Eclectic mix of movies on DVD, Blu-ray this week
A wide range of genres and themes are represented in movies released this week on DVD and Blu-ray.
June 27, 2014
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A wide range of genres and themes are represented in movies released this week on DVD and Blu-ray.
If physical media is dying, as the business pundits have been telling us for years, then someone forget to send the memo to Shout! Factory. Born ten years ago out of the DNA of the original Rhino Records crew, Shout! Factory is the pop culture geek squad of home video and it has carved out a niche in the home video industry—actually, a few niches, from horror and science fiction to cult movies …
Movies today are dominated by comic book heroes and fantasies, but 50 years ago films were more often made for adults.
Star Wars Episodes I, II and III are Star Wars movies in name only.
The contemporary Western “Longmire” leads TV shows on video this week, including “Kung Fu: the Legend Continues” and “Rizzoli & Isles.” The cable series “Longmire†goes to Blu-ray, and several other shows, ranging from “Kung Fu: The Legend Continues†to “Rizzoli & Isles†arrive on DVD.
“The Color of Lies” by Claude Chabrol, the French Alfred Hitchcock, makes its Blu-ray debut this week along with the fourth version of Oliver Stone’s Alexander the Great biography.
After “Star Trek,†William Shatner’s next TV series was a Western comedy set in San Francisco,…
Robert Duvall, Leslie Nielsen, Suzanne Pleshette and Jon Voight are among the guest stars in the 1960s Western TV series…
The credits have rolled at Hugh Moore Park in Easton. ” Movies at the Mill ” is moving to the State Theatre .    By moving the event, organizers said it’s a chance to showcase hidden gems in Easton, and when you think of the arts, there is no better place than the State Theatre. With construction moving full speed ahead at the Simon Silk Mill, it could be a little tough watching a movie …
Two new box sets offer vintage World War II movies and documentaries upgraded to Blu-ray, leading a bevy of newly released…