Tag Archives: Warner Archives Collection

Movies Till Dawn: September Super Shock Show Edition

Posted on September 7, 2018 by Paul Gaita

“Hereditary” (2018, Lionsgate) A pair of deaths – one by natural causes, the other a horrible accident – appear to herald the arrival of a monstrous and possessive presence in the lives of an emotionally troubled family. Deeply unsettling feature debut/endurance … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: What You Could Be Watching This Week (Sweet and Sour Edition)

Posted on March 6, 2018 by Paul Gaita

“Frank and the Wondercat” (2017, Brinkvision) After enduring years of emotional anorexia from his father and ex-wife, Pittsburgh native Frank Furko found something like family and happiness with a football-sized cat named Pudgie Wudgie. For nearly two decades, Furko parlayed … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Vintage Guilty Pleasures and Nostalgic Nonsense

Posted on March 1, 2018 by Paul Gaita

“Code of Silence” (1985, Kino Lorber) Chuck Norris keeps the karate to a minimum in this crime drama, which pits his taciturn Chicago cop against drug lord Henry Silva and a corrupt faction of fellow police. Intended as a vehicle … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: What You Could Be Watching This Weekend (Cartoon Antics Edition)

Posted on February 16, 2018 by Paul Gaita

“Teen Titans: The Complete First Season” (2003, Warner Archives Collection) Debut season of the much-loved WB animated series about a quintet of youthful superheroes who divide their energies between fighting a baroque array of villains and contending with the same … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: What You Could Be Watching This Weekend (24 Hour Vampire Mission Edition)

Posted on February 7, 2018 by Paul Gaita

“subUrbia” (1996, Warner Archives Collection) Richard Linklater and Eric Bogosian transpose the setting of Bogosian’s play from a convenience store parking lot in Massachusetts to one in Texas, but retain its core premise, with a cross-section of disaffected high school … Continue reading →

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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 (End of the Year Road Trip Edition)

Posted on December 28, 2017 by Paul Gaita

“Waiting For Guffman” (1997, Warner Archives Collection) If “Spinal Tap” found the all-too-human elements in oversized personalities, then “Guffman” – Christopher Guest’s first feature “mockumentary” as director/co-writer” – uncovers the stratospheric (if deeply weird) ambitions behind small-town, small-time life. Employing … 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 (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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