“New Releases This Week” Archive
Chris Cummins | New Releases This Week
There's nothing quite like relaxing with a movie! So why not kick off your week by checking out some of the new and classic films that are hitting DVD and Blu-ray this week. There's a bunch of offerings now available that will satisfy you no matter what type of movies you enjoy kicking back with. But don't take my word for it, let the new releases speak for themselves. Here we go!
To Kill A Mockingbird (50th Anniversary Edition)
Three Oscars, including a Best Actor award for Gregory Peck, went to this dramatic look at life in the '30s South, as seen through the eyes of two children whose father defends a black man charged with raping a white woman. Also stars Mary Badham, Phillip Alford, Brock Peters, Robert Duvall; based on Harper Lee's award-winning novel.
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Chris Cummins | New Releases This Week
Looking for some high-flying new releases? If so, you're sure in the right place! There's a bunch of great offerings making their debuts this week, but none are more noteworthy than the classic Wings -- a film that has the distinction for winning the very first Academy Award for Best Picture. But that's not all. Film favorites ranging from Godzilla's film debut to a Kojak telefilm are also being released this week. Check out the rest of what is now available!
Wings
Thrilling aerial combat scenes highlight director William Wellman's silent 1927 WWI saga. Richard Arlen and Charles "Buddy" Rogers are small-town best friends, in love with the same girl, who enlist in the Army Air Corps to fight in Europe.
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Chris Cummins | New Releases This Week
This week sees a variety of great new releases. Amongst the highlights are a boxed set showcasing film noir classics, a timeless French drama from Luis Bunuel, some notable TV season sets, and much, much more.
What great new releases will you want to be checking out in the week ahead? Read on and find out!
Columbia Pictures Film Noir Classics III
First, in "My Name Is Julia Ross" (1945), Nina Foch is an unemployed secretary whose quest for work leads her to a wealthy widow. After getting hired to help the woman, she is thrust into a strange world of murder and mistaken identity. With Dame May Whitty, George Macready. Next, Broderick Crawford is a New Orleans police detective who goes undercover to stop "The Mob" (1951). Betty Buehler, Richard Kiley, Ernest Borgnine co-star. A cast-against-type Ginger Rogers shines as an uncooperative witness in a criminal case whose association with gangsters puts her in a "Tight Spot" (1955). With Edward G. Robinson, Brian Keith. Then, a shot-in-Philadelphia adaptation of David Goodis' "The Burglar" (1957) has jewel thief Dan Duryea planning one final heist with the help of accomplices Jayne Mansfield, Mickey Shaughnessy, and Peter Capell. Lastly, in "Drive A Crooked Road" (1964), Mickey Rooney is a race car enthusiast who is blackmailed into driving the getaway car during a bank robbery. Dianne Foster, Kevin McCarthy co-star.
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Chris Cummins | New Releases This Week
Looking for some great new DVD or Blu-ray releases? Then you're in luck, because there's a bunch of exciting titles making their debuts this week. Regardless of what era or genre you are looking for, these new offerings are certain to please you. But don't take my word for it, see for yourself.
Columbo Mystery Movie Collection: 1994 - 2003
The last seven installments of the "ABC Mystery Movie" to feature Peter Falk as Lt. Columbo are collected in this set. A right-wing radio host kills an employee and tries to pin it on the victim's gay lover, in "Butterfly In Shades Of Grey" (1994). William Shatner co-stars. Next, Columbo goes "Undercover" (1994) to solve a series of murders in an episode that breaks from the normal format by not revealing the killer until the end. With Ed Begley Jr. The murder of a ranch owner's brother forces Columbo to work with a gangster, in "Strange Bedfellows" (1995). Rod Steiger also stars. A man is framed by his wife and her lover, in "A Trace Of Murder" (1997). A mortician kills a gossip reporter to keep her quiet, in "Ashes To Ashes" (1998).
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Chris Cummins | New Releases This Week
Welcome to a brand new year! There's lots of excitement and information awaiting you on MovieFanFare in the months ahead, and let's kick things off with a look at what new DVD and Blu-ray releases will be made available in the first week of January. The new offerings include some recent theatrical releases, TV classics, and much more. As always, you can count on MovieFanFare to be your source for all the latest and greatest film info. It's time to get this year started right with a look at what is now available!
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season Five
All 38 episodes from the series's fifth season--including "Dry Run," (with Walter Matthau), "Road Hog" (with Richard Chamberlain), "Man from the South" (with Steve McQueen and Peter Lorre), "Mother, May I Go Out to Swim?" (with William Shatner), and "Hooked" (with Anne Francis)--are collected in a five-disc set.
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Chris Cummins | New Releases This Week
It's a pretty slow week for new releases, but there are some noteworthy post-Christmas offerings that are ready to ring in the new year with you. Let's take a look:
Clint Eastwood: 35 Films 35 Years
Nineteen-disc set of Clint Eastwood classics includes "Where Eagles Dare," "Kelly's Heroes," "Dirty Harry," "Magnum Force," "The Enforcer" (1976), "The Outlaw Josey Wales," "The Gauntlet," "Every Which Way But Loose," "Bronco Billy," "Any Which Way You Can," "Honkytonk Man," "Firefox," "Sudden Impact," "City Heat," "Tightrope," "Pale Rider," "Heartbreak Ridge," "Bird," "The Dead Pool," "Pink Cadillac," "White Hunter, Black Heart," "The Rookie" (1990), "Unforgiven" (1992), "A Perfect World," "The Bridges Of Madison County," "Absolute Power," "Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil," "True Crime" (1999), "Space Cowboys," "Blood Work," "Mystic River," "Million Dollar Baby," "Letters From Iwo Jima," "Gran Torino," and the documentary "The Eastwood Factor," plus hours of special features.
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Chris Cummins | New Releases This Week
Christmas is a week from today. Have you finished you shopping yet? If not, you should jump on some of the last-minute gift ideas that make up this week's list of new DVD and Blu-ray releases. There's vintage favorites, TV season sets and recent theatrical offerings aplenty. Here's a glimpse at what you'll be hoping for you in your stocking!
A Farewell to Arms
Stationed in Italy during World War I, American ambulance driver Gary Cooper falls in love with British nurse Helen Hayes. While the pair swears oaths of eternal love, the horrors of war threaten to destroy their beautiful relationship. This first screen adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's timeless wartime romance co-stars Adolph Menjou, Jack La Rue. This special edition is officially authorized by the estate of David O. Selznick.
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Chris Cummins | New Releases This Week
It's getting chilly out, but these new releases are certain to warm you up! This week's DVD and Blu-ray offerings include a Buster Keaton classic, the latest entry in the Planet of the Apes franchise, a heartwarming holiday telefilm starring Doris Roberts, a classic biopic and much, much more. Grab some hot chocolate or egg nog and check out the latest and greatest hits that are now available!
Seven Chances (Ultimate Edition)
When he stands to inherit a fortune if he can get married by seven o'clock, Buster Keaton becomes the quarry of an army of would-be brides (and gets caught in a shower of boulders) in this elaborate silent comedy. Buster Keaton hasn't been able to get hitched to the object of his affection--co-star Ruth Dwyer--but, will he be able to kiss the perfect bride in time to get rich? With T. Roy Barnes, Snitz Edwards.
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Chris Cummins | New Releases This Week
Okay folks, December is now well underway. Have you started your holiday shopping yet? If not, then perhaps you can get the movie lover in your life a new DVD or Blu-ray release. We've got everything from comedy classics to TV favorites making their debuts this week. If movie blockbusters are more your thing, there are several recent gems to choose from. So check out what great offerings are now ready for you!
Design for Living (Criterion Collection)
Ernst Lubitsch directed this loose adaptation of the Noel Coward play that concerns Gilda (Miriam Hopkins), a young artist who can't choose between two men, a playwright (Fredric March) and a painter (Gary Cooper). The three Americans decide to live together in a Paris flat without romantic involvement, but will temptation ruin their agreement, in this charming and daring farce?
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Chris Cummins | New Releases This Week
The holiday season is now officially in full swing. Are you ready for the chaos of the weeks ahead? Fortunately, MovieFanFare can help make your shopping a breeze. There's no better gift for film fans than DVDs and Blu-rays, and this week sees the home video debuts of some amazing individual releases and box sets. Here's an overview of what fantastic new titles are now available!
Humphrey Bogart: The Columbia Pictures Collection
"Love Affair" (1932) stars Humphrey Bogart in an early role as a pilot hired to give flying lessons to a beautiful heiress (Dorothy Mackaill). They begin a romance, but Mackaill must choose between love and money when she discovers she's broke and another man (Hale Hamilton) is eager to marry her. Next, Bogart is a bootstrap attorney who defends a man (John Derek) driven to violence by his hardscrabble upbringing in the slums, in "Knock on Any Door" (1949). Believing his wife died in a Japanese concentration camp and unaware of the daughter she bore, an Air Corps hero (Bogart) finds both in a post-war Tokyo and is forced to fly war criminals out of the country to protect them, in "Tokyo Joe" (1949). WithFlorence Marly, Sessue Hayakawa. "Sirocco" (1951) stars Bogey as a gun-runner in war-torn 1920s Syria trying to play rival forces against each other. Lee J. Cobb, Everett Sloane co-star. And, in his last film, Bogart is a sportswriter-turned-press agent who learns how fighters are manipulated when he's hired by a crooked boxing promoter. "The Harder They Fall" (1956) also stars Rod Steiger and ring greats Max Baer and Jersey Joe Walcott.
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Chris Cummins | New Releases This Week
There's plenty of great new DVD and Blu-ray releases that you'll feel grateful for this Thanksgiving week. Before we get into this week's offerings, let me take a second to express my gratitude for checking in with us here at MovieFanFare! Here's hoping this column provides you with the info you need to build up your own movie collections. That said, here's a look at the titles that are now available. You'd be a turkey to miss out on these great releases. Gobble gobble!
12 Angry Men (Criterion Collection)
Landmark courtroom drama of a murder trial jury whose rush to a guilty verdict is stopped by one member's doubts stars Henry Fonda as the lone dissenter, with Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley, E.G. Marshall, Jack Klugman, Martin Balsam, and John Fiedler among the other antagonistic jurors. Director Sidney Lumet's first film was scripted by Reginald Rose from his TV play.
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Chris Cummins | New Releases This Week
TV gems! Recent theatrical releases! Cartoons! More! There's a pretty diverse assortment of new DVD and Blu-ray releases this week for you to enjoy. Here's what's new for you to watch. Some pretty great stuff here...
It Takes a Thief: The Complete Series
Originally airing on ABC from 1968-1970, this exciting and stylish espionage series starred Robert Wagner as debonair cat burglar Alexander Mundy. While in prison, Mundy is recruited by the government to use his special skills to work as a "thief" for Uncle Sam. With Malachi Throne, Fred Astaire, Senta Berger.
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