William Holden

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 [...]

“The Audrey Hepburn Gift Set” is headed your way

September 10, 2014 // 0 Comments

The Audrey Hepburn Gift Set is one of the new Blu-Ray titles that Warner Home Video has lined up for release this fall. Featuring Funny Face, Sabrina and Breakfast at Tiffany’s the studio will celebrated the Oscar-winning actress, fashion icon, and [...]

The Omen Collection

October 13, 2008 // 0 Comments

Arriving for the first time on Blu-Ray, "The Omen Collection" offers us all four Omen films in high definition glory in one single box set. While the early Omen" movies are still considered landmark films and genre classics, the 2006 remake [...]

Wild Bunch. The

November 26, 2007 // 0 Comments

Sam Peckinpah's "The Wild Bunch" arrived in 1969 amid a firestorm of controversy. Its stark and brutally violent images seared the screen in the late sixties and forever changed the cinematic landscape. Loved by many and hated by some, the [...]

Network: Special Edition

February 7, 2006 // 0 Comments

MGM Home Entertainment released Sidney Lumet's "Network" as part of their early DVD efforts in 1997 and when part of the MGM library was sold to Warner Brothers, Warner Home Video re-released the same DVD in 2000, barebones as it was. Now, [...]

The Counterfeit Traitor

July 28, 2004 // 0 Comments

In their line of low-priced classic releases, Paramount has now also released ’The Counterfeit Traitor,’ a captivating spy thriller from 1961. Shot entirely in Europe using a European cast and original locations, the film perfectly manages to capture [...]

Sunset Boulevard

December 16, 2002 // 0 Comments

Billy Wilder’s 1950 masterwork "Sunset Boulevard" seems all the more miraculous given the circumstances and times in which it was made. 1950 was the height of the Communist witch-hunts; anyone named "un-American" whether in front of [...]

The Devil’s Brigade

April 29, 2002 // 0 Comments

Among war movies there’s a specific subgenre that focuses on the heroic exploits of a group of rough-and-tumble types who finally come together as a team to wreak havoc on the enemy. Films such as ’The Dirty Dozen’ and ’Kelly’s Heroes’ [...]

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 [...]

Born Yesterday

February 9, 2000 // 0 Comments

In recent months Columbia TriStar Home Video has been drastically expanding the presence of classic movie titles on DVD through their ’Columbia Classics’ series of releases. One of the latest films of this line-up is ’Born Yesterday’, George [...]