Featuring the voices of: Mel Brooks, Daphne Zuniga, Joan Rivers, Tino Insana, Rino Romano, Dee Bradley Baker | Created by Mel Brooks, Thomas Meehan Mel Brooks’ talent for spoof comedy is unmatched, with no genre ever off limits to his sharp sense of humour. Over the years he’s taken aim at everything from westerns and […]
Stars: Norman Chu, Damian Lau, Flora Chong-Leen | Directed by Ching Siu-tung Ching Siu-tung is best known for directing the classic A Chinese Ghost Story, but a few years earlier he helmed what would go on to become one of the most celebrated martial arts films of the 1980s. Released in 1983, Duel to the […]
Stars: Sammo Hung, Tony Leung, Joyce Godenzi, Carina Lau, Sandra Ng, Wah Yuen, Pik-Wan Tang, Agnes Aurelio | Directed by Corey Yuen Joyce Godenzi first came to prominence as the winner of the Miss Hong Kong pageant of 1984. After winning the pageant, she would transition to films, starting with her film debut, The Seventh […]
Stars: Cynthia Polakovich, Joe Zaso, Lori Thomas, Robin Macklin | Written by Kevin J. Lindenmuth | Directed by Jeffrey Arsenault The legend of the vampire can be traced as far back as 1047, with old Russian texts referring to creatures known as “upir.” However, the word “vampire” itself didn’t enter the lexicon until 1725. It […]
Stars: Yuen Biao, Wu Ma, Lawrence Ng, Elizabeth Lee, Joey Wang, Wah Yuen, May Mei-Mei Lo, Wai Lam, Zhilun Xue | Directed by Wu Ma 88 Films continues to impress with their stunning Blu-ray presentations of international cinema. Recent releases such as On the Run, Saga of the Phoenix, and Rosa, have once again showcased […]
Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Geoffrey Lewis, Bolo Yeung, Alonna Shaw, Corinna Everson, Julie Strain | Written by Sheldon Lettich, Jean-Claude Van Damme | Directed by Sheldon Lettich In the ’80s and ’90s, “The Muscles from Brussels” Jean-Claude Van Damme was one of Hollywood’s most bankable action stars. If his name was on the marquee, audiences […]
James Stewart is widely regarded as one of Hollywood’s greatest leading men. In 1999, the American Film Institute recognised his legacy by ranking him #3 on its prestigious 100 Years… 100 Male Stars list, placing him just behind Cary Grant (#2) and Humphrey Bogart (#1). For years, the Warner Archive Collection has been celebrating screen […]
When you think of Hong Kong cinema, one name towers above the rest: Chang Cheh. A true titan of the industry, his career spanned six decades, and at his most prolific, he was releasing up to eight films in a single year – an output that more than justifies his reputation as the ‘Godfather of […]
Stars: Josh Duhamel, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Rick Hoffman, Aidan Gillen, Neil Sandlands, Arnold Vosloo | Written by Omer Levin Menekse, Quinn Wolfe, Allan Ungar | Directed by Allan Ungar Josh Duhamel first made a name for himself on the soap opera All My Children, a role that earned him a Daytime Emmy and put him […]
Stars: Leroy ‘Horsemouth’ Wallace, Richard ‘Dirty Harry’ Hall, Monica Craig, Marjorie Norman, Jacob Miller, Gregory Isaacs, Winston Rodney, Frank Dowding, Robbie Shakespeare | Written and Directed by Ted Bafaloukos Before reggae conquered international charts and became a global movement, it was already the lifeblood of Kingston’s streets – blasting from sound systems, drifting through alleyways […]
Stars: Nigel Terry, Helen Mirren, Nicol Williamson, Liam Neeson, Cherie Lunghi, Paul Geoffrey, Robbert Addie, Gabriel Byrne, Keith Buckley, Corin Redgrave, Patrick Stewart, Ciarán Hinds, Clive Swift, Katrine Boorman | Written by Thomas Malory, Rospo Pallenberg, John Boorman | Directed by John Boorman Some legends are simply destined for the big screen. The tale of […]
Down on the farm, humour was on full display with the hilarious antics of Ma and Pa Kettle. No one ever dreamed that when Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray went to the farm with the film The Egg and I, it would lead to a film series, but not with them. Margorie Main and Percy […]
Stars: Timothy Hutton, Amy Madigan, Larry John Meyers, Beth Grant, Rohn Thomas, Molly Renfroe, Judy Grafe, Robert Joy | Written and Directed by George A. Romero There are few authors as prolific – or as consistently adapted – as Stephen King. His novels and short stories have found their way onto the big screen time and […]
Stars: Tom Ellis, Lauren German, Tricia Helfer, D.B. Woodside, Rachael Harris, Lesley-Ann Brandt | Created by Tom Kapinos After numerous buy-outs, mergers, etc., Warner Bros. now owns the DC Comics Universe. Owning the rights to some of the biggest superheroes in comics history opens the door to producing adventures with these characters. Lately, we have […]
Stars: Warren Oates, Ben Johnson, Cloris Leachman, Harry Dean Stanton, Michelle Phillips | Written and Directed by John Milius Gangsters and the mafia have always fascinated me; these people were larger-than-life characters. Even in the depression era, Al Capone was considered by many Americans to be a hero. That is crazy to me. Perhaps that […]
Hollywood legend Spencer Tracy starred in countless iconic films over the course of his remarkable career, earning two Academy Awards along the way – one for Captains Courageous (1937) and another for Boys Town (1938). Warner Archive Collection has been releasing actor-spotlight Blu-ray sets that bring together previously issued individual discs into a single collection […]
Stars: Joel Kinnaman, Danny Huston, Cara Jade Myers, Graham Greene | Written by Steve Isles, George Mahaffey | Directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky When it comes to survival cinema, the genre boasts more than its fair share of unforgettable classics: from The Poseidon Adventure and The Towering Inferno to Eight Below and, of course, Cast Away. […]
Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Rob Schneider, Lela Rochon, Paul Sorvino, Carman Lee, Wyman Wong, Michael Wong, Glen Chin, Moses Chan, Lynne Langdon | Written by Steven E. de Souza | Directed by Tsui Hark From the late 1980s through the early 1990s, few action stars were as popular as Jean-Claude Van Damme. A run of […]
Stars: Steven Seagal, Erika Eleniak, Tommy Lee Jones, Gary Busey, Damian Chapa, Troy Jones, David McKnight, Patrick O’Neal, Glenn Morshower, Bernie Casey | Written by J.F. Lawton | Directed by Andrew Davis Controversial actor, producer, screenwriter, martial artist and musician Steven Seagal became a bona fide action icon during his peak years, thanks largely to […]
What comes to mind when I say classic cartoons? Most would probably say Looney Tunes or Tom and Jerry. But just as classic and just as iconic as these would be the little bird with the big personality. Of course, I am talking about Woody Woodpecker. Woody Woodpecker was so much fun to watch as […]
