Alec Guinness

Sony brings “The Bridge on the River Kwai” to 4K UHD

July 18, 2017 // 0 Comments

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has unveiled specs this morning, about the upcoming 4K UHD release of the epic WWII drama The Bridge on the River Kwai, scheduling its release for October. When British POWs are forced to build a vital railway bridge in [...]

Doctor Zhivago

April 20, 2010 // 0 Comments

"Doctor Zhivago" was the third grand epic by acclaimed director David Lean. While his earlier efforts "The Bridge on the River Kwai" and "Lawrence of Arabia" are widely hailed as two of the finest films ever created, many of [...]

Murder By Death

December 5, 2001 // 0 Comments

One of the most amusing murder mystery comedies has so far been sorely missing from DVD. Fortunately Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment has taken heart and is now bringing "Murder By Death" to the digital video domain. Featuring an all-star [...]

Doctor Zhivago

November 20, 2001 // 0 Comments

"Doctor Zhivago" was the third grand epic by acclaimed director David Lean. While his earlier efforts "The Bridge on the River Kwai" and "Lawrence of Arabia" are widely hailed as two of the finest films ever created, many of [...]

A Passage To India

April 3, 2001 // 0 Comments

When David Lean’s "A Passage to India" opened in 1984, some saw it as a showdown between the glory days of literate epic filmmaking and the "feel-good" ethos of the Lucas/Spielberg popcorn juggernauts. Who better than the director of [...]

Lawrence Of Arabia

March 27, 2001 // 0 Comments

When David Lean’s 1962 epic "Lawrence of Arabia" first appeared on movie screens, it was hailed as an evolutionary leap in large-scale filmmaking and storytelling. When it blazed in 1989 again, courtesy of an extensive restoration to its [...]

The Bridge On The River Kwai

November 21, 2000 // 0 Comments

For over three years now, Columbia TriStar Home Video has been one of the few publishers who have supplied a steady stream of classic movies to DVD fans. Although the market for those classic movies has traditionally been very limited since DVD fans do [...]

Damn The Defiant!

October 2, 2000 // 0 Comments

For a fan of classic movies like myself, the DVD market still contains way too little titles from the 40s, 50s and 60s, in its tendency to focus on blockbusters and action oriented film. As such Columbia TriStar Home Video’s steady release of such films [...]