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As much as I enjoyed "The Naked Gun" trilogy of movies and would've been revisited many, many times, I can't watch them because of Simpson. I've tried several times but as soon as his character Nordberg appears, off the movie goes. I am repulsed. Even his old commercials disgust. There's no way...

John Ford featured the hymn "Shall We Gather at the River" in eight of his films [listed in order of appearance in clip compilation]: Tobacco Road (several times in film), My Darling Clementine, When Willie Comes Marching Home, Wagon Master, 7 Women, Stagecoach, The Searchers (twice in film...

Jeez, didn't we already go through something like this with Christopher Reeve's TV-movie remake of REAR WINDOW? And the notorious Gus van Sant shot-for-shot color remake of PSYCHO? Both were released in 1998. What was in the ether in that year? Does anybody rummage through their home library to...

Actually, Paramount didn't, Hitchcock did. VERTIGO was part of Hitchcock's oeuvre that was sold back to him along with REAR WINDOW, ROPE, THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY, and THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH. These films were unavailable for many, many years as he kept them out of circulation. It wasn't until...

I've read that Rod Serling devised the twist ending of the 1968 POTA a la "Twilight Zone" while eating at a diner that was decorated with Statue of Liberty wallpaper. This ending was helpful because the proposed film budget could not adequately create the Ape world that Boulle described in his...

I received the email announcement of the sale just this morning (my time) as the sale was starting east coast time, and there are some who seem to have received a day before heads-up announcement. Would anyone posit a guess? Just out of curiosity.

Like Sam Favate, I also want to own physical copies of favorite shows or movies so I can choose to watch when I want to watch. Nothing broadcast over-the-air or via subscription is guaranteed. Don't get me started on storing stuff on clouds; the very name cloud conjures up impermanence. Yes...

TGSET was the movie that made me a Donald Pleasence fan. I liked him in other movies and knew he could play an over-the-top villain (Blofeld), but in TGSET he played the villain so commonplace, which makes sense. By being commonplace, Mr. Pleasence was viler, in a role that could easily have...

I would add that Martin Landau in the year this movie was released was also in a little-known TV series "Mission: Impossible".

If only all of the "classic" Schick-Sunn Classics/Sunn Classics/Charles E. Sellier, Jr. schlockumentaries could be on DVD let alone Blu-ray. THE LINCOLN CONSPIRACY was likely one of their "prestige pictures"! These are life-long guilty pleasures I first encountered on Channel 5 (WNEW) sometimes...

Thank you! I went through IMDb but missed that comment. If this IMDb comment is accurate, I wonder if Walbrook was an actor who would be called upon to dub non-English speaking actors, and if this was a request from Hitchcock himself.

I found this fun compilation video on You Tube which presents TV Guide commercials from 1967 through 1987. It is likely to bring back memories for you: As a supplement, here's a video about the Moog track used in the TV Guide ads:

No matter how many times I watch TMWKTM one question always gnaws at me. It's probably not that important, but I haven't found any answers, so I place it here in the hope there is an answer, or at least, someone can stop the gnawing feeling. Every time Louis Bernard (Daniel Gélin) speaks it's...

To follow in this vein, "my" local B & N has removed its entire Criterion section as of this past week. No signs, nothing. Only mainstream Blu-rays, and lots and lots of DVDs. No longer teeming with film festival fare. Maybe it's inventory season and all will be back to normal. I hope.

Just read this, which doesn't bode well for the future of physical media: https://www.mediaplaynews.com/ingram-entertainment-once-the-largest-home-entertainment-distributor-exits-disc-business/ [H/t CerealAtMidnight.com]

My guess it has to do with the Hollywood strike.

Yes! :cool:

For me, Scorsese's After Hours (1985) and Demme's Something Wild (1986) are a subgenre. Each film's lead character experiences The Odyssey in a Tom Wolfe-ified NYC (and NJ). The "actual" Tom Wolfe Bonfire of the Vanities would screen a few years later in 1990 courtesy of yet another film school...

Chris Dale at the official Gerry Anderson website wrote a tribute to Network...

It is terrible, especially as it was so abrupt. I have had nothing but great experiences as Network's customer service was above and beyond no matter what the question or request. I am going from memory as I no longer have the email, but I seem to remember that Network (I think it was...

The link shows that both formats are expected.

Unexpected surprise! Amazon has this Blu-ray pre-order up for a June 13, 2023, release, not familiar with studio that's releasing it: Liberation Hall.

Thank you. I agree with you on Larroquette. I'm rooting for this show to succeed. Far too many re-boots are merely also-rans.

I noticed something in Episode 4 "Dan v. Dating" that makes me wonder if this series has been on the shelf for some time. In this episode, the secondary plot to Dan dating the Wendy Malick guest character, is that Olivia, the public defender, having no office (!), wants a quiet place where she...

Shakespearean training and all.

I just want to add that I received a very nice response from Kino Lorber asking if I was able to sign in. Thank you again, Kino Lorber!

Site is working for me now as well! Thank you all, and thank you Kino Lorber!

Thank you. Must be something with KL's website.

My post likely doesn't belong here, but I'm not sure where else, because this may affect other people. It appears that Kino Lorber has updated and redesigned its website, which is why I think I have had difficulty signing in to my account there. I have tried several times with no success. Each...

Game shows? I'm in! Anything with Joe Franklin? I'm in! Joe Franklin on a game show? That would be "beyond measure"* __________ * The solution to the bonus puzzle on tonight's "Wheel of Fortune" of which the contestant was beyond any clue.