Jason Lager reviews Kino Lorber Blu-rays for December 2021.
The releases include Alfred Hitchcock's 'The Lodger', 'The Brass Bottle' starring Tony Randall and Barbara Eden, and 'Bedtime Story' with Marlon Brando and David Niven.
The films are comedy thrillers, an off-road racing flick, and a comedy about two scoundrels trying to play off rich widows.
The Blu-rays come with bonus features, including commentaries, documentaries, and interviews.
Greetings Classic Cinnamon TV fans, this is Jason Lager, Pastor Jay here with you once again on another Flashback Friday and today we're taking a first look at some brand new releases from Kino Lorber for the month of December 2021. Let's jump right into this, this is going to be a fast video but just a quick first look. First we're looking at release number 17. This is from the great Alfred Hitchcock. Hitchcock is probably one of the greatest directors of all time, but this is one of his early releases from 1932. Kind of a comedy thriller. Before Hitchcock got into all the elaborate things this was more of the the kind of subdued kind of thing and it's all about an empty London house where all these people come in and they're all searching for a necklace and and just chaos ensues it kind of a unique little film and this thing is loaded with all kinds of cool bonus features It a 4K restoration which is pretty cool but there commentaries early years documentary of Hitchcock an interview, audio interview, which is pretty cool, trailers, all kinds of cool stuff on this. So if you're a fan of Hitchcock, number 17, you're going to want this on Blu-ray. We recently saw this about, well, I shouldn't say recently, probably about a couple years ago, I watched this for the first time. And when we saw that this was getting a Blu-ray release, oh, you know this was going to have to come to the studios here. This is The Brass Bottle. This stars Tony Randall, Burl Ives, and Barbara Eden. Barbara Eden, it's all about a genie played by Burl Ives. And this, of course, would spawn the TV series I Dream of Genie. and here the genie is Burl Ives and the guy that controls the genie is Tony Randall and Barbara Eden is his girlfriend so that's kind of interesting but she ended up being the genie in I Dream of Genie so that's a pretty cool release looking forward to check it out on Blu-ray this one is unbelievable three amazing actors and actresses in this one Marlon Brando David Niven and Shirley Jones This is bedtime stories Now, without spoiling a whole lot of this, David Niven and Marlon Brando play two scoundrels that try to play off of rich widows and rich ladies. And this film is the one that spawned the remake that many may know, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. So yeah, this is the original. So looking forward to that one. Awesome. Then finally, who doesn't love a little off-road racing flick, right? This is a pretty cool one. Checkered Flag or Crash. Wow. Some really great actors in this. Susan Sarandon is in this. Larry Hagman is in this. And Joe Don Baker. Now, many may not know Joe Dawn Baker, the name, but you may remember him from Walking Tall. But, yeah, this one I have never seen, so I'm really looking forward to check this one out. This is going to be totally awesome. I can just tell. And with that cover how do you not realize that is going to be awesome Yeah so some pretty cool releases from Keen of Lorba this month for the month of December I should say This is kind of a first look at some of these and let us know what you're happy about. What one are you most interested in seeing? Let us know in the comments below. Be sure to go to Kina Lorber Studio Classics or KLStudioClassics or KinaLorber.com and check out all the amazing releases they have. be sure to keep your eyes open to Classic Cinema Plus as we will pull up full written reviews of every single one of these, going to be awesome so definitely look out for that, alright we want to thank you for joining us on this quick flashback Friday as we're taking a quick first look at the December releases from Kino Lorber Studio Classics and Kino Lorber thanks again to them for sending these our way so we can share them with you, be sure to like, share and subscribe and until we see you next time this is Jason Lockhart reminding you that if you want to see a great film, check out a classic, and we'll see you next time for another Flashback Friday. Bye. Have a good one.
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