Tag Archives: Warner Archives Collection

Movies Till Dawn: All Night Crime Wave 2019 (Noirvember Edition)

Posted on November 22, 2019 by Paul Gaita

“The Set-Up” (1949, Warner Archives Collection) Hoping for a comeback, worn-out fighter Robert Ryan accepts a match against a younger, tougher opponent (pro boxer Hal Fieberling), unaware that his manager (George Tobias) has assured local hood Alan Baxter that Ryan … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Persons of Interest

Posted on November 8, 2019 by Paul Gaita

“Rock ‘N’ Roll High School: 40th Anniversary Edition” (1979, Shout! Factory) There’s a nominal plot at the center of “Rock ‘N’ Roll High School” – diehard Ramones fan Riff Randall (P.J. Soles) wants to get her song to the band, … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Horror Strikes At Midnight (Halloween 2019, Part 3)

Posted on October 26, 2019 by Paul Gaita

“Ringu Collection” (1998-2000, Arrow Video) By now, Koji Suzuki’s 1991 novel “Ringu” is an industry unto itself, spawning five print sequels, eight film adaptations in Japan and five more in the U.S. and elsewhere, two television series and a brace … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Midnight Spook Party (Halloween 2019, Part 1)

Posted on October 11, 2019 by Paul Gaita

“The Dead Don’t Die” (2019, Lionsgate Home Entertainment) Polar fracking, or something equally ominous in tone, causes the dead to rise from their graves, which, if judged by the muted responses of police officers Bill Murray, Adam Driver and Chloe … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: It Gets Dark Early This Time of Year

Posted on October 4, 2019 by Paul Gaita

“Midsommar” (2019, Lionsgate Home Entertainment) Reeling from a terrible family tragedy, an already-anxious Florence Pugh discovers, far too late, that a visit to a remote religious community in Sweden is a Very Bad Decision. Writer-director Ari Aster‘s second feature doesn’t … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: A Slew of Saturday Morning Strange

Posted on September 21, 2019 by Paul Gaita

“Boom!” (1968, Shout! Select) Wealthy, pill-popping Sissy Goforth (Elizabeth Taylor) is interrupted in her task of writing her memoirs at her sprawling Italian villa by Christopher Flanders (Richard Burton), a struggling poet/artist who may or may not also be the … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: The Tough Ones, Part II

Posted on September 14, 2019 by Paul Gaita

“The Harder They Come” (1973, Shout! Select) Jimmy Cliff turns outlaw and self-styled folk hero when his dreams of becoming a reggae singer are met with corruption from the Kingston music industry and brutality at the hands of the police. … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: More Thrills and Chills in Black and White

Posted on August 24, 2019 by Paul Gaita

Note: films marked with an asterisk are included in Shout! Factory’s “Universal Horror Collection: Volume 1.” * The Black Cat” (1934) An accident on a desolate stretch of road in Hungary brings three travelers to the cavernous home of architect … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Super ’70s Showcase (Shaft in Space Edition)

Posted on July 25, 2019 by Paul Gaita

“Space: 1999 – The Complete Series” (1975-1977, Shout! Factory) The crew of a lunar scientific research station is marooned in deep space when a nuclear explosion sends the Moon out of Earth’s orbit and into the path of alien civilizations … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: The Tough Ones

Posted on July 17, 2019 by Paul Gaita

“Furie” (2019, Well Go USA) Though she’s at odds with her village because of her job (debt collector) and her status – she’s a former criminal with an illegitimate child – Veronica Ngo (“Star Wars: The Last Jedi”) finds that … Continue reading →

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