfully human story and modern film. Star-packed Venom has its moments and an appealing early 80's horror-thriller. Lana Turner in Madame X is very worthwhile - a sneaky story initially masquerading as a romance then morphing into a hidden identity, murder and blackmail. Nice to own on Blu-ray thanks top Panamint. Film Detective gives a superior Blu-ray transfer to Corman's The Terror with Jack - an odd film that also supports and odd appeal. Rudy Ray Moore is back as Dolemite in The Human Tornado - a raw Blaxploitation flic from the mid 70's. Softcore fluff Sorceress gets no recommendation despite the egregious Julie Strain nudity.

Film Quote of the week:

"Oh yes, the past can hurt. But you can either run from it, or learn from it.".

Stay safe - till next week - Gary

  THIS WEEK's REVIEWS / COMPARISONS
 

The Human Tornado BD - Dolemite (Rudy Ray Moore) is back and badder than ever in The Human Tornado! After being run out of town by a racist sheriff, Dolemite returns to LA only to discover that Queen Bee's (Lady Reed) club has been taken over by the mafia. On top of that they have also kidnapped two of Queen Bee's top girls! With the law hot on his tail, Dolemite rounds up the toughest Kung-Fu fighting badasses in Southern California to take on the mob, culminating in one of the craziest surprise endings in blaxploitation film history! Blu-ray Release Date: May 31st, 2016

Nikkatsu Diamond Guys Vol. 2 BD - Nikkatsu, the oldest film studio in Japan, inaugurated a star system in the late 1950s - early 60s, finding talent and contracting to their Diamond Line for a series of wild genre pictures. This collection celebrates these Diamond Guys with three classic films from directors Buichi Saito (Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril), Ko Nakahira (Crazed Fruit), and Haruyasu Noguchi, who is a new discovery for the West. Blu-ray Release date: June 13th - 14th, 2016

Too Late For Tears (Arrow added) BD - Jane Palmer (Scott) and her husband Alan (Arthur Kennedy) mysteriously have $60,000 literally dropped in their laps. The circumstances seem mighty suspicious to Alan, who wants to turn the money over to the police. But in a materialistic rapture, Jane won t let it go. She doesn't care where it came from, or what danger might ensue - not if it will bring her the luxury she craves. Enter shady Danny Fuller (Duryea, as cocky and menacing as ever), who claims the money belongs to him. Let the games begin! Roy Huggins snappy script (adapted from his novel) is a complex, breezy and black-hearted homage to James M. Cain and Raymond Chandler. Rapacious housewife Jane Palmer is one of the juiciest female villains in Hollywood history, and Liz Scott's best role ever. Arrow Blu-ray Release Date: June 13th, 2016

Woman on the Run (Arrow added) BD - After witnessing a gangland execution Frank goes into hiding, while his wife, Eleanor (Sheridan), and the cops go on a wild chase around San Francisco before Frank is silenced by the mob. Eleanor is certain she ll lead them to her husband, whose testimony against the killer could bring down a crime kingpin. But Eleanor and her Frank are separated - she never wants to see him again. When roguish newspaperman Danny Legget (Dennis O Keefe, T-Men, Raw Deal) charms Eleanor into helping him track down the hidden husband - there are unexpected, stunning, and poignant results. Arrow Blu-ray Release Date: June 13th, 2016

Sorceress BD - In this dark tale of eroticism and the supernatural, Larry (Larry Poindexter) is an attorney rising through the ranks at a prominent law firm. Larry's wife Erica (Julie Strain) loves her husband very much and would do nearly anything for him -- which takes on a whole new meaning when one discovers that she's a witch with a firm command of her darker powers. Larry is in line for a promotion, but instead the senior partnership is given to Howard (Edward Albert), and Erica is just as upset as you might imagine; using both her sexual allure and her magical powers, Erica takes her revenge on Howard, leaving him in a wheelchair. However, it seems that Howard's wife Amelia (Linda Blair) is also a witch, and she's not about to allow the crippling of Howard to go unpunished. Sorceress also features Michael Parks and a cameo appearance from noted exploitation director Fred Olen Ray. Blu-ray Release date: June 14th, 2016

Venom BD - It was supposed to be the perfect crime: the sexy maid (Susan George of STRAW DOGS), a psychotic chauffeur (Oliver Reed of THE BROOD) and an international terrorist (the legendary Klaus Kinski) kidnap a wealthy ten-year-old boy from his elegant London townhouse. But they didn't count on a murdered cop, a desperate hostage siege, and one very unexpected houseguest: a furious Black Mamba, the most lethal and aggressive snake known to nature. It can attack from ten feet away. Its bite brings excruciating death. And it is on the loose. Now, terror knows no antidote... and the ultimate in slithering mayhem is VENOM. Blu-ray Release Date: May 31st, 2016

Here Comes Mr. Jordan BD - Here Comes Mr. Jordan is one of those rare Hollywood classics that hasn't dated and never fails to raise one's spirits. It's one of the first and best of the Films Blanc, the splinter genre of light comedy-dramas that imagine the universe to be governed by a fanciful Hereafter. Screenwriters Sidney Buchman and Seton I. Miller put Robert Montgomery into a no man's land between heaven and earth, while sympathetic angels work to correct a cosmic error. Nominated for seven Oscars, the film won two, for Original Story and Screenplay. Blu-ray Release Date: June 14th, 2016

Fantastic Planet BD - Fantastic Planet tells the story of "Oms", human-like creatures, kept as domesticated pets by an alien race of blue giants called "Draags". The story takes place on the Draags' planet Ygam, where we follow our narrator, an Om called Terr, from infancy to adulthood. He manages to escape enslavement from a Draag learning device used to educate the savage Oms — and begins to organise an Om revolt. The imagination invested in the surreal creatures, music and sound design, and eerie landscapes, is immense and unforgettable. Blu-ray Release Date: June 21st, 2016

Le Amiche BD - A key film of Antonioni's middle-period, Le amiche [The Girlfriends] finds the Italian master expanding his palette in the realm of traditional narrative cinema by way of his powerhouse direction of an ensemble cast, while entrenching his devotion to expressing the emotional makeup of the modern woman. Clelia (Eleonora Rossi-Drago) embarks from Rome to set up a fashion-salon in Torino. Shortly after arrival, she finds herself caught up in the (melo)dramas of a bourgeoise circle of acquaintances (including the iconic Valentina Cortese), and their attendant attempts at suicide, their class prejudices, and the romantic alliances that threaten to transform the social clique into an emotional tar-pit. Le amiche represents the epitome of Antonioni's '50s period, and although it lays the groundwork for such '60s breakthroughs as L'avventura and La notte, it proves itself no less brilliant. Blu-ray Release Date: June 7th, 2016

Dr. Strangelove BD - Stanley Kubrick’s painfully funny take on Cold War anxiety is one of the fiercest satires of human folly ever to come out of Hollywood. The matchless shape-shifter Peter Sellers plays three wildly different roles: Royal Air Force Captain Lionel Mandrake, timidly trying to stop a nuclear attack on the USSR ordered by an unbalanced general (Sterling Hayden); the ineffectual and perpetually dumbfounded U.S. President Merkin Muffley, who must deliver the very bad news to the Soviet premier; and the titular Strangelove himself, a wheelchair-bound presidential adviser with a Nazi past. Finding improbable hilarity in nearly every unimaginable scenario, Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb is a subversive masterpiece that officially announced Kubrick as an unparalleled stylist and pitch-black ironist. Criterion Blu-ray Release Date: June 28th, 2016

The Terror BD - In one of his first-ever roles, a young Jack Nicholson stars as Lt. Andre Duvalier, a soldier in Napoleon's army in 19th century France, separated from his regiment. He awakens on a beach to the sight of a strange woman who leads him to the gothic, towering castle that serves as home to eerie Baron Von Leppe (Boris Karloff). But, as Duvalier soon discovers, nothing is what it seems in this ghastly, haunted mansion of death! This underground favorite was made in classic Roger Corman fashion, making the most of his resources to bring yet another film to life on a minimal budget for his producers at American International Pictures. AIP was a small, independent studio that specialized in low-budget teensploitation films, and Corman was one of their main men. Film Detective Blu-ray Release date: May 31st, 2016

Madame X BD - Based on a 1909 French play by Alexandre Bisson, Madame X was first filmed in 1916, with Dorothy Donnelly in the title role. In a 1920 remake, the celebrated stage actress Pauline Frederick played her. The first talkie version, in 1929, earned an Academy Award nomination for Broadway star Ruth Chatterton. MGM remade it in 1937 with Gladys George as the doomed lady, and there was a British version in 1948. Tuesday Weld received excellent reviews in the 1981 television adaptation. Perhaps the best of the lot -- and certainly the one with the highest production values -- is the 1966 version of Madame X starring Lana Turner. Blu-ray Release Date: May 24th, 2016

Rams BD - In a secluded valley in Iceland, brothers Gummi and Kiddi live side by side, tending to their prized ancestral sheep. But a long-term grudge means that they haven’t spoken to each other for four decades, passing messages via the sheep dog. When a lethal ovine disease suddenly appears in the valley, the authorities move in to cull all of the livestock. But Gummi and Kiddi don’t give up easily and each brother tries to stave off the disaster in his own fashion: Kiddi by using his rifle and Gummi by using his wits. As the authorities close in the brothers will need to come together to save the special breed of sheep passed down for generations - and themselves - from extinction. Blu-ray Release date: May 30th, 2016

 Next 4 weeks on the Calendar

May 30th, 2016

 

Atlantic City [Blu-ray] (Louis Malle, 1980) RB FR Gaumont

L'Avventura [Blu-ray] (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1960) Criterion UK (BEAVER REVIEW)

La belle équipe (aka They Were Five) [Blu-ray] (Julien Duvivier, 1936) - RB Fr Pathé (with English subtitles)

The Big Short [Blu-ray] (Adam McKay, 2015) Region FREE UK Universal Pictures UK (BEAVER REVIEW)

Blood Bath [Blu-ray] (Jack Hill, Stephanie Rothman, 1966) Arrow US

Blood Bath [Blu-ray] (Jack Hill, Stephanie Rothman, 1966) RB UK Arrow

Christina [Blu-ray] (Francisco Lara Polop, 1985) Intervision Picture Corp.

City of Women [Blu-ray] (Federico Fellini, 1980) Cohen Media (BEAVER REVIEW)

The Club [Blu-ray] (Pablo Larraín, 2015) RB UK Network

La fin du jour (aka The End of the Day) [Blu-ray] (Julien Duvivier, 1939) - RB Fr Pathé (with English subtitles)

Gods of Egypt [Blu-ray] (Alex Proyas, 2016) Lionsgate

Horse Money [Blu-ray] (Pedro Costa, 2014) Cinema Guild (BEAVER REVIEW)

The Human Tornado [Blu-ray] (Cliff Roquemore, 1976) Vinegar Syndrome (BEAVER REVIEW)

It! The Terror from Beyond Space [Blu-ray] (Edward L. Cahn, 1958) RB UK 101 Films

Justin de Marseille [Blu-ray] (Maurice Tourneur, 1935) - RB Fr Pathé (with English subtitles)

The Last Panthers [Blu-ray] (Jack Thorne, 2015) Acorn Media

Minions [Blu-ray] (Kyle Balda, Pierre Coffin, 2015) Universal

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies [Blu-ray] (Burr Steers, 2016) Sony

Psychic Killer [Blu-ray] (Ray Danton, 1975) Vinegar Syndrome

Race [Blu-ray] (Stephen Hopkins, 2016) Universal

Rams [Blu-ray] (Grímur Hákonarson, 2015) RB UK Soda Pictures (BEAVER REVIEW)

Stuff and Dough (Cristi Puiu, 2001) R0 UK Second Run

Tartarin de Tarascon [Blu-ray] (Raymond Bernard, 1934) - RB Fr Pathé (with English subtitles)

The Terror [Blu-ray] (Roger Corman, 1963) Film Detective (BEAVER REVIEW)

Triple 9 [Blu-ray] (John Hillcoat, 2016) Universal

The Uninvited [Blu-ray] (Lewis Allen, 1944) - RB FR Wild Side Video

Venom [Blu-ray] (Piers Haggard, 1981) Blue Underground (BEAVER REVIEW)

The Warren Case (Walter Summers, 1934) R2 UK Network

Wim Wenders: The Road Trilogy [Blu-ray] (Alice in the Cities - 1974, Wrong Move - 1975, Kings of the Road - 1976) Criterion (BEAVER REVIEW)

Youth [Blu-ray] (Paolo Sorrentino, 2015) RB UK StudioCanal

 

June 6th, 2016

 

The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T [Blu-ray] (Roy Rowland, 1953) Mill Creek Entertainment
 99 Homes [Blu-ray] (Ramin Bahrani, 2014) Broadgreen

The Abandoned [Blu-ray] (Eytan Rockaway, 2015) Shout! Factory

Le amiche [Blu-ray] (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1955) Criterion (BEAVER REVIEW)

Anomalisa [Blu-ray] (Duke Johnson, Charlie Kaufman, 2015) Paramount

Apocalypse Now - Triple Feature [Blu-ray] (ReduX and Hearts of Darkness Included) Lionsgate

The Best Intentions [Blu-ray] (Bille August, 1992) Film Movement

The Best Intentions (Bille August, 1992) Film Movement

Blow Out [Blu-ray] (Brian De Palma, 1981) RB DE Koch Media

Brewster's Millions [Blu-ray] (Walter Hill, 1985) RB UK Fabulous Films

Cheech and Chong's Next Movie [Blu-ray] (Tommy Chong, 1980) RB UK Fabulous Films

Chisum [Blu-ray] (Andrew V. McLaglen, 1970) Warner

Cohen Media Group: Love Stories Bundle - Delicacy (2011), Chinese Puzzle (2013), Perfect Understanding (1933) - The Vivien Leigh Anniversary Collection with Dark Journey (1937), Fire Over England (1937), Storm In a Tea Cup (1937) and Sidewalks of London aka St. Martins Lane (1938) Cohen Media

Concussion [Blu-ray] (Peter Landesman, 2015) RB UK Sony Pictures

The Confirmation [Blu-ray] (Bob Nelson, 2016) Lionsgate

Dissent & Disruption: The Complete Alan Clarke at the BBC (Limited Edition Blu-ray Box Set) RB UK BFI

Dragnet [Blu-ray] (Tom Mankiewicz, 1987) RB UK Fabulous Films

Eisenstein in Guanajuato [Blu-ray] (Peter Greenaway, 2015) RB UK Axiom Films

Every Home Should Have One [Blu-ray] (Jim Clark, 1970) RB UK Network

The Fear of 13 (David Sington, 2015) First Run Features

Frederick Wiseman - Intégrale Vol. 2 : 1980-1994 - R2 FR Blaq Out

The Funhouse Massacre [Blu-ray] (Andy Palmer, 2015) Shout! Factory

Ghostbusters - 4K UHD [Blu-ray] (Ivan Reitman, 1984) Sony Pictures
 Ghostbusters II - 4K UHD [Blu-ray] (Ivan Reitman, 1989) Sony Pictures

Hail, Caesar! [Blu-ray] (Coen Brothers, 2016) Universal

Hired Wife (William A. Seiter, 1940) R2 UK Simply Media

Jetsons: The Movie [Blu-ray] (Joseph Barbera, William Hanna, 1990) RB UK Fabulous Films

Joe Butterfly (Jesse Hibbs, 1957) R2 UK Simply Media

Journey to Shiloh (William Hale, 1968) R2 UK Simply Media

King Ralph [Blu-ray] (Tom Mankiewicz, 1991) RB UK Fabulous Films

Kirk Douglas: The Centennial Collection (8 films on 5 discs) Universal

The Knick - Season 2 [Blu-ray] (Steven Soderbergh, 2015) - RB UK HBO/Warner

The Lady Gambles (Michael Gordon, 1949) R2 UK Simply Media

The Lady Takes a Flyer (Jack Arnold, 1958) R2 UK Simply Media

The Martian - Extended Edition [Blu-ray] (Ridley Scott, 2015) 20th Century Fox

McQ [Blu-ray] (John Sturges, 1974) Warner

No Home Movie (Chantal Akerman, 2015) Icarus Films

Overlord [Blu-ray] (Stuart Cooper, 1975) Criterion UK (BEAVER REVIEW)

Perry Mason Movie Double Feature (1994-95): The Case Of The Grimacing Governor / The Case Of The Jealous Jokester - Paramount

Perry Mason Movie Double Feature (1993-94): The Case of the Wicked Wives / The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle - Paramount

Perry Mason Movie Double Feature (1993): The Case of the Telltale Talk Show Host / The Case of the Killer Kiss - Paramount

Roots - The Complete Series [Blu-ray] (1977) Warner

Shane - single disc 1.37:1 [Blu-ray] (George Stevens, 1953) RB UK Master of Cinema (BEAVER REVIEW)

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon [Blu-ray] (John Ford, 1949) Warner Archive

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan [Director's Cut] [Blu-ray] (Nicholas Meyer, 1982) Paramount

Tarzan, the Ape Man (Joseph Newman, 1959) Warner Archive

They Were Expendable [Blu-ray] (John Ford, 1945) Warner Archive

Tobruk [Blu-ray] (Arthur Hiller, 1967) RB DE Koch Media

Victor/Victoria [Blu-ray] (Blake Edwards, 1982) Warner Archive

A War [Blu-ray] (Tobias Lindholm, 2015) Magnolia

 

June 13th, 2016

 

45 Years [Blu-ray] (Andrew Haigh, 2015) Paramount

Airport - The Complete Collection [Blu-ray] (various, 1970-1979) Universal

Black Dog [Blu-ray] (Kevin Hooks, 1998) Universal

Bodyguards and Assassins [Blu-ray] (Teddy Chan, 2009) Shout! Factory

The Brave One [Blu-ray] (Irving Rapper, 1956) VCI

Cemetery of Splendor [Blu-ray] (Apichatpong Weerasethakul. 2015) Strand Releasing

La Chienne [Blu-ray] (Jean Renoir, 1931) Criterion

Conan: The Complete Quest (Conan the Barbarian / Conan the Destroyer) [Blu-ray] - Universal

Crimson (aka The Man With the Severed Head) [Blu-ray] (Juan Fortuny, 1973) Redemption/Kino Lorber

Edvard Munch [Blu-ray] (Peter Watkins, 1974) RB UK Masters of Cinema

The Face of Eve (Robert Lynn, Jeremy Summers, 1968) R2 UK Network

The Films Of Maurice Pialat: Volume 2 [Blu-ray] (Maurice Pialat - Under the Sun of Satan) Cohen Media

Gold [Blu-ray] (Karl Hartl, 1934) Kino Lorber

Heart of a Dog (Laurie Anderson, 2015) R2 UK Dogwoof

Hello, My Name Is Doris [Blu-ray] (Michael Showalter, 2015) Sony

Here Comes Mr. Jordan [Blu-ray] (Alexander Hall, 1941) Criterion (BEAVER REVIEW)

Highlander [Blu-ray] (Russell Mulcahy, 1986) RB UK Studiocanal

Jaws 2 [Blu-ray] (Jeannot Szwarc, 1978) Universal
 Jaws 3 [Blu-ray 3D] (Joe Alves, 1983) Universal
 Jaws: The Revenge [Blu-ray] (Joseph Sargent, 1987) Universal

London Has Fallen [Blu-ray] (Babak Najafi, 2016) Universal

The Magnetic Monster [Blu-ray] (Curt Siodmak, 1953) Kino Lorber (BEAVER REVIEW)

Nasty Baby [Blu-ray] (Sebastián Silva, 2015) RB UK Network

Nikkatsu Diamond Guys Vol. 2 [Blu-ray] (Tokyo Mighty Guy, Danger Paws, Murder Unincorporated) Arrow UK (BEAVER REVIEW)

Nikkatsu Diamond Guys Vol. 2 [Blu-ray] (Tokyo Mighty Guy, Danger Paws, Murder Unincorporated) Arrow US (BEAVER REVIEW)

Rabid Dogs [Blu-ray] (Éric Hannezo, 2015) Shout! Factory

Resurrection (Daniel Petrie, 1980) Universal

Something Big [Blu-ray] (Andrew V. McLaglen, 1971) Kino Lorber

Sorceress [Blu-ray] (Jim Wynorski, 1995) - Synapse (BEAVER REVIEW)

Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-o-rama [Blu-ray] (David DeCoteau, 1988) RB UK 88 Films

Star Trek XI 2009 - 4K UHD [Blu-ray] (J.J. Abrams, 2009) Paramount

Star Trek Into Darkness - 4K UHD [Blu-ray] (J.J. Abrams, 2013) Paramount

Star Trek: The Original Series: The Complete Series [Blu-ray] - Paramount (BEAVER REVIEW)  (BEAVER REVIEW)  (BEAVER REVIEW)

Suspects, Series 1 and 2 (2014) - Acorn Media

Too Late for Tears [Blu-ray] (Byron Haskin, 1949) RB UK Arrow (BEAVER REVIEW)

Woman on the Run [Blu-ray] (Norman Foster, 1950) RB UK Arrow (BEAVER REVIEW)

The X-Files: Event Series [Blu-ray] Fox

The X-Files: Event Series [Blu-ray] RB UK Fox

 

June 20th, 2016

 

99 River Street [Blu-ray] (Phil Karlson, 1953) Kino Lorber

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy [Blu-ray] (Charles Lamont, 1955) - RB FR Elephant Films

Akenfield [Blu-ray] (Peter Hall, 1974) RB UK BFI

Anesthesia [Blu-ray] (Tim Blake Nelson, 2015) MPI

Appointment with Crime [Blu-ray] (John Harlow, 1946) Olive Films

Blue Eyes - TV Series (2014) R2 UK Arrow Films

The Brothers Grimsby [Blu-ray] (Louis Leterrier, 2016) Sony Pictures

The Borrowers [Blu-ray] (Peter Hewitt, 1997) RB UK Fabulous Films
Cape Fear [Blu-ray] (J. Lee Thompson, 1962) RB UK Fabulous Films

Carefree [Blu-ray] (Mark Sandrich, 1938) Region FREE JP IVC

That Cold Day in the Park [Blu-ray] (Robert Altman, 1969) RB UK Masters of Cinema

Cornbread, Earl and Me [Blu-ray] (Joseph Manduke, 1975) Olive Films

The Crush [Blu-ray] (Alan Shapiro, 1993) Shout! Factory

Deadpool [Blu-ray] (Tim Miller, 2016) RB FR 20th Century Fox

Doctor Who: The Complete First Series [Blu-ray] - BBC

Embrace of the Serpent [Blu-ray] (Ciro Guerra, 2015) Oscilloscope Laboratories

Enemy Mine [Blu-ray] (Wolfgang Petersen, 1985) RB UK Eureka Video

Fantastic Planet [Blu-ray] (René Laloux, 1973) Criterion (BEAVER REVIEW)

Fantomas [Blu-ray] (André Hunebelle, 1964) RB FR Gaumont

Follow the Fleet [Blu-ray] (Mark Sandrich, 1936) Region FREE JP IVC

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers Blu-ray BOX [Blu-ray] (The Gay Divorcee, Top Hat, Follow the Fleet, Swing Time, Shall We Dance, Carefree, The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle) Region FREE JP IVC

The Gay Divorcee [Blu-ray] (Mark Sandrich, 1934) Region FREE JP IVC

Going Away (Nicole Garcia, 2013) Cohen Media Group

Here Comes Mr. Jordan [Blu-ray] (Alexander Hall, 1941) Criterion UK (BEAVER REVIEW)

Heaven Knows What [Blu-ray] (Ben Safdie, Joshua Safdie, 2014) RB UK Axiom Films

Hidden Fear [Blu-ray] (André De Toth, 1957) Kino Lorber (BEAVER REVIEW)

The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses [Blu-ray] (Dominic Cooke, 2016) Universal

I Wanna Hold Your Hand [Blu-ray] (Robert Zemeckis, 1978) RB UK Fabulous Films

If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium [Blu-ray] (Mel Stuart, 1969) Olive Films
 I'll Take Sweden [Blu-ray] (Frederick De Cordova, 1965) Olive Films

Knight of Cups [Blu-ray] (Terrence Malick, 2015) Broadgreen

Lady in White [Blu-ray] (Frank LaLoggia, 1988) Cinedigm

The Lost World [Blu-ray] (Irwin Allen, 1960) RB DE Koch Media

Matinee [Blu-ray] (Joe Dante, 1993) Region FREE JP Makuzamu

Midnight Special [Blu-ray] (Jeff Nichols, 2016) Warner Home Video

A Month in the Country [Blu-ray] (Pat O'Connor, 1987) RB UK BFI

The Mummy's Curse [Blu-ray] (Leslie Goodwins, 1944) - RB FR Elephant Films

The Mummy's Curse (Leslie Goodwins, 1944) R2 FR Elephant Films
 The Mummy's Ghost (Reginald Le Borg, 1944) R2 FR Elephant Films

The Mummy's Hand [Blu-ray] (Christy Cabanne, 1940) - RB FR Elephant Films
 The Mummy's Hand (Christy Cabanne, 1940) R2 FR Elephant Films
 The Mummy's Tomb (Harold Young, 1942) R2 FR Elephant Films

Nighthawks [Blu-ray] (Bruce Malmuth, Gary Nelson, 1981) Shout! Factory

Nikkatsu Diamond Guys Vol. 2 [Blu-ray] (Tokyo Mighty Guy, Danger Paws, Murder Unincorporated) Arrow US

The Panic in Needle Park SE [Blu-ray] (Jerry Schatzberg, 1971) RB FR Carlotta

The Panic in Needle Park [Blu-ray] (Jerry Schatzberg, 1971) RB FR Carlotta

Parenthood [Blu-ray] (Ron Howard, 1989) RB UK Fabulous Films

The Return of a Man Called Horse [Blu-ray] (Irvin Kershner, 1976) Olive Films

Richard III [Blu-ray] (Richard Loncraine, 1995) RB UK BFI

Rollercoaster [Blu-ray] (James Goldstone, 1977) Shout! Factory

Shield for Murder [Blu-ray] (Howard W. Koch, Edmond O'Brien, 1954) Kino Lorber (BEAVER REVIEW)

Stagecoach [Blu-ray] (Ted Post, 1986) Olive Films

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle [Blu-ray] (H.C. Potter, 1939) Region FREE JP IVC

Suture [Blu-ray] (Scott McGehee, David Siegel, 1993) Arrow US

Suture [Blu-ray] (Scott McGehee, David Siegel, 1993) RB UK Arrow

Swing Time [Blu-ray] (George Stevens, 1936) Region FREE JP IVC

Top Hat [Blu-ray] (Mark Sandrich, 1935) Region FREE JP IVC

The Unsinkable Molly Brown [Blu-ray] (Charles Walters, 1964) Warner Archive

The Wave [Blu-ray] (Roar Uthaug, 2015) Magnolia
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