Tag Archives: Arrow Video

Movies Till Dawn: The Saturday Morning Strange – A Surfeit of Strange

Posted on January 6, 2018 by Paul Gaita

You could spend all of 2018 dissecting and bemoaning the strange, weird and just plain awful aspects of 2017, but on Saturday mornings, I prefer to recall the strange from that year in a entertaining, digital-based audio-visual format and not, … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: 2018 House Cleaning (Out with the New Edition)

Posted on January 3, 2018 by Paul Gaita

As its title suggests, “Super Dark Times” (2017, The Orchard) focuses on the bleaker aspects of growing up aimless in a dead-end town. First-time director Kevin Phillips and screenwriters Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski understand teenage language and behavior and … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: What You Could Be Watching This Weekend (High Tension for the Holidays 2017 Edition)

Posted on December 22, 2017 by Paul Gaita

“Luke Cage: The Complete First Season” (2017, Buena Vista Home Entertainment) If you grew up in the 1970s, you knew Luke Cage as Power Man, the first African-American superhero with his own comic book series. Though possessed of superhuman strength … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: What You Could Be Watching This Weekend (Desert Variations Edition)

Posted on December 15, 2017 by Paul Gaita

“Person to Person” (2017, Magnolia) An ensemble of indie talent anchors this frequently amusing confection about New Yorkers whose lives intersect while in pursuit of various hopes and schemes. Serving as a sort of hub is Bene Coopersmith, a real-life … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: What You Could Be Watching This Weekend (Short and Sweet Tough Guys Edition)

Posted on December 8, 2017 by Paul Gaita

“Animal Factory” (2000, Arrow Video) Intent on surviving behind bars, new prison inmate Edward Furlong forges an alliance with flinty fellow con Willem Dafoe, which will have a lasting impact on the future – and freedom – of both men. … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Continental Cowboys and Italian Vikings

Posted on November 17, 2017 by Paul Gaita

“Death Rides a Horse” (1967, Kino) Gritty Italian western employs two of the genre’s most enduring tropes – “revenge for a murdered family” and “the student becomes the master” – and taps Lee Van Cleef, star of some of the … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: What You Could Be Watching This Weekend (Think Link Edition)

Posted on November 9, 2017 by Paul Gaita

“A Fish Called Wanda” (1988, Arrow) A mismatched trio of thieves (Kevin Kline, Jamie Lee Curtis and Michael Palin) attempt to retrieve a stolen cache of diamonds, but a lovelorn barrister (John Cleese, who also co-wrote the script) and their … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: What You Could Be Watching on Halloween Night (Fun-Size Sugarfina Edition)

Posted on October 31, 2017 by Paul Gaita

“The Bird With the Crystal Plumage” (1969, Arrow Video) It’s all perspective, as writer Tony Musante learns – the hard way – when his accidental observation of a vicious assault puts him in the crosshairs of a serial killer. Dario … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: The Saturday Morning Strange (Short, Sweet and Strange for Halloween Edition)

Posted on October 28, 2017 by Paul Gaita

“Island of Terror” (1966, Shout Factory) Scientists working on a cure for cancer in a remote island laboratory discover that their experiments have an unexpected side effect: monstrous, tentacled amoebas devour that human bones! Energetic Saturday afternoon-style sci-fi from the … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: What You Could Be Watching This Pre-Halloween Weekend (Bite-Sized Sugar Skull Edition)

Posted on October 25, 2017 by Paul Gaita

“Land of the Dead” (2005, Shout Factory) The late George A. Romero‘s last solid zombie effort (two more lower-budgeted entries were released after it), which closes the door on civilization by suggesting that the dead may actually be more human … Continue reading →

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