“New Releases This Week” Archive
Chris Cummins | New Releases This Week
As September rolls in, this week's new releases are a diverse mix of classic films and TV sets, So if you want to catch up with Cagney and Lacey, Dr. House, the gals of Cougar Town, The Browns, and other small screen favorites, you're in luck. For non-TV fans, there's some film favorites making their debut as well. Here's what DVDs and Blu-rays you'll be tuning into in the week ahead!
Hong Kong Confidential
Fast-paced espionage thriller follows Casey Reed (Gene Barry), a secret agent posing as a nightclub singer, as he undertakes a dangerous mission to rescue the prince of the small Arab nation of Thamen from Soviet spies. Can Reed save the young royal and foil a communist plot to ruin an agreement that will allow a U.S. missile base to be built in Thamen? Beverly Tyler, Noel Drayton, Allison Hayes co-star.
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Chris Cummins | New Releases This Week
There's a great amount of classic and contemporary films making their DVD and Blu-ray debuts this week. Whether you are looking for classic favorites making their home video debuts or short-lived TV series, we've got plenty of great new releases for you to sit back and relax with. Check out what titles are now available.
Seven Sweethearts
While covering a small-town flower festival, New York City reporter Henry Taggart (Van Heflin) falls for the beautiful Billie Van Maaster (Kathryn Grayson), the youngest of seven girls. But with Billie's father insisting that his daughters marry chronologically, and her oldest sister lacking any romantic prospects, the young couple may find they're in for a long wait. Marsha Hunt, Cecilia Parker co-star.
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Chris Cummins | New Releases This Week
Another week, another batch of great new DVD and Blu-ray releases! What really makes these offerings something truly special is the star power that is on display this week. We've got film favorites featuring Orson Welles, Claudette Colbert, Natalie Wood, Ken Maynard, Jon Voight, Kate Hudson and plenty of other greats from throughout the history of Hollywood. Let's take a look at what titles are now available!
Tomorrow Is Forever
Scarred and disabled in battle in World War I, American soldier Orson Welles goes into hiding in Austria while wife Claudette Colbert, assuming her husband is dead, remarries factory owner George Brent. Eventually, Welles is hired by Brent and returns to America to find his wife and the son he never knew. Moving melodrama also stars Richard Long and Natalie Wood (in her first credited screen role).
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Chris Cummins | New Releases This Week
Classics, recent films and TV favorite highlights this week's new DVD and Blu-ray offerings. There are a lot of great releases to get excited about, from favorites starring the likes of Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr, John Garfield and Charles Bronson to the most recent effort from UK comedy team Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. There's also some great cartoons making their DVD debut, so if you grew up in the 1970s you can pick them up and kick back to enjoy them with a bowl of your favorite sugary cereal. So what are you waiting for? It's time to check out what titles are now available!
Tortilla Flat
The colorful inhabitants of John Steinbeck's novel are brought to life in this seriocomic tale of friendship and romance in a central California fishing town. While Pilon (Spencer Tracy) plots to steal the life savings of his pal Pirate (Frank Morgan), Danny (John Garfield), who recently inherited a pair of houses from his late grandfather, tries to woo beautiful cannery worker "Sweets" (Hedy Lamarr). Akim Tamiroff co-stars; directed by Victor Fleming.
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Chris Cummins | New Releases This Week
August is upon us, and with it comes another month of great Blu-ray and DVD releases. Let's kick things off with a variety of new and classic films and TV shows that are now available, including:
No Strings Attached
Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher star in this sizzling romantic comedy from director Ivan Reitman. She's an overworked doctor who doesn't believe in love. He's an aspiring scriptwriter on the rebound after being dumped. Their "friends with benefits" arrangement seems like a perfect scenario for both of them-until an unexpected emotional involvement threatens to ruin the whole affair. With Cary Elwes, Greta Gerwig, Lake Bell, and Kevin Kline.
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Chris Cummins | New Releases This Week
Are you ready for another terrific week of new releases? Whether you are looking for classic comedy from the golden age of television or recent blockbusters, there's plenty of offerings making their debuts this week. Take a look at what DVDs and Blu-rays are now available.
Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis: The Colgate Comedy Hour
This two-disc set features the great comic duo Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis in four episodes of the popular 1950-55 variety program "The Colgate Comedy Hour." Special guests include Polly Bergen, Connie Russell, Dorothy Dandridge, and Helen O'Connell; also features "The Magic Act," a pantomime performance between Lewis and Red Skelton from "The Red Skelton Show."
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Chris Cummins | New Releases This Week
Another week, another batch of weird and wonderful new DVD and Blu-ray offerings. This time out, we've got everything from a completely wacko cult classic making its long-awaited DVD debut to a 1980s throwback comedy. So, what are you waiting for? Check out what titles are now available!
Skidoo
It's mobsters versus hippies in director Otto Preminger's psychedelic cult comedy. Ex-gangster Jackie Gleason, forced out of retirement and sent behind bars at Alcatraz to bump off stool pigeon Mickey Rooney, takes an accidental LSD trip and hatches a wild escape plan. While Gleason's away, wife Carol Channing allows daughter Alexandra Hay and her "flower power" pals to move into the family mansion. Amazing ensemble cast also includes Frankie Avalon, Frank Gorshin, John Phillip Law, Cesar Romero, and (as crime boss "God" in his final film role) Groucho Marx.
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Chris Cummins | New Releases This Week
Like Glen Frey says, the heat is on! So here are some new DVD and Blu-ray releases that will help you cool down as we approach the dog days of summer. Check out the variety of titles that are now available!
Elvis: Four-Movie Collection, Vol. 1
For his first movie after serving in the Army, Elvis Presley sings the "G.I. Blues" (1960) and makes a bet with his soldier buddies that he can woo nightclub singer Juliet Prowse. Songs include "It's Not Good Enough for You," "Frankfurt Special," and the title tune. In "Girls! Girls! Girls!" (1962), the King plays a Hawaii tuna fisherman who lands a nightclub-singing gig to try and get his dad's boat out of hock. Songs include "Return to Sender," "The Nearness of You," and more. With Stella Stevens, Laurel Goodwin. After a big top accident leaves him afraid of heights, trapeze performer Presley heads for "Fun in Acapulco" (1963) as a lifeguard/singer. "Viva el Amor," "Bossanova," and "No Room to Rhumba in a Sports Car" are among the songs. Ursula Andress co-stars. After he's run off the road and his cycle is smashed, Elvis signs on as a worker with a carnival run by Barbara Stanwyck and eventually becomes the show's singing star (performing "Poison Ivy League," "Carnival Time," and more) in the song-filled "Roustabout" (1964). With Joan Freeman, Sue Ann Langdon; Raquel Welch's film debut!
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Chris Cummins | New Releases This Week
It's Fourth of July week! As such, there are some explosive new releases now available. Grab yourself a hot dog or burger, and relax with a new DVD or Blu-ray. Here are some suggestions:
The Honeymoon Machine
Fast-paced comedy stars Steve McQueen and Jack Mullaney as two naval officers stationed off the Italian coast who team up with civilian computer whiz Jim Hutton to figure out a way to win at roulette at the Lido casino. With Brigid Bazlen, Paula Prentiss, Dean Jagger.
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Chris Cummins | New Releases This Week
Wondering what new DVDs and Blu-rays are now available? Well wonder no more, because this week's offerings include an impressive mix of recent theatrical releases and TV collections. Check them out!
Barney's Version
You might say Barney Panofsky (Paul Giamatti) (movie review of Barney's Version) earned the right to be a cynical, hard-drinking S.O.B.-except that most of his problems seem to be mostly brought on by his own questionable choices, like ditching his second wife (Minnie Driver) on their wedding day to hit on the woman (Rosamund Pike) who will become his third bride. But there are yet more comic twists and difficult hardships to come in this quick-witted adaptation of the Mordecai Richler novel. With Rachelle Lefevre, Scott Speedman, and Dustin Hoffman.
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Chris Cummins | New Releases This Week
Summer officially kicks off this week, and I can't think of a better way to start the season than by sitting back with a movie. Fortunately, this week's new offerings include plenty of classics and recent faves that you can cool off with. Let's take a look at what releases are now available.
Marlowe
James Garner is Raymond Chandler's heralded detective in this intriguing mystery. Philip Marlowe's search for a woman's missing brother in Los Angeles leads him into a murder plot complicated by tough police officials, strippers, and martial arts henchmen. Gayle Hunnicutt, Carroll O'Connor, Rita Moreno, and Bruce Lee (in his Hollywood film debut) also star.
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Chris Cummins | New Releases This Week
There's plenty of classic offerings making their home video debuts this week. Do any of them have a cooler name than "Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?" Nope. But they are still worthwhile. Check out what flicks are now available!
Love Has Many Faces
Glossy drama stars Lana Turner as a millionairess on an Acapulco vacation with her husband (Cliff Robertson) when the body of one of her former lovers washes up on shore. Their marriage becomes strained as the police try to determine the cause of death, a beach gigolo (Hugh O'Brian) sets his sights on Turner, and Robertson begins to fall for the dead man's old girlfriend (Stefanie Powers). Ruth Roman co-stars.
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As September rolls in, this week's new releases are a diverse mix of classic films and TV sets, So if you want to catch up with Cagney and Lacey, Dr. House, the gals of Cougar Town, The Browns, and other small screen favorites, you're in luck. For non-TV fans, there's some film favorites making their debut as well. Here's what DVDs and Blu-rays you'll be tuning into in the week ahead!
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