colinr0380 wrote: Mon Mar 24, 2025 1:05 pm
At least its more interesting genre nonsense than Thor!
And whilst it is a neat touch, really the black-and-white versus colour thing in a mystery thriller motif was done the most impressively a few years earlier in the desaturation as events move towards the climax of the 1988 remake of D.O.A., which I'd love to revisit some time together with the 1950 original.
I love the remake of D.O.A.. Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid were a rare married couple who actually had a lot of chemistry on screen
Compared to the Blue Underground Blu Ray, the new Kino Blu Ray of "The 7th Victim" seems to have a green look, as if it was Ritrovata'd. Can someone comment on whether this is the intended look, and whether Ritrovata was involved in the restoration?
kekid wrote: Thu Mar 27, 2025 2:46 am
Compared to the Blue Underground Blu Ray, the new Kino Blu Ray of "The 7th Victim" seems to have a green look, as if it was Ritrovata'd. Can someone comment on whether this is the intended look, and whether Ritrovata was involved in the restoration?
kekid wrote: Thu Mar 27, 2025 2:46 am
Compared to the Blue Underground Blu Ray, the new Kino Blu Ray of "The 7th Victim" seems to have a green look, as if it was Ritrovata'd. Can someone comment on whether this is the intended look, and whether Ritrovata was involved in the restoration?
Starring Breckin Meyer, Seann William Scott, Amy Smart, Tom Green, DJ Qualls, Paulo Costanzo, Rachel Blanchard, Anthony Rapp, Andy Dick, Horatio Sanz & Fred Ward – Shot by Mark Irwin (Scream) – Music by Michael Simpson (Fight Club) – Produced by Ivan Reitman (Animal House) – Co-written by Scot Armstrong (Semi-Pro) –Co-written & Directed by Todd Phillips (Old School, The Hangover, Due Date, War Dogs, Joker).
I missed that most of these even got released in the past couple years, but some exciting 30s and 40s German titles are included: Port of Freedom, Congress Dances, and Ophüls’ Laughing Heirs. Plus, for students of the blacklist, John Berry’s Tamango — filmed in France, banned in the US and just about everywhere else — is $7.
Newly Added to the WSL Sale:
APACHE
THE ART OF LOVE
ATTACK!
BEACH RED
BEAU GESTE
THE BLACK WINDMILL
BODY SLAM
THE BRIDE WORE BLACK
THE BRINK’S JOB
BROKEN FLOWERS
BWANA DEVIL (3-D)
CATCH THE HEAT
CHRISTMAS IN JULY
CROOKLYN
THE DEVIL’S 8
DOC
DREAMCHILD
DUET FOR ONE
THE EXTREME ADVENTURES OF SUPER DAVE
EYE OF THE TIGER
FILM NOIR: THE DARK SIDE OF CINEMA I – 5 FILM COLLECTION
A FORCE OF ONE
FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT 4 FILM COLLECTION
GET CRAZY
GHOST WARRIOR
GOOD GUYS WEAR BLACK
THE GREAT MCGINTY
THE HALLELUJAH TRAIL
HE WHO MUST DIE
THE HILLS RUN RED
THE HOT SPOT
ILLUSTRIOUS CORPSES
JASON’S LYRIC
KILL A DRAGON
THE LAND UNKNOWN
LAWS OF GRAVITY
LEGAL EAGLES
LONELY HEARTS
MACHO CALLAHAN
MAKING MR. RIGHT
MAN FROM DEL RIO | THE RIDE BACK (DOUBLE FEATURE)
MAN ON THE EAST
MATA HARI
MIDNIGHT LACE
MISSING IN ACTION
MISSING IN ACTION 2: THE BEGINNING
BRADDOCK: MISSING IN ACTION III
MISSING IN ACTION TRILOGY – 3 FILM COLLECTION
MISSISSIPPI MERMAID
MO’ BETTER BLUES
MR. WONG 5 FILM COLLECTION
MURDER, HE SAYS
NIGHT PASSAGE
THE NORSEMAN
NUMBER ONE WITH A BULLET
P.J.
PROGRAMMED TO KILL
REAP THE WILD WIND
ROSEBUD
SLOW DANCING IN THE BIG CITY
SOME GIRLS
THE STORY OF ADELE H.
SUMMER HEAT
SUPERNATURAL
TAFFIN
TAZA, SON OF COCHISE (3-D)
THE TENTH MAN
THEY CALL ME MISTER TIBBS | THE ORGANIZATION (DOUBLE FEATURE)
THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS
THEY WENT THAT-A-WAY AND THAT-A-WAY
THE TIME GUARDIAN
THE TIME TRAVELERS
TINTORERA… TIGER SHARK
TRACKDOWN
THE TRIALS OF OSCAR WILDE
TRUE LOVE
UNDER CAPRICORN
VALMONT
WILD GEESE II
WINGS OF THE HAWK (3-D)
A WORLD APART
Looks like MGM's rights to the Truffaut titles are just about expired (I'd pick up the Radiance releases soon if you want those. Or wait for the inevitable 4K restorations in a couple of years.)
Quote:
Coming Soon on Blu-ray!
4K Restoration by StudioCanal!
Boomerang (1976)
Alain Delon / Carla Gravina / Charles Vanel
Music by Georges Delerue (The Day of the Dophin)
Written & Directed by José Giovanni (Birds of Prey, Last Known Address)
hearthesilence wrote: Sat Apr 12, 2025 12:21 am
Anyone know if Kino's Blu-ray for Quai des Orfèvres is better or worse than Studio Canal's? Or if Criterion is likely to pick this up?
Such a great film. I've been waiting for Criterion to get this one back to upgrade it, and they may as well do it 4K to top the Kino. I've seen a couple complaints about no subtitling for the songs in the film on the Kino disc. However, it looks great to my eyes, and it has a solid commentary by Nick Pinkerton. The extras on the Studio Canal look sparse.
Coming Soon on Blu-ray!
4K Restoration by StudioCanal!
KING AND COUNTRY (1966) Starring Dirk Bogarde, Tom Courtney, Leo McKern & Barry Foster – Shot by Denys N. Coop (Bunny Lake is Missing) – Screenplay by Evan Jones (Wake in Fright) – Produced & Directed by Joseph Losey (The Servant, The Go-Between, Mr. Klein).
UNCOMMON VALOR (1983) Starring Gene Hackman, Robert Stack, Fred Ward, Patrick Swayze, Reb Brown, Randall ‘Tex’ Cobb, Tim Thomerson, Harold Sylvester, Gail Strickland, Jane Kaczmarek, Michael Dudikoff & Jeremy Kemp – Shot by Stephen H. Burum (The Untouchables) – Music by James Horner (Titanic) – Written by Joe Gayton (Faster) – Directed by Ted Kotcheff (Wake in Fright, North Dallas Forty, First Blood).
domino harvey wrote: Sun Jul 30, 2017 6:55 pmUncommon Valor (Ted Kotcheff 1983) Gene Hackman is determined to rescue his Vietnam vet son from a POW camp in this ridiculous precursor to Rambo. Hackman guilts several of his son’s fellow soldiers into abandoning their lives by going on a suicide mission, which is preceded by a lengthy bootcamp in which the out of action soldiers receive training that makes it look like summer camp. For experienced soldiers, these dudes practiced so little in the way of responsible gun handling during these sequences that it started to stress me out, even though this film isn’t smart enough to criticize such behavior. And that’s the larger problem with the film itself: I don’t find this brand of brainless bravura heroic at all, but selfish and foolhardy. I also object to sequences like a gunfight against armed Laotian police guarding the border, who believe Hackmen and his crew are opium runners. Hackman and team gleefully shoot the policemen and lament when two get away. But these aren’t the bad guys. These are police officers doing their job and trying to keep out bad guys with guns, and Hackmen and company attack first. These are the assholes I’m supposed to be rooting for?
It does work well though if watched in a double bill with the almost forgotten Kevin Dillon film The Rescue, which just swaps out the baddies and "Taken 2's" things around to have the kids saving the adults instead!
captveg wrote: Tue Apr 15, 2025 4:20 am
More OOP based on previously being in the "While Supplies Last" sale and now no longer appearing on the website:
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969)
I’d love to see Criterion pick this one up and rescue Polonsky’s Force of Evil, too
beamish14 wrote: Tue Apr 15, 2025 3:13 pmrescue Polonsky’s Force of Evil
This already has a 4K-restored blu-ray from Kino. Criterion could add their one-essay leaflet whenever they get around to it but I'm satisfied with my copy.
beamish14 wrote: Tue Apr 15, 2025 3:13 pmrescue Polonsky’s Force of Evil
This already has a 4K-restored blu-ray from Kino. Criterion could add their one-essay leaflet whenever they get around to it but I'm satisfied with my copy.
Didn’t it get a lot of criticism for having a sub-par transfer? Regsrdlesss, Willie Boy is fascinating
