4K UHD Review: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
One of the great westerns in film history, Paramount has delivered an excellent 4K transfer.
Blu-ray Review: Destry Rides Again (1939) (Criterion Collection)
One of the biggest influences on Mel Brooks’ spoof Blazing Saddles, Destry Rides Again takes place in the town of Bottleneck, corrupt from the mayor on down. Marlene Dietrich plays Frenchy, the local saloon owner who quietly helps the criminals cheat and steal their way to money and power. The town has gambling, drinking, and […]
4K UHD Review: It’s A Wonderful Life
It s hard to believe now, but when It’s A Wonderful Life was released in December of 1946 it received mixed reviews. While a few critics liked it, many found the picture far too sentimental. Although nominated for five Academy Awards (including Best Picture and Best Actor for star James Stewart (he called this his […]
Blu-ray Review: The Philadelphia Story (Criterion Collection)
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It’s A Wonderful Life (Platinum Anniversary Edition) (Blu-ray)
Every year between Thanksgiving and Christmas, three movies will show up somewhere, sometime on television: A Christmas Carol (of which there are several good versions), A Christmas Story and It’s A Wonderful Life. After its copyright was inexplicably not renewed in 1974 and the film became part of the public domain, It’s a Wonderful Life […]
It’s A Wonderful Life 70th Anniversary Platinum Edition comes to Blu-ray October 11th
Celebrate the 70th anniversary of one of the most beloved films of all time! Starring James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell and Henry Travers, director Frank Capra’s It’s A Wonderful Life has made an indelible impact on popular culture and continues to be a cherished part of many families’ holiday tradition. This 70th […]
You Can’t Take It With You (Capra Collection) (Blu-ray)
In the 1930’s Frank Capra was on a serious hot streak. By 1938, he had won two Best Director Oscars (It Happened One Night, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town) and the public loved his escapist stories that made the American dream seem attainable. Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning play by George S. Kaufman and […]
DVD Review: James Stewart is Hawkins – The Complete TV Movie Collection
One of the most recognized and beloved movie stars of all time, James Stewart made a couple of forays into television with mixed results. His first series, The Jimmy Stewart Show, debuted amid lots of fanfare but failed to catch on with viewers. His second television project, Hawkins, followed a movie-of-the-week format—more precisely, every other […]
Blu-ray Review: It’s A Wonderful Life – Gift Set
Every year between Thanksgiving and Christmas, three movies will show up somewhere, sometime on television: A Christmas Carol (of which there are several good versions), A Christmas Story and It’s A Wonderful Life. After its copyright was inexplicably not renewed in 1974 and the film became part of the public domain, It’s a Wonderful Life […]
It’s a Wonderful Life arrives on a two-disc Blu-ray collector’s set November 1st
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. – Take a trip to Bedford Falls to experience the life-affirming message of director Frank Capra’s enduringly popular classic all over again when IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE gets its wings in a new two-disc Blu-ray™ Shadow Box Gift Set on November 1, 2011 from Paramount Home Entertainment. Starring James Stewart (Mr. Smith Goes […]