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This Week’s New Releases Include “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent”

06.23.22 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Academy Award Winners, Alfre Woodard, Animaniacs, Awkwafina, Billy Porter, Charles Grodin, Colin Farrell, Criterion Collection, Dennis Hopper, Elisha Cuthbert, Elizabeth Ashley, Elizabeth Taylor, Estelle Parsons, Foreign Films, George Stevens, Idina Menzel, Ike Barinholtz, Isaac Hayes, James Dean, James Earl Jones, Jennifer Beals, John Goodman, John Hurt, Marc Maron, Minnie Driver, Neil Patrick Harris, Nicolas Cage, Ozzie and Harriet, Pedro Pascal, Peter O'Toole, Pierce Brosnan, Richard Roundtree, Robert Downey Jr., Ron Perlman, Sal Mineo, Sam Rockwell, Tiffany Haddish | no comments

As summer heats up, so do the new releases! We’ve got a brand new batch of great Blu-ray, DVD and 4K Ultra HD titles now available that you’ll want to add to your physical media collections. So take a few…

Poll: Who’s Your Favorite Character from the 1979 Sci-fi/Horror Classic Alien?

04.26.21 | Jon Morgereth | Tags: Alien, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerrit, Veronica Cartwright, Yaphet Kotto | 1 comment

In space no can hear you scream. Or pick your favorite character from Alien. Who is your favorite character from Ridley Scott’s 1979 masterpiece? This poll originally ran in 2018. We are reprinting it as part of our Alien Day…

New Releases Include the “Back to the Future” Trilogy, “The Gunfighter” and More.

10.20.20 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Anne Heche, Brian Cox, Charlie Kaufman, Chris Cooper, Christopher Lloyd, Criterion Collection, Elle Fanning, Errol Flynn, Greer Garson, Gregory Peck, Hume Cronyn, John Hurt, Karl Malden, Lea Thompson, Leonard Nimoy, Lyle Talbot, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Meryl Streep, Michael J. Fox, Nicholas Hoult, Nicolas Cage, Noomi Rapace, Ralph Bellamy, Robert Zemeckis, Terrence Stamp, The Criterion Collection, Thomas Jane, Tilda Swinton, Tim Roth, Tremors, Warner Archive Collection | 1 comment

Back to the Future

With the holidays just around the corner (I know, I know) the studios are beginning to release their heavy hitters that will result in some of the season’s most-demanded titles. And so this latest batch of new releases includes several…

“Sergeant York,” “The Flintstones” and “The Jetsons” Kick Off Another Great Batch of New Releases

10.13.20 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Aaron Paul, Academy Award Winners, Barbet Schroeder, Batman, Bryan Cranston, Carrie Fisher, Cliff Robertson, DC Comics, Donald Pleasence, Frank Gorshin, Gary Cooper, Glenn Close, Hallmark Channel, Hanna-Barbera, Howard Hawks, Jean Reno, Jeremy Irons, Jesse Plemons, Joan Lesli, John Hurt, Jonathan Banks, Kim Novak, Krysten Ritter, Mel Blanc, Nancy Allen, Robert Forster, Ronny Cox, Rosalind Russell, Ruby Rose, Space Ghost, Sybil Danning, The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Tim Matheson, Valerie Harper, Walter Brennan, Ward Bond, Warner Archive, Warner Archive Collection | no comments

From a Gary Cooper favorite to iconic Hanna-Barbera cartoons, this week’s new releases have it all. We think you’ll really enjoy the great titles that are ready and waiting to become a part of your home viewing library! Sergeant York…

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….

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…

This Week’s New Releases Include “Halloween,” the Criterion Collection Edition of “Notorious,” and More!

01.15.19 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Cary Grant, Claude Rains, cult classics, Don Bluth, Goosebumps, Ingrid Bergman, Jack Black, Jamie Lee Curtis, John Candy, John Hurt, John Travolta, Krull, Liam Neeson, Matthew Modine, Patrick Stewart, Robert Redford, Superman, The Criterion Collection, The Land Before Time, The Pink Panther, Warner Archive Collection | no comments

Recent theatrical hits. Classics from the Warner Archive Collection. The final film from a Hollywood legend. Cult favorites from the 1980s. We are a bit overwhelmed at the sheer variety of new DVDs and Blu-rays that are now available…and we…

Movie Trailer of the Day: Watership Down

04.01.18 | Chris Cummins | Tags: 1970s Movies, Cult Films, Denholm Elliott, John Hurt, Watership Down, Zero Mostel | 1 comment

If the Easter Bunny was less than generous with you this morning, you may want to get some revenge by throwing on the ultra-dark animated film Watership Down at some point today. This riveting (and more than just a little…

John Hurt: 1940-2017: A Life in Entertainment

01.30.17 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Alien, I Claudius, John Hurt, obituaries | no comments

On January 25th, two-time Academy Award and British acting legend nominee John Hurt died at the age of 77. In a career that spanned six decades, Hurt rose to acclaim on stage and screen for his portrayals of decent men…

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