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Kino Lorber

I’m No Angel earns its wings on Blu-ray

August 1, 2021Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Kino Lorber’s new Blu-ray of the 1933 classic is heavenly… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Cary Grant, Comedy, Edward Arnold, Gertrude Michael, Gregory Ratoff, I'm No Angel, Kent Taylor, Kino Lorber, Mae West, Music, Paramount Pictures, Romance, Universal Pictures

Kino Lorber brings two classic Bob Hope ‘old dark house’ movies to the light

April 30, 2021Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Bob Hope on Bluray… continue reading

shop HOTCHKA affiliates Anthony Quinn, Bob Hope, Comedy, Elizabeth Patterson, Horror, Kino Lorber, Paul Lukas, Paulette Goddard, The Cat and the Canary, The Ghost Breakers

Poirot and Marple get the Kino Lorber Blu-ray treatment

April 9, 2021Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Agatha Christie’s top sleuths solve murders on the Nile, under the sun and in Jolly Olde England… continue reading

shop HOTCHKA affiliates Agatha Christie, Angela Lansbury, Crime, Death on the Nile, Diana Rigg, Drama, Elizabeth Taylor, Evil Under the Sun, Kino Lorber, Mystery, Peter Ustinov, The Mirror Crack'd

Tintorera (1977) Review :: Tintorera horrifies but for the wrong reasons

February 3, 2021Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Kino Lorber’s new Blu-ray looks great but the film is problematic… continue reading

★, Home Viewing Andrés Garcia, Drama, Fiona Lewis, Hemdale, Horror, Hugo Stiglitz, Jennifer Ashley, Kino Lorber, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Priscilla Barnes, Roberto Guzman, Romance, Scorpion Releasing, Susan George, Tintorera

The Golem (1920) Review :: Kino Lorber brings The Golem to life on Blu-ray

October 20, 2020Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

The classic silent film gets a glorious restoration… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Albert Steinrück, Ernst Deutsch, Fantasy, Horror, Kino Lorber, Lothar Müthel, Lyda Salmonova, Otto Gebühr, Paul Wegener, The Golem, UFA, Universum Film

Let’s Kill Uncle comes to Blu-ray

June 16, 2020Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Kino Lorber shines a spotlight on a lesser known Castle film… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Comedy, Kino Lorber, Let's Kill Uncle, Linda Lawson, Mary Badham, Nestor Palva, Nigel Green, Pat Cardi, Robert Pickering, Thriller, Universal Pictures

All hail The Queen on Blu-ray

June 15, 2020Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Kino Lorber brings new life to a groundbreaking documentary… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Crystal LaBeija, Documentary, Grove Press, Jack Doroshow, Kino Lorber, LGBT, LGBT+, Mario Montez, Rachel Harlow, The Queen

They Came from Beyond Space crash lands on Blu-ray

June 8, 2020Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Kino Lorber gives a fine presentation to a slog of a movie… continue reading

★, Home Viewing Adventure, Amicus Productions, Bernard Kay, Jennifer Jayne, Kino Lorber, Maurice Good, Michael Gough, Robert Hutton, Sci-Fi, They Came from Beyond Space, Zia Mohyeddin

The Nude Bomb is a hit on Blu-ray

March 25, 2020Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Agent 86 comes to the big screen for the first, and last, time but Kino Lorber’s Blu-ray is something special… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Andrea Howard, Comedy, Crime, Dana Elcar, Don Adams, Kino Lorber, Mystery, Norman Lloyd, Pamela Hensley, Sylvia Kristel, The Nude Bomb, Universal Pictures, Vittorio Gassman

The Oscar goes to… home viewers

March 24, 2020Justin Moore Leave a Comment

The glitz and glamor of Oscar night take a back seat to a slightly unpleasant story… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Drama, Edie Adams, Eleanor Parker, Elke Sommer, Ernest Borgnine, Jill St. John, Joseph Cotten, Kino Lorber, Milton Berle, Paramount Pictures, Stephen Boyd, The Oscar, Tony Bennett

1973 TV movie The Girl Most Likely To… looks great on Blu-ray

February 4, 2020Justin Moore Leave a Comment

Kino Lorber spiffs up the 1970s darkly comic TV movie… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Carl Ballantine, Chuck McCann, Comedy, Crime, Ed Asner, Fred Grandy, Jim Backus, Joe Flynn, Kino Lorber, Larry Wilcox, Reb Brown, Romance, Ruth McDevitt, Stockard Channing, The Girl Most Likely To...

Good intentions don’t really pay off in The Gospel of Eureka

April 6, 2019Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Several disparate elements never quite come together… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Documentary, Justin Vivian Bond, Kino Lorber, LGBT, LGBT+, Music, The Gospel of Eureka

Studio 54: The Documentary :: Trailer

August 21, 2018Trailerbot Leave a Comment

Check out the official ‘Studio 54: The Documentary’ trailer directed by Matt Tyrnauer… continue reading

Movies Ian Schrager, Kino Lorber, Steve Rubell, Studio 54: The Documentary, Zeitgeist Films

Double your fun with 1988’s Big Business now available on Blu-ray

May 15, 2018Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin shine in a comedy classic… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Bette Midler, Big Business, Comedy, Daniel Gerroll, Edward Herrmann, Fred Ward, Kino Lorber, Lily Tomlin, Michael Gross, Touchstone Pictures

Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami :: Trailer

March 25, 2018Trailerbot Leave a Comment

Check out the new trailer for ‘Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami’ starring Grace Jones… continue reading

Movies Grace Jones, Grace Jones Bloodlight and Bami, Jean-Paul Goude, Kino Lorber

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    MICKEY 17   ★★★
    WOLF MAN   ★✩✩
    NOSFERATU   ★★✩
    WICKED   ★★★
    JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX   ★★★
    BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE   ★★✩
    ALIEN: ROMULUS   ★★★
    DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE   ★★★
    BAD BOYS: RIDE OR DIE   ★★★
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    HATS OFF TO LOVE  ★★✩
    SNATCHED FROM THE CRIB  ★★✩
    I LOVE LUCY (1951-1957) ★★★
    MURDER AT THE DERBY  ★✩✩
    FAME: A TEMPTATIONS STORY  ★★★
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    DESIRE: A TEMPTATIONS STORY  ★★✩
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