Sidney Poitier

Check Out the Latest New Releases!

08.19.22 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Adolphe Menjou, Alison Skipworth, Ava DuVernay, Barry Fitzgerald, Bing Crosby, Charles Boyer, Charles Laughton, Cheech and Chong, Cheech Marin, Chicago Med, Christian Slater, Chuck Norris, Criterion Collection, David Carradine, Deanna Durbin, Dick Wolf, Douglas Sirk, Harry Belafonte, Irene Dunne, Isaiah Mustafa, Kitty Carlisle, Leon Isaac Kennedy, Leopold Stokowski, Oliver Platt, Reginald Owen, Robert Beltran, Robert Cummings, Robin Williams, Roland Young, Ruby Dee, S. Epatha Merkerson, Samantha Mathis, Sidney Poitier, Tim Curry, Tommy Chong, William Frawley | no comments

For whatever reason, vintage titles dominate this week’s new releases — which is excellent news for fans of classic cinema! But if your tastes veer towards the contemporary, don’t worry, we’ve got you too! We encourage you to take a…

“Jackass Forever,” “Cyrano,” and More New Releases Are Here!

04.21.22 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Academy Award Winners, Amy Schumer, Ben Mendelsohn, Buddy Ebsen, Chuck Connors, Constance Moore, Critieron Collection, Erinn Westbrook, Fan Bingbing, Johnny Knoxville, Peter Dinklage, Pierce Brosnan, Rachel Griffiths, Richard Jenkins, Rod Steiger, Roy Thinnes, Shudder, Sidney Poitier, Steve-O, Tammy Grimes, The Hallmark Channel, Thurston Hall, W.C. Fields, William Hurt, William Shatner | no comments

From crass comedy to classic drama, the latest batch of Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD releases present a snapshot of the range of titles available from Movies Unlimited. Take a look at all of these new offerings, and set…

What’s Your Favorite Sidney Poitier Performance?

01.10.22 | Jon Morgereth | Tags: A Raisin in the Sun, Blackboard Jungle. The Defiant Ones, For Love of Ivy, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, In the Heat of the Night, Sidney Poitier, The Organization, They call Me Mister Tibbs, To Sir with Love, Uptown Saturday Night | no comments

To Sir With Love

As we continue to remember the iconic Sidney Poitier, we ask you to tell us which of his many unforgettable performances was your favorite. Vote below, and share with us your memories on Mr. Poitier in the comments below. Previously…

Sidney Poitier: The Defiant One

01.07.22 | Jay Steinberg | Tags: Academy Award Winners, Actor Profiles, For Love of Ivy, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, In the Heat of the Night, obituaries, Sidney Poitier, Sneakers, Stir Crazy, The Defiant Ones | 1 comment

Sidney Poitier (1965)

Sidney Poitier: The life and career of the first African-American performer to achieve major Hollywood stardom is explored with his watershed roles of the 1950s and ’60s and beyond…

The Latest New Releases Include Classics Like “Dinner at Eight” and “Flash Gordon”

08.18.20 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Batwoman, Carole Lombard, Cary Grant, Christopher Walken, Clark Gable, Crispen Glover, Criterion Collection, D.A. Pennebaker, Donnie Wahlberg, Flash Gordon, George Cukor, Hallmark Channel, Hammer Films, Howard Hesseman, Hugh O'Brian, Jean Harlow, Jennifer Esposito, John Barrymore, John Belushi, Keith Carradine, Lionel Barrymore, Marie Dressler, Neil Patrick Harris, Norman Mailer, Orlando Bloom, Paul Schrader, Peter Cushing, Richard Burton, Richard Jordan, Richard Widmark, Ruby Rose, Sidney Poitier, Spencer Tracy, Talia Shire, Timothy Dalton, Tom Selleck, Wallace Beery, Warner Archive Collection, Wes Craven, Whoopi Goldberg | 1 comment

Dinner at Eight

The past meets the future in this latest group of new Blu-rays and DVDs. This week is a decade-spanning assortment of vintage favorites and cult hits, including several Warner Archive and Criterion Collection titles, all of which will soon take…

“In the Heat of the Night” Is Now Available via the Criterion Collection

02.24.19 | Chris Cummins | Tags: 1960s films, Academy Award Winners, In the Heat of the Night, Norman Jewison, Rod Steiger, Sidney Poitier | no comments

On this day where we celebrate Hollywood’s greatest, let us look back at a true great, the Best Picture-winning In the Heat of the Night. This groundbreaking 1967 drama based on John Ball’s novel stars Sidney Poitier as Philadelphia homicide…

“The Wife” and a Criterion Collection Release of “In the Heat of the Night” Are Now Available

01.29.19 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Academy Award Winners, Ben Vereen, Bob Fosse, Criterion Collection, David Niven, Gary Oldman, Gerard Butler, Glenn Close, Helen Mirren, In the Heat of the Night, Jane Greer, Jessica Lange, Joel Edgerton, Joel McCrea, Jonathan Pryce, Larry Hagman, Linda Blair, Mark Hamill, Maureen O'Hara, Maureen O'Sullivan, Penelope Spheeris, Peter Lawford, Rod Steiger, Roy Scheider, Russell Croew, Sidney Poitier, Superman, Tarzan, Tarzan Movies, The Wife, Warner Archive Collection | 2 comments

Glenn Close‘s Academy Award-nominated performance in The Wife is the most notable DVD/Blu-ray of the week, and it is joined by several acclaimed films getting Criterion Collection and Warner Archive Collection releases, as well as other theatrical hits and critical…

“LBJ,” “A Bad Moms Christmas” and More DVD/Blu-ray New Releases

02.07.18 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Bosom Buddies, Bryan Cranston, Connie Britton, George Clooney, Jeff Bridges, Jennifer Connelly, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Julianne Moore, Laurence Fishburne, Malcolm McDowell, Matt Damon, Michael Caine, Penélope Cruz, Sidney Poitier, Simon Baker, Stacy Keach, Steve Carrell, The Guardian, Tom Hanks, Wonder Woman, Woody Harrelson | no comments

From the inspirational to the schlocky, exciting to the, well, Wonder-ful, TV favorites to outrageous oddities, this week’s DVD and Blu-ray releases truly have it all. Check out what titles are now available! LBJ Woody Harrelson delivers a remarkable effort…

To Sir, with Love: The Feel-Good Side of the Sixties

02.10.17 | Rick29 | Tags: 1960s, James Clavell, Judy Geeson, Sidney Poitier | 1 comment

During my formative teenage years, I developed a fondness for the British cinema of the mid-to-late 1960s. These films spanned several genres: the serious spy film (The Deadly Affair); social satire (Nothing But the Best); quirky thriller (Bunny Lake Is…

What’s Your Favorite Sidney Poitier Film Role?

02.16.15 | Gary Cahall | Tags: Movie Polls, Sidney Poitier | 2 comments

Sidney Poitier turns 88 this week, so our latest MovieFanFare poll salutes the Oscar-winning actor by asking for your top Poitier screen role. Which performance–The Defiant Ones, Lilies of the Field, In the Heat of the Night and more–is your favorite?

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