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Movies till Dawn: Creepy
“Night Caller” (2022, 123 Go Films) Grisly supernatural thriller which channels the grimy vibe of ’70s and ’80s slasher/grindhouse fare while also finding room for writer-director Chad Ferrin‘s eclectic perspective. Susan Priver stars as a psychic working for a cut-rate … Continue reading
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Tagged 123 Go Films, IndiePix, RLJE Films, Severin Films, Synapse Films, Warner Archives Collection
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Movies Till Dawn: Classics
“Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy” (2021, Film Movement) Three stories, told plainly and with the most subtle camerawork, detail the complexities in the axis of dreams, reality, and how we exist in or pursue each as part of our daily … Continue reading
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Tagged Arrow Video, Film Movement, Kino Lorber, Undercrank Productions, Warner Archives Collection
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Movies Till Dawn: Violent
“Legendary Weapons of China” (1982, 88 Films) One of the more eclectic entries in the Shaw Brothers Studios catalog, this action-comedy from director Lau Kar-Lung (“Drunken Master II“) has exceptional fighting sequences – many anchored around the 18 titular weapons, … Continue reading
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Tagged 88 Films, Arrow Video, MVD Entertainment Group, Severin Films, Warner Archives Collection
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Movies Till Dawn: Vintage
“Touch of Evil” (1958, Kino Lorber) Get past the idea of Charlton Heston as a Mexican cop and you’ll find an extraordinary American movie – ostensibly a crime thriller, but really director/star Orson Welles last go-round with his electric trains … Continue reading
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Tagged Arrow Academy, Cohen Film Collection, Flicker Alley, Kino Lorber, Warner Archives Collection
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Movies Till Dawn: The People Next Door
“All Or Nothing” (2002, Severin Films) Studies in quiet (and not so quiet) desperation via three working class families in London, who respond to the millstone of daily life around their necks with a mix of heartbreak, defeat, and carelessness. … Continue reading
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Tagged Arrow Video, Dark Sky Films, Kino Lorber, Scorpion Releasing, Severin Films, Warner Archives Collection
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Movies Till Dawn: Something/Everyone
“Whirlybird” (2019, Kino Lorber) Polarizing documentary about Los Angeles reporters Bob (now Zoey) Tur and ex-wife Marika Gerrard, who redefined news coverage in the 1980s and 1990s by using a helicopter to provide a perspective that alternated between omniscience and … Continue reading
Movies Till Dawn: Wholesome Holiday Entertainment
“Prisoners of the Ghostland” (2021,RLJE Films) In a post-apocalypse Japan which has reassembled itself as a crazy-quilt hybrid of its feudal era and the American West, the cowboy-hatted leader (Bill Moseley) of a small town sends bank robber Nicolas Cage … Continue reading
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Tagged Kino Lorber, RLJE Films, Severin Films, Warner Archives Collection
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Movies Till Dawn: More Little Stabs at Happiness
“Language Lessons” (2021, Shout! Studios) Effective and affecting two-hander from director/co-writer Natalie Morales and co-writer/producer Mark Duplass, who play a Spanish teacher and her somewhat reluctant student, respectively. The entire arc of their relationship transpires over Zoom calls (Morales’ Carino … Continue reading
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Tagged Kino Lorber, Lionsgate Home Entertainment, Shout Studios, Warner Archives Collection
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Movies Till Dawn: Fun Size Sour Shriekers (Halloween 2021)
“Roh” (2019, Film Movement) The arrival of a strange little girl with a dire pronouncement sets in motion a chain of terrible events for a rural mother (Farah Ahmad) and her two children. Deceptively simple but deeply disturbing Malaysian supernatural … Continue reading
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Tagged Arrow Video, Film Movement, Halloween, Kino Lorber, Severin Films, The Film Detective, Warner Archives Collection
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Movies Till Dawn: Little Stabs at Happiness
Quick boilerplate: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment provided with free copies of the Blu-rays I reviewed in this blog post. The opinions I share are my own. “Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid” (1982, Kino Lorber) Co-writer/director Carl Reiner and co-writer/star Steve … Continue reading
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Tagged Kino Lorber, Submarine Music, Warner Archives Collection
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