

Carl Reiner’s “Where’s Poppa” released to blu ray
“Where’s Poppa” (1970) has noted TV comedian and actor Carl Reiner helming a screenplay by Robert Klane, based on his novel. It was one...


The Taking of Pelham One Two Three” (1974) now available on blu ray
Joseph Sargent was largely a TV director when he was assigned (over Steven Spielberg, no less) to helm this screen adaption of John...

Looking at a DVD of less-known silent comedies
With so many public domain companies offering grainy prints of films without copyright, I approached the 2007 VCI Entertainment's DVD...


"Yellow Sky" (1948) now on blu ray
YELLOW SKY Directed by William Wellman. Cast: Gregory Peck, Anne Baxter, Richard Widmark, Robert Arthur, John Russell, Harry Morgan,...


Deadline USA (1952) now on blu ray
Deadline USA Directed and Written by Richard Brooks. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Ethel Barrymore, Kim Hunter, Ed Begley, Warren Stevens Paul...


Pitfall (1948) blu ray review
“Pitfall” Directed by André De Toth. Starring Dick Powell, Lizabeth Scott, Jane Wyatt, Raymond Burr, John Litel, Byron Barr, Tommy...


DVD Review: Shield For Murder
William McGivern’s novel is the source material for this 1950s film noir indie where Edmund O’Brien plays a crooked detective who kills a...


Buster Keaton: The Short Films Collection. DVD/blu ray review
Kino has released another DVD set of Buster Keaton silent short films, "Buster Keaton: The Shorts Collection (1917-1923)." All of the...