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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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Movies Till Dawn: Horror Business (Blood in Black and White)
“Dr. X” (1932, Warner Archives Collection) As I mentioned in a 2016 write-up, this absolutely out-to-lunch thriller, from “Casablanca” director Michael Curtiz, “folds cannibalism, serial murder, deranged scientific experiments, artificial flesh, and unseemly obsessions into its 76-minute running time.” The … Continue reading
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Tagged Arrow Video, Kino Lorber, Warner Archives Collection
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Movies Till Dawn: Vintage Distractions
“My Little Chickadee” (1940, Kino Lorber) The lawless Western town of Greasewood City is no match for the twin Dionysian forces of saloon singer and free thinker Flower Belle (Mae West) and garrulous con man Cuthbert J. Twillie (W.C. Fields), … Continue reading
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Tagged Elvis Presley, Kino Lorber, Rankin-Bass, Scorpion Releasing, Warner Archives Collection
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Movies Till Dawn: Mid-July Global Mayhem
“The Daimajin Trilogy” (1966, Arrow Video) Enjoyable blend of Japanese giant monster movie and historical action/drama, all issued in the same year by Daiei (the home of Gamera) and hinged on a similar plot: a massive statue of a warrior … Continue reading
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Tagged Arrow Video, MVD Visual, Second Run DVD, Severin Films, Warner Archives Collection
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Movies Till Dawn: Past in Present
“Giants and Toys” (1958, Arrow Video) Desperate candy manufacturing exec Hiroshi Kawagachi hitches his company’s tumbling fortunes on spokesmodel Hitomi Nozoe, an enthusiastic young girl with dreadful teeth who becomes a national sensation that quickly eclipses his control. Sharp-witted and … Continue reading
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Tagged Arrow Academy, Arrow Video, Film Movement Classics, Kino Lorber, Warner Archives Collection
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Movies Till Dawn: Guilty Pleasures and Nostalgic Nonsense (2021 Edition)
“Hard to Hold” (1984, Kino Lorber) Pop-rocker Jamie Roberts (Rick Springfield) contends with writer’s block, his ex-wife (Patti Hansen), and the attention of adoring fans while also pursuing romance with icy Janet Eilber. Much-maligned vehicle for Springfield, intended to springboard … Continue reading
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Tagged Arrow Video, CBS Home Video, Kino Lorber, Paramount Home Video, Warner Archives Collection
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