Category: Blu-Ray’s

Blu-ray Review: Shameless – The Complete Series

An adaptation of Paul Abbott’s British series of the same name, Shameless was developed for American television by John Wells, who previously worked on such popular series as China Beach, ER, and The West Wing, among others. Debuting on Showtime…

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Blu-ray Review: Cheyenne – The Complete Series

One of Warner Archives’ best releases to date, Cheyenne has arrived on Blu-ray. Initially released on DVD in seven single season sets, Cheyenne is presented here in full, all 107 episodes, across thirty discs, packaged by season. Debuting in 1955,…

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Blu-ray Review: Tales of Adventure Collection 5

Via Vision’s Imprint label continues to release an array of limited-edition titles, with their on-going Tales of Adventure box sets. The fifth release explores sci-fi, with five mid 50s outer-space flicks, spanning various acting levels and budgets. Universal’s first sci-fi…

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Blu-ray Review: Houseboat

Planned as a vehicle for Cary Grant and his third wife actress-writer Betsy Drake, 1958’s Houseboat was to be their third film together after 1948’s Every Girl Should Be Married and 1952’s Room for One More. However, by the time…

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Blu-ray Review: Teacher’s Pet

Amiable and meandering, Teacher’s Pet has Doris Day moving away from her oft unmarried, virginal executive refusing the sexual advances of a successful white man. Instead, the focus is on education as a means to success. With 51% of World…

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Blu-ray Review: Conclave

A film squarely for adults, Conclave is based on Robert Harris’s 2016 novel of the same name. While many of the films centered on religion have been fodder for the horror and thriller genres, Conclave explores the ancient, secretive process…

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4K UHD Review: Fright

Filmed in early 1971 at England’s Shepperton Studios, stars Susan George as Amanda, a college student who agrees to babysit Tara (Tara Collinson) three-year-old son of Helen (Honor Blackman) so that she and her fiancé Jim (George Cole) can meet…

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4K UHD Review: Seven Samurai (Criterion Collection)

Released in 1954, Akira Kurosawa’s fifteenth film, Seven Samurai is often considered his best work That’s saying something, since he’s also responsible for such classics as Rashomon, The Hidden Fortress (George Lucas’s inspiration for Star Wars), Yojimbo, High and Low,…

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