Category: Blu-Ray’s

Blu-Ray’s

Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)

Blu-ray Review: Man of a Thousand Faces

During the silent era, Lon Chaney made a series of unforgettable films including The Hunchback of Note Dame (1923) and The Phantom of the Opera (1925). Released in 1957, Man of A Thousand Faces is loosely based on his life

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Days of Wine and Roses (1962)

Blu-ray Review: Days of Wine and Roses (1962)

Uncomfortable to watch more than fifty years after its theatrical release, Days of Wine and Roses remains a powerful portrait of a co-dependent couple and their painful slide into alcoholism. PR man Joe Clay’s (Jack Lemmon, Some Like It Hot)

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The Devil Rides Out

Blu-ray Review: The Devil Rides Out

Dennis Wheatley’s stories about the occult made him a bestselling author beginning in the 1930’s. However, due to their subject matter and film censorship through the years few of his books made it to the big screen. By 1967, with

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A Bucket of Blood

Blu-ray Review: A Bucket of Blood (1959)

Dimwitted busboy and waiter Walter Paisley (Dick Miller) dreams of being more than a punching bag. Patrons mock him and his boss (Anthony Carbone) busts his chops for swooning over one of their regular customers, Carla (Barboura Mouris). Walter longs

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The Letter (1940)

Blu-ray Review: The Letter (1940)

Bette Davis (Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?) teamed for the second time with Director William Wyler for an adaptation of the of the W. Somerset Maugham play The Letter. A critical and box-office hit, the film was nominated for seven

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The Major and the Minor

Blu-ray Review: The Major and the Minor

After releasing The Apartment in 2018, Arrow Academy has dug even deeper into director Billy Wilder’s filmography for The Major and The Minor. Released in 1942, this was Wilder’s first Hollywood film as a director. While it certainly can’t be

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