Billy Wilder

Disney Classics, Favorites from the Warner Archives, and Plenty of Other Exciting New Releases!

09.24.19 | Chris Cummins | Tags: 101 Dalmatians, Bette Davis, Billy Wilder, Bing Crosby, Bryan Tyree Henry, Carl Weathers, Craig T. Nelson, Criterion Collection, Danny Boyle, Dick Miller, Disney, Ed Sheeran, Edmund O'Brien, Ginger Rogers, Hallmark Channel, Helen Mirren, Himesh Patel, James Corden, Joan Fontaine, Kate McKinnon, Leo McCarey, Mark Hamill, Ray Milland, Richard Roundtree, Robert Redford, Roger Corman, Samuel L. Jackson, Sharon Stone, Sleeping Beauty, Susan Sarandon, The Beatles, Walt Disney Studios, Warner Archive Collection | no comments

The classic and the contemporary collide in this week’s new releases. We’ve got several favorites fresh from the Disney vault, timeless titles from the Warner Archive Collection, recent theatrical offerings, and so much more. It’s always exciting when it’s new…

“Detective Pikachu,” Edward G. Robinson Favorites, and Other Fantastic New Releases!

08.06.19 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Anthony Quinn, Aretha Franklin, Bill Nighy, Billy Wilder, Buck Jones, Carol Burnett, Charles Durning, Colm Meaney, Criterion Collection, Derek Jacobi, Detective Pikachu, Diane Keaton, Edward G. Robinson, Hallmark Channel, Jack Lemmon, Jackie Gleason, Jane Campion, Jane Wyman, Jean Arthur, Ken Watanabe, KL Studio Classics, Marlene Dietrich, Matt Smith, Nicholas Hault, Pam Grier, Ryan Reynolds, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Susan Saradon, Tilda Swinton, Walter Matthau | no comments

The past and the future collide this week, as the new Blu-rays and DVDs now available are a great mix of recent hits and classics from the golden years of Hollywood. To quote the motto of Pokémon, you gotta catch…

KL Studio Classics Releases Two Terrific Billy Wilder Faves!

08.05.19 | Chris Cummins | Tags: A Foreign Affair, Billy Wilder, Carol Burnett, Charles Durning, Jack Lemmon, Jean Arthur, Kino Lorber, KL Studio Classics, Marlene Dietrich, Susan Sarandon, The Front Page, Vincent Gardenia, Walter Matthau | no comments

KL Studio Lorber have just released a pair of Hollywood comedy classics on Blu-ray that are a must for your home video library. Both of these pictures are helmed by the legendary Billy Wilder, and if you somehow haven’t seem…

This Week’s New Releases Include New Criterion Collection Titles and “The First Purge”

10.03.18 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Alan Alda, Benicio Del Toro, Betty White, Billy Wilder, Bones, Cornel Wilde, DC Comics, Ed Asner, Hallmark Channel, Josh Brolin, Kolchak, Laugh-In, M*A*S*H*, Marisa Tomei, Mary Tyler Moore, Ted Knight, The Criterion Collection, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Purge, Valerie Harper | no comments

It’s been awhile since there has been a week packed with so many monumental new releases, yet here we are! Along with several new titles from the Criterion Collection, the latest DVD and Blu-ray releases also include the latest entry…

These Classics from the Golden Age of Hollywood Are Coming Soon!

07.27.18 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Bette Davis, Billy Wilder, Busby Berkeley, Ersnt Lubitsch, John Carradine, Joseph Cotten, Kirk Douglas, KL Studio Classics, Lloyd Nolan, Loretta Young, Reel Vault, Robert Taylor, Russ Tamblyn, Stewart Granger, Warner Archive Collection | no comments

Mark your calendars, because the weeks and months ahead are going to be packed with DVD and Blu-ray releases of vintage films that you are going to want to add to your home viewing libraries. Companies like KL Studio Classic,…

Check Out These Colossal Comedies, Now on Sale!

12.03.17 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Ann-Margret, Barbara Stanwyck, Bette Davis, Bill Murray, Billy Wilder, Cary Grant, Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Frank Capra, Fred MacMurray, Glenn Ford, Humphrey Bogart, Jerry Lewis, Jimmy Stewart, Joan Blondell, Kurt Russell, Preston Sturges, Robert Zemeckis, Sophia Loren, Stella Stevens, William Holden | no comments

Our current Colossal Comedy Sale presents some of your favorite farces at great prices. Let’s take a look at 10 of the (many) titles featured in the sale! Remember the Night Breezy mix of comedy, drama, and romance stars Barbara…

Musings on “The Seven Year Itch” and Its Influence

08.12.17 | Bill Dunphy | Tags: Billy Wilder, Gig Young, Jack Lemmon, Marilyn Monroe, Robert Strauss, The Seven Year Itch, Tom Ewell | no comments

It’s a hot Summer day in August here in Falmouth on Cape Cod. I have all my errands done and it’s just around 3:00pm. Since it’s too early to eat supper, I think I’ll watch one of my “summer” movies…

Love in the 1970s: Avanti, The Goodbye Girl and Harold and Maude

08.02.17 | Rick29 | Tags: '70s Flashback, 1970s, Billy Wilder, Hal Ashby, Harold and Maude, Jack Lemmon, Juliet Mills, Richard Dreyfuss | no comments

Love in the 1970s: A look at 3 classics from the 1970s. Avanti (1972) directed by Billy Wilder, The Goodbye Girl (1977) starring Richard Dreyfuss, and Harold and Maude (1971) directed by Hal Ashby and starring Ruth Gordon

Wilder and Cagney Show That Comedy Is As Easy As “One, Two, Three”

06.30.17 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Billy Wilder, James Cagney | 5 comments

Today we’ll be looking at what is probably director Billy Wilder‘s most underrated effort: One, Two, Three. Drawing inspiration from an obscure Hungarian play as well as Wilder’s own Ninotchka, this Cold War comedy is a hilarious jab at not…

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