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From Doctor Who to Carole Lombard, This Week’s Releases Have It All

08.06.20 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Andre Benjamin, Audie Murphy, BBC, Carole Lombard, Chris O'Donnell, Criterian Collection, cult TV, Denis O'Hare, Doctor Who, Freddie Highmore, Hallmark Channel, His Dark Materials, James McAvoy, Jason Segel, Lin-Manuel Miranda, LL Cool J, Paddington Bear, Richard E. Grant, Ruth Wilson, Sally Field, The Flintstones, Tom Baker, Tony Curtis, Warner Archive Collection, Warner Archives | no comments

Bark bark! You hear that? Yes friends, the dog days of summer are once again upon us. So take refuge from the heat and humidity with another assortment of Blu-ray and DVD new releases that will transport you everywhere from…

End Day: It’s the End of the World As We Know It

06.14.20 | Chris Cummins | Tags: BBC, Gareth Edwards | 1 comment

This post is part of the Disaster Blog-A-Thon, hosted by Dubsism and The Midnite Drive-In Although they reached their zenith in the 1970s thanks to the masterful work of Irwin Allen (The Towering Inferno, The Poseidon Adventure), the disaster movie…

“The Hunt,” “Doctor Who” and Other Unmissable New Releases!

06.09.20 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Anne Baxter, BBC, Bette Davis, Betty Gilpin, Claude Rains, Criterion Collection, Deanna Durbin, Debra Winger, Doctor Who, Glenn Ford, Harry Morgan, Hilary Swank, Howard Hesseman, Jackie Cooper, Jill Clayburgh, Jodie Whittaker, John Lithgow, Johnny Knoxville, Kevin Kline, King Vidor, Mercedes McCambridge, Modern Family, Nick Nolte, Patricia Quinn, Phobe Cates, Richard Widmark, Robert Taylor, Robin Givens, Russ Tamblyn, The Hallmark Channel, Van Heflin, Vic Morrow, Wallace Beery, Warner Archive, Warner Archive Collection | no comments

From a misunderstood satire inspired by The Most Dangerous Game to a season of Doctor Who that changed everything to releases from the Warner Archives and beyond, June rolls on with another incredible batch of new Blu-ray and DVD releases….

Share Your Thoughts on the “Doctor Who” Finale Here!

03.02.20 | Chris Cummins | Tags: BBC, British Television, Doctor Who, Jodie Whittaker, MovieFanFare Mega Mondays, Sacha Dhawan | 1 comment

The biggest pop culture event of this past weekend was the 12th season finale of the Doctor Who reboot. Spoiler alert! While the Lone Cyberman and his army continued their plot to wipe out the remnants of humanity, The Master…

The Movies Unlimited Exclusive “Monogram Cowboy Collection, Vol. 10” and More Titles Are Now Available

10.15.19 | Chris Cummins | Tags: BBC, Ben Kingsley, Buster Keaton, Clayton Moore, Criterion Collection, Danny Trejo, Dave Bautista, Doctor Who, Henry Cavill, Jay Silverheels, Jesse Eisenberg, Johnny Mack Brown, Jon Pertwee, Karen Gillan, Kumail Nanjiani, Mira Sorvino, Monogram Cowboy Collection, Monogram Pictures, Patrick Stewart, Peter Falk, Rob Zombie, Sid Haig, Star Trek: The Next Generation, The Lone Ranger, Ultra Q, Ultraman, Warner Archive Collection | no comments

Howdy pardners! This is a very special week for new releases around these parts as it sees the debut of the tenth volume of the Monogram Cowboy Collection.” This collection of sagebrush sagas is available exclusively from Movies Unlimited, and…

British Classic Television A to Z

03.10.19 | Rick29 | Tags: BBC, Black Adder, British Television, David McCallum, Diana Rigg, Honor Blackman, Ian McShane, Joanna Lumley, Leo McKern, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Patricia Routledge, Patrick Macnee, Patrick McGoohan, Peter Davison, Rowan Atkinson, The Avengers, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Upstairs Downstairs | 4 comments

A – The Avengers Could there be a better way to start this list? This lighthearted spy series starred Patrick Macnee as the well-tailored, unflappable, and charming John Steed. He was the anchor of the series, even if his fermale…

Who’s Your Favorite Incarnation of The Doctor from “Doctor Who”?

02.03.19 | Jon Morgereth | Tags: BBC, Christopher Eccleston, Colin Baker, David Tennant, Doctor Who, Jodie Whittaker, John Hurt, Jon Pertwee, Matt Smith, Patrick Troughton, Paul McGann, Peter Capaldi, Peter Davison, science fiction, Sylvester McCoy, Tom Baker, William Hartnell | 3 comments

For over 50 years the BBC series Doctor Who has had viewers of all ages enjoying the deeply human adventures of the otherworldly Doctor and his companions. With the great Jodie Whittaker‘s debut season as the show’s first-ever woman Doctor…

Happy 85th Birthday to “Doctor Who” Star Tom Baker!

01.20.19 | Chris Cummins | Tags: BBC, British Science Fiction, Doctor Who, Sci-Fi Sunday, Tom Baker | no comments

Each week, our Sci-Fi Sunday post celebrates an iconic science fiction film, program, actor or character, and this week we are turning our attention to the most famous of all Doctor Who‘s, Tom Baker. Although he is most famous as…

Travel Through Time to the Disco Era with “Doctor Who”

01.13.19 | Chris Cummins | Tags: 1970s, BBC, cult TV, Daleks, disco, Doctor Who, Jon Pertwee, Matt Smith, Sci-Fi Sunday, Summer of Sci-Fi | no comments

Man, the 1970s were weird. In what was a blink of an eye in terms of time being measured on a cosmic scale, disco briefly ruled the galaxy. Previously on MovieFanFare we’ve how the divisive musical genre was used to…

Don’t Panic! The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is Coming to Blu-ray

09.09.18 | Chris Cummins | Tags: BBC, Britcoms, cult TV, Douglas Adams, Summer of Sci-Fi, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | no comments

In the 40 years since it first debuted as a BBC radio show, Douglas Adams‘ sci-fi comedy The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy as also been adapted as a best-selling series of novels, a stage show, a computer game, a…