Something I’ve noticed in reviewing a significant number of the MGM Limited Edition Collection DVD-R releases is how the films, while generally worth a look, seem to be either mediocre or burdened by flaws which aren’t ultimately overcome. This is, of course, probably why the titles haven’t been made available on DVD before now. If [...]

The MGM LE Collection has already been hugely hit or miss both in terms of technical quality and the strength of the films released. I’ve seen ten discs thus far, with three more here for review, and the only certified winner is the long-awaited DVD debut of Samuel Fuller’s Park Row. It’s a great, important [...]

Susan Slept Here is a glorious bath of Technicolor about a 35-year-old Oscar-winning screenwriter (played by Dick Powell) whose Christmas Eve includes a couple of cops delivering him a 17-year-old delinquent (Debbie Reynolds). She’s the Susan of the title, she does indeed sleep there, and they even end up driving over to Las Vegas on [...]

(This is the first of many reviews of made-on-demand discs I’ll be doing at The Digital Fix during the month of June. A few select write-ups, such as this one, will be cross-posted here at clydefro.com)

A country blonde Kansas girl retains California private detective Philip Marlowe for $50, hoping he can find her brother. When [...]

It’s MOD baby, and (almost) everyone’s doin’ it. Of the major Hollywood studios only Paramount doesn’t yet have its tentacles involved somehow in the recent made-on-demand scheme. The Warner Archive Collection seems to have proven that, believe it or not, there’s a profit to be made upon charging around $20 for a burned DVD-R to [...]

The pros and cons of Netflix in general can be debated until one’s fingers tire out, but I’m only interested right now in discussing the vast number of movies that have popped up on the streaming Watch Instantly area that are not otherwise available to watch on DVD in R1. Some are in the wrong [...]

(This is also at the DVD Times site. Same content both places. I just wanted to have it here too.)
When Warner Home Video opted last year to drastically change its business model in terms of classic film releases in R1, the impact was most felt by those who had loyally been purchasing the studio’s box [...]

Film Forum in New York City has a new repertory schedule online and the highlight seems to be four weeks of British films in the noir vein. We’re still over a month away from the start, but it’s never too early to consider what shouldn’t be missed. Only a few of these have I seen, [...]