Billy Wilder

“Shadow of the Thin Man” and “Hitman Wife’s Bodyguard” Lead the Latest New Releases

08.13.21 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Aisha Tyler, Alfred Molina, Billy Wilder, Buster Keaton, David Oyelowo, Dick Van Dyke, Elaine Stritch, Hal Needham, Jack Lemmon, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Judy Garland, Liza Minnelli, Morgan Freeman, Myrna Loy, Ray Walston, Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Stephen Sondheim, Talia Shire, The Criterion Collection, Van Johnson, Walter Matthau, Warner Archive Collection, William Powell | no comments

Shadow of the Thin Man

This week’s new Blu-ray and DVD releases run the gamut from classic Hollywood pictures to recent theatrical fare, with all of the movie magic you would come to expect. Yes friends, from cult films to documentaries, TV hits to overseas…

“Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory,” Mae West Classics and Other New Releases!

07.01.21 | Chris Cummins | Tags: 4K Ultra HD, Arthur Treacher, Billy Wilder, Charlton Heston, Criterion Collection, David Bowie, Deanna Durbin, Duke Ellington, Franchot Tone, Gene Wilder, George Raft, Greer Garson, Henry Fonda, Jackie Cooper, James Cameron, James Coburn, James Nesbitt, Jay Duplass, John Saxon, John Wayne, Kim Novak, Kim Wayans, Kirk Douglas, Mae West, Margaret Hamilton, Mark Ruffalo, Marlene Dietrich, Noah Beery, Patricia Neal, Paula Prentiss, Pedro Pascal, Pre-Code Hollywood, Randolph Scott, Richard Harris, Robert Benchley, Robert Stack, Sam Peckinpah, Samuel Fuller, Steve McQueen, Terry Pratchett, Todd Haynes, Tom Tyron, Valerie Harper, W.C. Fields, Walter Brennan, Walter Pidgeon, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory | no comments

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

This week’s new releases include everything from a 50th anniversary edition of a timeless family favorite to Mae West masterpieces, recent theatrical offerings, TV favorites, Hollywood favorites featuring iconic stars, and so much more! Let’s welcome in July with these…

This Week’s New Releases Include “Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar” and “Thundarr the Barbarian”

04.08.21 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Billy Wilder, Bob Newhart, Boris Karloff, Brian Dennehy, Cedric the Entertainer, Damon Wayans Jr., Dario Argento, Jason Isaacs, Julia Ormond, Julie Andrews, Kristin Wiig, Lucy Hale, Mark Strong, Max von Sydow, Susan Hayward, Thundarr the Barbarian, Tony Curtis, Van Heflin, Walter Matthau, Warner Archive Collection, Wendi McLendon-Covey | no comments

Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar

There’s a compelling batch of new releases this week that span from an uproarious comedy to a cult TV cartoon to an underrated gem featuring some of Hollywood’s brightest stars and beyond. Take a look at the new DVDs and…

Now Available: The Robert Redford Favorite “Jeremiah Johnson” and Other New Titles

09.29.20 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Alec Baldwin, Amos Poe, Anne Bancroft, Anne Baxter, Anthony Edwards, Anthony Hopkins, Barbara Bain, Billy Wilder, Charles Butterworth, Christine Baranski, David Lynch, Debbie Harry, Donald Sutherland, Erich von Stroheim, Franchot Tone, Gabriel Bryne, Gene Roddenberry, Jeanette MacDonald, Jeff Conaway, John Gielgud, John Hurt, John Saxon, Julianna Margulies, Leonard Nimoy, Louis Malle, Lucio Fulci, Martin Balsam, Martin Landau, Maurice Chevalier, Mission: Impossible, Myrna Loy, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Peter Fonda, Peter Graves, Robert Forster, Robert Redford, Sean Penn, Sydney Pollack, Ted Cassidy, Wallace Shawn, Warner Archive, Warner Archive Collection, Yul Brynner | 1 comment

Jeremiah Johnson

The past meets the present in this week’s new releases. Leading things off is a 1972 classics, and the rest of the DVDs and Blu-rays that are now available leap back and forward in time from the 1930s to today….

Go Into Hyperspace with “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” and Other New Releases

03.31.20 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Adam Driver, Barbra Streisand, Ben Schwartz, Billy Crystal, Billy Dee Williams, Billy Wilder, Bruce Cabot, Carrie Fisher, Christian Slater, Claudette Colbert, Criterion Collection, Daisy Ridley, David Niven, David O. Selznick, David Patrick Kelly, Ernst Lubitsch, Fred Williamson, George Wendt, Ian McDiarmid, J.J. Abrams, Lionel Atwill, Mark Hamill, Marlene Dietrich, Martin Kove, Montgomery Clift, Mr. Robot, Nick Nolte, Rami Malek, Roland Young, Shout Factory, Star Wars, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Stephen Lang, The Munsters, The Transformers, Vittorio De Sica, William Sadler | no comments

From Jedis to Munsters, this week’s DVD and Blu-ray new releases includes titles for all sorts of film fans. There’s also some cult flicks making their Blu-ray debut, as well as two new additions to the Criterion Collection’s lineup of…

Fantastic Deals on Golden Age Greats from the 1930s to ’50s

03.08.20 | Chris Cummins | Tags: 1930s Films, 1940s Films, 1950s Films, Academy Award Winners, Anthony Mann, Billy Wilder, Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Lovejoy, James Stewart, Jane Wyman, Janet Leigh, Jimmy Stewart, John Ford, John Wayne, June Allyson, Louisa May Alcott, Margaret O'Brien, Maureen O'Hara, Peter Lawford, Ray Milland, William Wellman | no comments

Hooray for Hollywood! It’s an adage that is as true today as it was all those years ago. Can you even imagine what life would be like without the magic of movies? We don’t want to either, and fortunately we…

Create-A-Caption: The Apartment

01.03.20 | Chris Cummins | Tags: 1960s films, Billy Wilder, Jack Lemmon, The Apartment | 1 comment

Billy Wilder‘s acerbic look at corporate life, The Apartment, stars Jack Lemmon as an ambitious insurance clerk desperate to get ahead at work. While trying to romance beautiful elevator operator Shirley MacLaine, he starts letting his married managers use his…

Check Out the Suspense and Intrigue of Our Fall Film Noir Sale

10.14.19 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Barbara Stanwyck, Billy Wilder, Burt Lancaster, Charles Laughter, Claude Rains, Clifton Webb, Dana Andrews, Edward G. Robinson, Film Noir, Fred MacMurray, Gene Tierney, John Garfield, MovieFanFare Mega Mondays, Otto Preminger, Peter Lorre, Ray Milland, Raymond Chandler, The Shadow | no comments

It doesn’t have to be a dark and stormy night to enjoy a film noir classic (but it sure helps). Maybe its how the air is getting chilly and the days are getting shorter, but there’s something about watching suspense…

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…

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