Newsletter - FOR THE WEEK

OF September 19th, 2016

  This Week's Highlights
 
 

Seavus! Another solid week with Blu-ray reviews via BFI, Shochiku, Olive, Wicked-Vision, Twilight Time, Mill Creek,  ... of films by Yasujiro Ozu, Cecil B. DeMille, Terence Fisher, David Cronenberg, Damiano Damiani, Robert Hampton. Our Calendar has new listings including December Criterions films by John Huston, Nicholas Ray, Luis Buńuel, Federico Fellini, Abel Ferrara, Jack Arnold, William Wellman, Woody Allen, Gus Van Sant, Brian De Palma and more. Feature Blu-ray and DVD is posted for SEPTEMBER. We have a CONTEST posted with a BRAND NEW Criterion Blu-ray prize. Have fun!

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LATEST ADDITIONS TO THE RELEASE CALENDAR:

The Asphalt Jungle [Blu-ray] (John Huston, 1950) Criterion

On Dangerous Ground [Blu-ray] (Nicholas Ray, 1951) Warner Archive

The Exterminating Angel [Blu-ray] (Luis Buńuel, 1962) Criterion

Roma [Blu-ray] (Federico Fellini, 1972) Criterion

Heart of a Dog [Blu-ray] (Laurie Anderson, 2015) Criterion

Body Snatchers [Blu-ray] (Abel Ferrara, 1993) Warner Archive

Assault on Precinct 13: 40th Anniversary Limited Edition Box Set [Blu-ray] (John Carpenter, 1976) RB UK Second Sight

It Came From Outer Space [Blu-ray] (Jack Arnold, 1953) R0 Universal UK

The Hammer Collection [Blu-ray] (Brides of Dracula, Kiss of the Vampire, Captain Clegg, Curse of the Werewolf) RB UK Final Cut Entertainment (BEAVER REVIEW)  (BEAVER REVIEW)  (BEAVER REVIEW)  (BEAVER REVIEW)

Star Trek Beyond [Blu-ray] (Justin Lin, 2016) Paramount

The Iron Curtain [Blu-ray] (William Wellman, 1948) RB UK Signal One

Lights Out [Blu-ray] (David F. Sandberg, 2016) Warner Home Video

Raising Cain [Blu-ray] (Brian De Palma, 1992) RB UK Arrow

Stardust Memories [Blu-ray] (Woody Allen, 1980) RB UK Arrow

Zelig [Blu-ray] (Woody Allen, 1983) RB UK Arrow

The Sea of Trees [Blu-ray] (Gus Van Sant, 2015) Lionsgate

Hunt for the Wilderpeople [Blu-ray] (Taika Waititi, 2016) SPE

Independence Day: Resurgence [Blu-ray] (Roland Emmerich, 2016) 20th Century Fox

Body Double [Blu-ray] (Brian De Palma, 1984) SPE

Deathrow Gameshow [Blu-ray] (Mark Pirro, 1987) Vinegar Syndrome

Murder Weapon / Deadly Embrace [Blu-ray] (David DeCoteau, 1989) Vinegar Syndrome

Nightmare Sisters [Blu-ray] (David DeCoteau, 1988) Vinegar Syndrome

Slime City / Slime City Massacre [Blu-ray] (Greg Lamberson, 1989-2010) Camp Motion Pictures

Donnie Darko - 4K restoration [Blu-ray] (Richard Kelly, 2001) RB UK Arrow Video

Woody Allen: Six Films - 1979-1985 [Blu-ray] Manhattan (1979), Stardust Memories (1980), A Midsummer Night s Sex Comedy (1982), Zelig (1983), Broadway Danny Rose (1984) and The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) - RB UK Arrow Academy

Pulse [Blu-ray] (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2001) RB UK Arrow Video

Cohen and Tate [Blu-ray] (Eric Red, 1988) RB UK Arrow Video

Café Society [Blu-ray] (Woody Allen, 2016) Lionsgate 
Night Has a Thousand Desires [Blu-ray] (Jess Franco, 1984) Mondo Macabro
Private Vices, Public Virtues [Blu-ray] (Miklós Jancsó, 1976) Mondo Macabro
Black Christmas [Blu-ray] (Bob Clark, 1974) Shout! Factory
The Chinese Connection
[Blu-ray] (Wei Lo, 1972) Shout! Factory
The Devil's Dolls
[Blu-ray] (Padraig Reynolds, 2016) Shout! Factory
Fists of Fury 
[Blu-ray] (Wei Lo, 1971) Shout! Factory
Dreamscape 
[Blu-ray] (Joseph Ruben, 1984) Shout! Factory
I Am Not a Serial Killer
[Blu-ray] (Billy O'Brien, 2016) Shout! Factory
Let's Be Evil
 
[Blu-ray] (Martin Owen, 2016) Shout! Factory
Shelley
[Blu-ray] (Ali Abbasi, 2016) Shout! Factory
The House That Screamed [Blu-ray] (Narciso Ibáńez Serrador, 1970) Shout! Factory

Daisy Kenyon [Blu-ray] (Otto Preminger, 1947) Kino Lorber

The House on 92nd Street [Blu-ray] (Henry Hathaway, 1945) Kino Lorber

Western Union [Blu-ray] (Fritz Lang, 1941) Kino Lorber

Boomerang [Blu-ray] (Elia Kazan, 1947) Kino Lorber

Bad Girl [Blu-ray] (Frank Borzage, 1931) Kino Lorber

Ugly, Dirty and Bad [Blu-ray] (Ettore Scola, 1976) Film Movement

The Lodger [Blu-ray] (John Brahm, 1944) Kino Lorber

The Undying Monster [Blu-ray] (John Brahm, 1942) Kino Lorber

Tikkun [Blu-ray] (Avishai Sivan, 2015) Kino Lorber

Cosmos [Blu-ray] (Andrzej Zulawski, 2015) Kino Lorber

Terrahawks - Volume 2 [Blu-ray] (1983) RB UK Network

100 Rifles [Blu-ray] (Tom Gries, 1969) Kino Lorber

The DePatie-Freleng Collection - Volume 1 (The Inspector, Roland and Rattfink, The Ant and the Aardvark, Tijuana Toads) [Blu-ray] (Friz Freleng, et al. 1968-1972) Kino Lorber

Biggles: Adventures in Time [Blu-ray] (John Hough, 1986) Kino Lorber

Finders Keepers [Blu-ray] (Richard Lester, 1984) Kino Lorber

Sacrifice! [Blu-ray] (Umberto Lenzi, 1972) Raro Video / Kino Lorber

Body Double [Blu-ray] (Brian De Palma, 1984) RB Powerhouse Films UK

Christine [Blu-ray] (John Carpenter, 1983) RB Powerhouse Films UK

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner [Blu-ray] (Stanley Kramer, 1967) RB Powerhouse Films UK

To Sir, with Love [Blu-ray] (James Clavell, 1967) RB Powerhouse Films UK

The Battle of the Sexes [Blu-ray] (Charles Crichton, 1960) Kino Lorber

The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend [Blu-ray] (Preston Sturges, 1949) Kino Lorber

I Wake Up Screaming [Blu-ray] (H. Bruce Humberstone, 1941) Kino Lorber

10 Rillington Place [Blu-ray] (Richard Fleischer, 1971) RB Powerhouse Films UK

Happy Birthday to Me [Blu-ray] (J. Lee Thompson, 1981) RB Powerhouse Films UK

I, the Jury [Blu-ray] (Richard T. Heffron, 1982) Kino Lorber

Carrington [Blu-ray] (Christopher Hampton, 1995) Olive Films

Coffee and Cigarettes [Blu-ray] (Jim Jarmusch, 2003) Olive Films

Houdini [Blu-ray] (George Marshall, 1953) Olive Films

J'accuse! [Blu-ray] (Abel Gance, 1938) Olive Films

 

 

ONE VOICE (not Ellsworth Monkton Toohey): Quite a mixture this week and I have trouble identifying a numero uno. Let's dive-in with Shochiku's Blu-ray of Yasujiro Ozu's Good Morning - it's bare-bones but offers English subtitles and seems another reason to indulge in the film. I think deserves some kudos for their Blu-ray release of David Cronenberg's The Brood - it has so much going for it in comparison to the Criterion, including a more vibrant image and commentary. While not particularly robust - I did thoroughly enjoy the two Hammer Film Double Feature Blu-rays I reviewed - Revenge of Frankenstein & The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb are teamed together as are The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll & The Gorgon - for some nostalgic horror pleasure from the charming UK studio. The low price makes them an easy decision. Cecil B. DeMille's thought-to-be-lost 1915 silent film The Captive has made it to Olive Blu-ray - a giveaway at around $10 - for the Silent Era aficionado. More nostalgia with Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe - 6 hours of 50's Serial entertainment on 2 Blu-rays - again at at great price! BFI bring us a restored Psychomania on Blu-ray - a rare biker/horror fusion with black humor and eccentric performances. Unique and appealing. Although of limited production quality I always have a soft-spot for the 50's creature-feature-esque efforts and the impressive thing about The Monster of Piedras Blancas on Blu-ray is the stellar image! I've been given some heck for my indifference to the film The Horrible Dr. Hichcock - and I may have missed its The Master-relevant subtleties - another viewing is required. Unfortunately it doesn't advance the Blu-ray quality taken from a source with limitations. Twilight Time bring us Damiano Damiani's crime drama The Most Beautiful Wife to Blu-ray - filled with conflict, morality, consequences - an underappreciated film. Yours, Mine and Ours with Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda doesn't deserve to be the last Blu-ray mentioned - it's a pretty amusing family film. On DVD, this week, Eric covered 5 new titles; Wedding Doll is an Israeli love story drama, The Automatic Hate is an Indie comedy with promise, The Border is a Polish action TV series, From Afar is a Spanish romance film and Take Me to the River, writer-director Matt Sobel's first full length film, challenged many themes.

Quinlan (Orson Welles): “Come on, read my future for me.”
Tanya (Marlene Dietrich): “You haven't got any.
Quinlan: “What do you mean?
Tanya: “Your future is all used up.” - Touch of Evil

Have a stress-less week!

  THIS WEEK's REVIEWS / COMPARISONS
 

The Brood BD - A disturbed woman is receiving a radical form of psychotherapy at a remote, mysterious institute. Meanwhile, her five-year-old daughter, under the care of her estranged husband, is being terrorized by a group of demonic beings. How these two story lines connect is the shocking and grotesque secret of this bloody tale of monstrous parenthood from David Cronenberg, starring Oliver Reed and Samantha Eggar. With its combination of psychological and body horror, The Brood laid the groundwork for many of the director’s films to come, but it stands on its own as a personal, singularly scary vision. Wicked-Vision Blu-ray Release date: July 28th, 2016

The Most Beautiful Wife BD - An interesting film that mixes up crime, drama and human interest The Most Beautiful Wife really centers around its female lead, Ornella Muti. Not only is she completely gorgeous in this film but her performance is excellent as well making her the perfect choice for the part. We can see quite easily why Vito obsesses over her and while that hardly forgives his reprehensible actions the audience is at least able to understand why he wants her so much. Alessio Orano is also quite good as Vito, playing the role of the rather reprehensible spoiled brat quite well. We know he’s been raised in and around the mob so it makes sense that he’s turned out the way he has but he’s still a dirtbag and Orano’s performance ensures that this is never too far from our minds. Blu-ray Release date: August, 2016

Yours, Mine and Ours BD - This story is taken from the real-life marriage of two people in the early 1960s. Helen North (Lucille Ball) is a widow with eight children who falls in love with Naval officer Frank Beardsley (Henry Fonda), a widower with ten children of his own. The two marry as comedy ensues from the sheer numbers and diverse age groups of the offspring. Narration is used in the first half of the film to help set the stage for the impending nuptials. Van Johnson is the mutual friend who brings the couple together. Tom Bosley plays the harried doctor who makes a house call and finds almost two dozen patients under one roof. The newlyweds are soon off to the hospital when Helen becomes pregnant with the couple's first child in this amusing family comedy. Blu-ray Release date: September 13th, 2016

The Captive BD - Cecil B. DeMille s thought-to-be-lost 1915 silent film The Captive, is a found treasure. Set during the Balkan Wars, The Captive tells the story of Sonia (Blanche Sweet, The Woman in White), a young woman living in Montenegro and left to care for her younger brother Milos (Gerald Ward, The Warrens of Virginia) and the family farm when older brother Marko (Page Peters, Davy Crockett) goes off to battle. Unable to handle the day-to-day tasks following her brother s tragic death, help comes in the form of Mahmud Hassan (House Peters, Prisoners of the Storm) a captured Turk nobleman now a prisoner of war. Tasked with helping Sonia, their initial frosty relationship soon melts into love. As the war rages on Sonia, Mahmud and Milos will face near-insurmountable obstacles in their quest for a better life amidst the hell of war. Blu-ray Release date: September 13th, 2016

The Monster of Piedras Blancas BD - Lonely lighthouse-keeper Sturges (John Harmon) keeps mostly to himself, doing his job, which includes warning people away from the beaches and caves near the Piedras Blancas lighthouse. But when two fishermen are found dead, all-but-beheaded and without a trace of blood in their bodies, that brings Constable Matson (Forrest Lewis) and Dr. Jorgenson (Les Tremayne) snooping around. And suddenly the village is being stalked by some kind of monstrous creature, capable of killing anyone in its path. Sturges reveals what he knows, but this may be too late to save his daughter Lucy (Jeanne Carmen) or himself. Blu-ray Release date: September 13th, 2016

Good Morning BD - A bright Tokyo suburb buzzing with gossip is the backdrop to Ozu s cheerful comedy, Good Morning. Disillusioned with the seemingly meaningless talk of the adults around them, two brothers take a vow of silence when their parents refuse to buy them a television. With a dexterously woven plot, built on mishaps and misunderstandings, Good Morning pokes fun at the silliness of everyday chatter whilst gently acknowledging its fundamental necessity. Shochiku Blu-ray Release Date: March 8th, 2014

Psychomania BD - Upon discovering a dark family secret Tom Latham (Nick Henson), the leader of hell-raising teen motorcycle gang 'The Living Dead', decides to take drastic measures to ensure his gang's superiority. Through his devil-worshipping mother (Beryl Reid), Tom makes a pact with Satan to ascertain the secret of immortality. Using this information he encourages his fellow riders to end their lives, safe in the knowledge that they'll soon return from the dead to invulnerably terrorise the locals. Packed with gothic tropes, black humour and eccentric performances (including George Sanders final screen role), Psychomania is a cult horror classic brimming with exciting action and fantastical mayhem. Blu-ray Release Date: September 26th, 2016

The Horrible Dr. Hichcock BD - Genre cinema has never suffered from what Harold Bloom likes to call the anxiety of influence. On the contrary, horror filmmakers have taken great delight over the years in pilfering unabashedly from their predecessors. The Horrible Dr. Hichcock is, in many regards, an ideal case in point, though director Riccardo Freda and screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi take equal pleasure in delivering their nods with a wink. As its very title indicates, the film engages with Alfred Hitchcock's work in overtly referential manner, but it also explores Hitch's pet themes and obsessions in profoundly disturbing ways. Blu-ray Release date: September 13th, 2016

Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe BD - Dangerous weather and climate changes are ravaging the earth and masked super-scientist Commando Cody is approached by the government to investigate. Among the tools at his disposal are a jet-powered one-man flying suit, and a rocket ship. With his colleagues Joan and Ted, who is later replaced by Dick, he ascertains the disasters are being caused by space-alien forces led by a mysterious "Ruler" of unknown planetary origins, with occasional help from earth-born criminals. Warding off dangers, Cody and his associates are able to methodically close in on the culprits, and reveal The Ruler to be a rogue from Venus who meets his end on Mercury with the help of the Mercurians. Blu-ray Release date: September 13th, 2016

Hammer Film Double Feature - Revenge of Frankenstein & The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb BD - This Double Feature from England's Hammer Films deliver enough Saturday afternoon creature feature thrills to please devotees of the legendary studio's output and vintage horror fans alike. Jimmy Sangster's screenplay makes a clear break with the pattern of the Universal Frankenstein series of the 1930s and 1940s, which focused on the monster created by Victor Frankenstein and revived by a series of Victor's relatives. Hammer logically set their focus on Frankenstein himself, and Peter Cushing became the linking thread through the series, although the Baron's approach and state of mind would vary from film to film, from obsessively evil to detached but decent. His mode in The Revenge of Frankenstein is self-obsessed but hardly murderous, and that sets the tone for the film as a whole. He has no hesitation in mutilating the patients under his care in the poor clinic, but he also seems to genuinely desire to provide a sound body for the twisted Karl. The Revenge of Frankenstein is also notable for featuring perhaps the least monstrous "monster" of any Frankenstein film. Actor Michael Gwynn elicits enormous sympathy as Karl's new body begins to betray him, and in a party-crashing confrontation with his creator, the creature is more pathetic than terrifying. Curse of the Mummy's Tomb, with Hammer exec Michael Carreras (son of company founder James Carreras) behind the camera for a featherweight monster romp that doesn't hold a candle to Terence Fisher's Mummy in 1959. Blu-ray Release Date: September 6th, 2016

Hammer Film Double Feature - The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll & The Gorgon BD - Though perhaps not as iconic as their Dracula and Frankenstein pictures, this Double Feature from England's Hammer Films deliver enough Saturday afternoon creature feature thrills to please devotees of the legendary studio's output and vintage horror fans alike. 1964's The Gorgon will be the title to attract the most immediate attention due to the presence of Hammer's biggest stars, Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, in its cast, and its most celebrated director, Terence Fisher, behind the camera. It's an atmospheric and offbeat entry in the Hammer canon, with one of its most unusual villains: a snake-haired fiend from Greek mythology who turns men into stone. Cushing and Lee are typically fine (both are on the side of the angels for once), and the picture's sole stumbling block is the lackluster makeup for its monster. Fisher's The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960), a revamp of the Stevenson story with Paul Massie as the dour scientist whose personality experiments unleash a virile but unhinged alter ego. Hardcore Hammer aficionados will be thrilled to discover that the Blu-ray version is uncut and preserves much of the (mildly) salacious material trimmed for its release in America under the title House of Fright. Blu-ray Release Date: September 6th, 2016

The Automatic Hate - When Davis Green's alluring young cousin Alexis appears on his doorstep one night, he discovers that a side of his family has been kept secret from him. Against his father's wishes, Davis travels to rural, upstate New York to meet his other cousins. While wrestling with a taboo attraction to one another, he and Alexis attempt to reunite their families, uncovering the reasons behind a long-standing rift and the shocking secret that tore their fathers apart. Together, their discoveries force them to confront the temptation to keep their familial grudge going rather than end it. DVD Release Date: September 13th, 2016

The Border - The Border tells the story of border guards in the remote region of Bieszczady, a mysterious and magical region where people can behave strangely. The first episode opens with a fatal bomb attack, killing guards who are stationed on the border with Ukraine. The only survivor, Captain Rebrow, loses friends in the attack. Utterly confused, he tries find out who is behind the bombing. His commanding officer is determined to uncover the truth, working with an investigator from the national prosecutor s office. DVD Release Date: September 5th, 2016

From Afar - FROM AFAR is the 'masterly feature debut' (The New York Times) from Lorenzo Vigas and winner of the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. Wealthy, middle-aged Armando lures young men to his home where he doesn't want to touch them, only watch from a distance. A violent encounter with Elder, a street thug, doesn't discourage the lonely man's fascination with him, and financial interest keeps Elder visiting him regularly. Soon an unexpected intimacy emerges. Armando's haunted past looms large, and Elder commits the ultimate act of affection. DVD Release Date: September 6th, 2016

Take Me to the River - Matt Sobel's assured directorial debut is the story of Ryder, an artsy, confident California teen who is heading to Nebraska for a family reunion. After planning to come out to his conservative relatives, he holds off at his mother's request but nevertheless makes a showy entrance at the cookout with his short shorts and his eye-catching shades. No one seems particularly impressed except his 9-year old cousin Molly, who likes to follow him around. When they go to the barn to look for birds in the rafters and she comes back screaming and inconsolable, Ryder comes under suspicion and, in the process of clearing his name, learns that some family secrets are sometimes better kept that way. DVD Release Date: September 13th, 2016

Wedding Doll - Hagit, a young woman with mild mental deficiency, works in a toilet-paper factory. She lives with her mother Sarah, a divorcée who gave up her life for her daughter. Hagit strives for independence and Sarah is torn between her desire to protect her, and her own will to live. When a relationship develops between her and the son of the factory owner, Hagit hides it from her mother. The announcement of the closing of the factory shakes Hagit and Sarah's life and jeopardizes Hagit's love story. DVD Release Date: September 20th, 2016
 

 Next 4 weeks on the Calendar

September 19th, 2016

 

Almodóvar Collection [Blu-ray] (What Have I Done to Deserve This?, Dark Habits, Flower of My Secrets, Kika, Law of Desire, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown) RB UK Studiocanal

Beware! The Blob [Blu-ray] (Larry Hagman, 1972) Kino Lorber

Blood Simple [Blu-ray] (Ethan Coen and Ethan Coen, 1984) Criterion (BEAVER REVIEW)

The Blue Dahlia [Blu-ray] (George Marshall, 1946) RB UK Arrow

Cat People [Blu-ray] (Jacques Tourneur, 1942) Criterion (BEAVER REVIEW)

The Commitments [Blu-ray] (Alan Parker, 1991) RB UK RLJ Entertainment
The Crying Game [Blu-ray] (Neil Jordan, 1992) RB UK BFI

Dead End Drive-In [Blu-ray] (Brian Trenchard-Smith, 1986) Arrow Video (BEAVER REVIEW)

Dead End Drive-In [Blu-ray] (Brian Trenchard-Smith, 1986) RB UK Arrow Video (BEAVER REVIEW)

The Enemy Below [Blu-ray] (Dick Powell, 1957) Kino Lorber

Fanny [Blu-ray] (Joshua Logan, 1961) Shout! Factory

Fixed Bayonets! [Blu-ray] (Samuel Fuller, 1951) Kino Lorber

Free State of Jones [Blu-ray] (Gary Ross, 2016) Universal Studios

The Glass Key [Blu-ray] (Stuart Heisler, 1942) RB UK Arrow

High Noon [Blu-ray] (Olive Signature) (Fred Zinnemann, 1952) Olive Films

The Human Condition Trilogy [Blu-ray] - RB UK Arrow
Johnny Guitar [Blu-ray] (Olive Signature) (Nicholas Ray, 1954) Olive Films

Labyrinth (30th Anniversary Edition) [Blu-ray] (Jim Henson, 1986) Sony

Ma ma [Blu-ray] (Julio Medem, 2015) Oscilloscope Laboratories

Mai-Chan's Daily Life: The Movie [Blu-ray] (Sade Satô, 2014) Redemption/Kino Lorber

Man in the Moon (Basil Dearden, 1960) R2 UK Network

Nostalgia [Blu-ray] (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1983) RB UK Curzons / Artificial Eye (BEAVER REVIEW)

Paths of Glory [Blu-ray] (Stanley Kubrick, 1957) RB UK Masters of Cinema

Poison Pen (Paul L. Stein, 1939) R2 UK Network

Psychomania [Blu-ray] (Don Sharp, 1973) RB UK BFI (BEAVER REVIEW)

Sacrifice [Blu-ray] (Peter A. Dowling, 2016) Shout! Factory

The Rift aka Endless Descent [Blu-ray] (Juan Piquer Simón, 1990) Kino Lorber

Satan's Blood [Blu-ray] (Carlos Puerto, 1978) RB UK Screenbound Pictures

The Uninvited [Blu-ray] (Lewis Allen, 1944) RB UK Exposure

The Witness [Blu-ray] (James D. Solomon, 2015) FilmRise

 

September 26th, 2016

 

An American Werewolf in London - Restored Edition [Blu-ray] (John Landis, 1981) Universal

Artificial Eye 40th Anniversary Collection: Volume 3 Palme D'or Winners [Blu-ray] '4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days' (2007) 'Blue Is the Warmest Colour' (2013), 'The Class' (2008), 'The White Ribbon' (2009) RB UK Artificial Eye

The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother [Blu-ray] (Gene Wilder, 1975) Kino Lorber

Bananas [Blu-ray] (Woody Allen, 1971) RB UK Arrow Video (BEAVER REVIEW)

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls [Blu-ray] (Russ Meyer, 1970) Criterion (BEAVER REVIEW)

Bill & Ted's Most Excellent Collection [Blu-ray] (Stephen Herek, Peter Hewitt, 1989-1991) Shout! Factory

Blood Diner [Blu-ray] (Jackie Kong, 1987) Lionsgate

CaboBlanco [Blu-ray] (J. Lee Thompson, 1980) Kino Lorber

Carmen Jones [Blu-ray] (Otto Preminger, 1954) RB UK BFI

Cat People [Blu-ray] (Jacques Tourneur, 1942) RB Criterion UK (BEAVER REVIEW)

Cell [Blu-ray] (Tod Williams, 2016) - Lionsgate
Chopping Mall [
Blu-ray] (Jim Wynorski, 1986) Lionsgate

Count Dracula's Great Love [Blu-ray] (Javier Aguirre, 1972) Vinegar Syndrome

The Culpepper Cattle Co. [Blu-ray] (Dick Richards, 1972) RB UK Signal One

Dekalog [Blu-ray] (Krzysztof Kieślowski, 1988) Criterion (BEAVER REVIEW)

Early Murnau - Five Films [Blu-ray] (Schloß Vogelöd, Phantom, Der Letzte Mann, The Grand Duke's Finances, Tartuffe - F.W. Murnau) RB UK Masters of Cinema (BEAVER REVIEW)

Einstein's Universe [Blu-ray] (Martin Freeth, 1979) Corinth Films

Electra, My Love [Blu-ray] (Miklós Jancsó,1974) RB UK Second Run

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex..* But Were Afraid to Ask [Blu-ray] (Woody Allen, 1972) RB UK Arrow Video (BEAVER REVIEW)

Fedora [Blu-ray] (Billy Wilder, 1975) RB UK Masters of Cinema

Haunted Honeymoon [Blu-ray] (Gene Wilder, 1986) Kino Lorber

Hex [Blu-ray] (Chih-Hung Kuei, 1980) RB UK 88 Films

Highlander (30th Anniversary) [Blu-ray] (Russell Mulcahy, 1986) Lionsgate

The Hills Have Eyes [Blu-ray] (Wes Craven, 1977) Arrow Video

The Hills Have Eyes [Blu-ray] (Wes Craven, 1977) RB UK Arrow Video

Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom [Blu-ray] (Sean Patrick O'Reilly, 2016) Shout! Factory

The Innocents [Blu-ray] (Anne Fontaine, 2016) - Music Box Films

Kamikaze '89 [Blu-ray] (Wolf Gremm, 1982) Film Movement

Lady in White [Blu-ray] (Frank LaLoggia, 1988) Shout! Factory

Love & Friendship [Blu-ray] (Whit Stillman, 2016) RB UK Curzon Artificial Eye / Lionsgate

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil [Blu-ray] (Clint Eastwood, 1997) Warner Archive

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

The Nice Guys [Blu-ray] (Shane Black, 2016) RB UK Icon Entertainment

The Panic in Needle Park [Blu-ray] (Jerry Schatzberg, 1971) RB UK Signal One

Patterns [Blu-ray] (Fielder Cook, 1956) Film Detective

The Perfume of the Lady in Black [Blu-ray] (Francesco Barilli, 1974)  RB UK 88 Films

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

River of Death [Blu-ray] (Steve Carver, 1989)  RB UK 88 Films

The Shallows [Blu-ray] (Jaume Collet-Serra, 2016) Sony Pictures

The Shape of Things to Come [Blu-ray] (George McCowan, 1979) Blue Underground

Slugs [Blu-ray] (Juan Piquer Simón, 1988) Arrow Video

Slugs [Blu-ray] (Juan Piquer Simón, 1988) RB UK Arrow Video

The Thing [Blu-ray] (John Carpenter, 1982) Shout! Factory

Two Films by Douglas Sirk [Blu-ray] (Douglas Sirk, 1946-1947) Cohen Media

Two from Gérard Kikoďne - Lady Libertine / Love Circles [Blu-ray] (Gérard Kikoďne, 1983, 1985) Intervision Picture Corp.

Valley of the Dolls [Blu-ray] (Mark Robson, 1967) Criterion (BEAVER REVIEW)

Woody Allen: Six Films - Bananas, Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex.., Sleeper, Love and Death, Annie Hall, Interiors [Blu-ray] (Woody Allen, 1971-1978) RB UK Arrow Video (BEAVER REVIEW (BEAVER REVIEW) (BEAVER REVIEW) (BEAVER REVIEW) (BEAVER REVIEW)

 

October 3rd, 2016

 

Banshee: The Complete Fourth Season [Blu-ray] - HBO

Body Double [Blu-ray] (Brian De Palma, 1984) SPE

Body Double [Blu-ray] (Brian De Palma, 1984) RB Powerhouse Films UK

Christine [Blu-ray] (John Carpenter, 1983) RB Powerhouse Films UK

Chosen Survivors [Blu-ray] (Sutton Roley, 1974) Kino Lorber

Cosmos [Blu-ray] (Andrzej Zulawski, 2015) RB UK Arrow

The Damned: Don't You Wish That We Were Dead [Blu-ray] (Wes Orshoski, 2015) RB UK Platform

Daredevil: The Complete First Season [Blu-ray] RB UK Walt Disney Studios

Daughter of Dracula [Blu-ray] (Jess Franco, 1972) Redemption/Kino Lorber

Diary of a Chambermaid [Blu-ray] (Benoît Jacquot, 2015) Sony Pictures

The Earth Dies Screaming [Blu-ray] (Terence Fisher, 1964) Kino Lorber

Fender Bender [Blu-ray] (Mark Pavia, 2016) Shout! Factory

Graffiti Bridge [Blu-ray] (Prince, 1990) Warner Home Video

Into the Forest [Blu-ray] (Patricia Rozema, 2015) Lionsgate

Knight Rider - The Complete Series [Blu-ray] (1982-1986) Mill Creek Entertainment

The Lion In Winter [Blu-ray] (Anthony Harvey, 1968) RB UK Studiocanal

Love and Death [Blu-ray] (Woody Allen, 1975) RB UK Arrow (BEAVER REVIEW)
Miami Vice - The Complete Series [
Blu-ray] (1984-1989) Mill Creek Entertainment
Money Monster [
Blu-ray] (Jodie Foster, 2016) RB UK Sony Pictures

Mr. Deeds Goes To Town 80th Anniversary Edition [Blu-ray] - Sony Pictures

Nashville [Blu-ray] (Robert Altman, 1975) Criterion Collection (BEAVER REVIEW)

Prince Movie Collection (Purple Rain, Under the Cherry Moon, Graffiti Bridge) [Blu-ray] (Albert Magnoli, Prince, 1984-1990) Warner Home Video
Purple Rain [
Blu-ray] (Albert Magnoli, 1984) Warner Home Video

The Quay Brothers Collection [Blu-ray] RB UK BFI

The Sacrifice [Blu-ray] (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1986) RB UK Artificial Eye

Sleeper [Blu-ray] (Woody Allen, 1973) RB UK Arrow (BEAVER REVIEW)

Stephen King's It [Blu-ray] (Tommy Lee Wallace, 1990) Warner Home Video

Under the Cherry Moon [Blu-ray] (Prince, 1986) Warner Home Video

Vamp [Blu-ray] (Richard Wenk, 1986) Arrow Video US

Vamp [Blu-ray] (Richard Wenk, 1986) Arrow Video UK

When Marnie Was There [Blu-ray] (Hiromasa Yonebayashi, 2014) RB UK Studiocanal

When Marnie Was There - Special Edition [Blu-ray] (Hiromasa Yonebayashi, 2014) RB UK Studiocanal

X-Men: Apocalypse [Blu-ray] (Bryan Singer, 2016) 20th Century Fox

X-Men: Apocalypse [4K Ultra HD Blu-ray] - 20th Century Fox

 

October 10th, 2016

 

Astro Zombies [Blu-ray] (Ted V. Mikels, 1968) Kino Lorber

Boiling Point [Blu-ray] (Takeshi Kitano, 1990) Film Movement

Boyhood [Blu-ray] (Richard Linklater, 2014) Criterion Collection

The Burning (Steelbook) [Blu-ray] (Tony Maylam, 1981) RB UK Arrow Video

Carrie [Blu-ray] (Collector's Edition) (Brian De Palma, 1976) Shout! Factory

Clint Eastwood: 4-Movie Thriller Collection (Coogan’s Bluff, The Eiger Sanction, Play Misty for Me, The Beguiled) [Blu-ray] (Don Siegel, Clint Eastwood, 1968-1975) Universal Studios

Dark Water [Blu-ray] (Hideo Nakata, 2002) Arrow Video US

Dark Water [Blu-ray] (Hideo Nakata, 2002) Arrow Video UK

Die Screaming Marianne [Blu-ray] (Pete Walker, 1971) RB UK Screenbound Pictures

The Emigrants/The New Land [Blu-ray] (Jan Troell, 1971, 1972) Criterion UK (BEAVER REVIEW)

The First Power [Blu-ray] (Robert Resnikoff, 1990)  RB UK 88 Films

Glengarry Glen Ross [Blu-ray] (James Foley, 1992) Lionsgate

Gregory Peck Centennial Collection [Blu-ray] Universal Studios

The Infiltrator [Blu-ray] (Brad Furman, 2016) Broad Green Pictures

It's a Wonderful Life - Platinum Anniversary Edition [Blu-ray] (Frank Capra, 1946) Paramount

Kids Return [Blu-ray] (Takeshi Kitano, 1996) RB UK Third Window Films

Man on Fire [Blu-ray] (Elie Chouraqui, 1987) Kino Lorber

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

On Dangerous Ground [Blu-ray] (Nicholas Ray, 1951) Warner Archive

Prison [Blu-ray] (Renny Harlin, 1987)  RB UK 88 Films

Private Property [Blu-ray] (Leslie Stevens, 1960) Cinelicious Pics

Violent Cop [Blu-ray] (Takeshi Kitano, 1989) Film Movement

Witchcraft [Blu-ray] (Don Sharp, 1964) Kino Lorber

The World at War: The Complete Series [Blu-ray] RB UK Network

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