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FrauBlucher wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2026 4:06 pm Here they come….
We know OUT OF THE PAST 4K and
PENNIES FROM HEAVEN
now…
WAG THE DOG
MONTANA (1950)
SARGEANT RUTLEDGE

ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT

Vom

domino harvey wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2026 5:00 pmVom

Does that make you Vomino Harvey?

Forever: The Complete Series..

I'll go to bat for "All Through the Night..." at the very least, it's a really fun movie with a crowd. First saw it at a little college Bogart retrospective with a few dozen people in attendance, and it played like gangbusters. It just moves SO fast, and the cameraderie onscreen is infectious. And it held up on a home rewatch years later. It may not be a pinnacle of studio filmmaking, but it nevertheless feels like a quintessential studio film.

Torrid Zone. They’re working through the Cagney sets it looks like

Beloved Aunt wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2026 4:46 pm

andyli wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2026 1:21 am SPECIAL FEATURES: Scene-specific audio commentary by film critic Peter Rainer; 20th anniversary cast & crew reunion discussion; Original Theatrical Trailer

I've always loved the fact that Warners sees fit to include a commentary on the release by a critic (who I've never heard of before or since) who Steve Martin, in the other on-disc extra that isn't the trailer, openly mocks for being (according to Steve Martin) a weird, maladroit loser.

He’s still a film critic and seemingly one of the few around to still earn a living doing it

The Human Comedy! That’s the second title this month that I was just talking about on the forum

+ the Bad Seed in a new restoration (shocked this didn’t go to Arrow et al)

+ Auntie Mame UHD

Wow, just realized Wag the Dog had never received a Blu-ray prior to this. It was one of the earliest DVDs I bought.

I know there’s a following for Auntie Mame (doesn’t it air every Christmas on TCM?) but I’m amazed that someone who gets paid much more than me thought that would sell better than, say, a UHD for the Bad Seed (which I don’t even like, just saying from a business perspective)

Here are the specs for AUNTIE MAME

COMING TO 4K UHD BLU-RAY FROM THE WARNER ARCHIVE COLLECTION ON AUGUST 25th
NEW 2026 4K UHD HDR MASTER FROM 12K SCAN OF THE ORIGINAL TECHNIRAMA CAMERA NEGATIVE
AUNTIE MAME (1958)
MSRP$29.98
BD100/BD50-Two disc 4K/Blu-ray combo pack
COLOR
NOT RATED
DOLBY VISION
ASPECT RATIO: 16x9 2.35:1 LETTERBOX
Audio Specs: DTS-HD MA 5.1 Surround NEW AUDIO TRACK, DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono Original Theatrical Track, DTS-HD MA 2.0 Music-only track
Disc authoring and compression by Fidelity in Motion

domino harvey wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2026 6:33 pm I know there’s a following for Auntie Mame (doesn’t it air every Christmas on TCM?) but I’m amazed that someone who gets paid much more than me thought that would sell better than, say, a UHD for the Bad Seed (which I don’t even like, just saying from a business perspective)

It's airs pretty frequently. It was just on last week or so. It' seems to be a TCM staple

FrauBlucher wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2026 6:40 pm

domino harvey wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2026 6:33 pm I know there’s a following for Auntie Mame (doesn’t it air every Christmas on TCM?) but I’m amazed that someone who gets paid much more than me thought that would sell better than, say, a UHD for the Bad Seed (which I don’t even like, just saying from a business perspective)

It's airs pretty frequently. It was just on last week or so. It' seems to be a TCM staple

It’s screened multiple times every holiday season at the American Cinematheque and typically sells out. I get the camp appeal, but it’s not something I would ever feel a compulsion to own or watch again

Wtf they’re not done. Another Ford: Wings of Eagles!

I really wish Herbert Ross’ original cut of Pennies From Heaven has never surfaced. It is a brilliant film, but the miniseries is in another class

So this is what’s remaining for Ford from WB:

Former pressed discs:
Cheyenne Autumn
the Informer
the Lost Patrol
Mary of Scotland
(Long Voyage Home is assumed no longer held by WB and already has a Blu via Imprint)

MOD DVD-R titles:
Flesh
the Fugitive
the Rising of the Moon

Unreleased but should be held:
Young Cassidy

Did I miss any?