Tag Archives: Warner Archives Collection

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 – “The Green Slime” (1968)

Posted on October 21, 2017 by Paul Gaita

The good news: the rogue asteroid Flora, slated to impact with and destroy Earth, is destroyed by spacemen Robert Horton and Richard Jaeckel. The bad news: a sudsy, greenish fluid from the asteroid has made its way back to space … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: What You Could Be Watching This Weekend (Big Knives, Two Brains and Seven Beauties Edition)

Posted on October 11, 2017 by Paul Gaita

“The Man With Two Brains” (1983, Warner Archives Collection) Steve Martin plays a brilliant brain surgeon saddled with two unfortunate realities: an unpronounceable last name (Hfuhruhurr) and a gold-digging, possibly homicidal wife (Kathleen Turner). A solution to the second issue … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: The Saturday Morning Strange – “A Girl in Every Port” (1952)

Posted on September 30, 2017 by Paul Gaita

Groucho Marx, sans his brothers and in his last leading screen role, plays a Navy man who helps slow-witted pal William Bendix divest himself of Little Erin, a broken-down race horse bought on impulse with an inheritance windfall. Divine Providence … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: What You Could Be Watching This Weekend (Short and Sweet and a Little Dark Edition)

Posted on September 14, 2017 by Paul Gaita

“Ronin” (Arrow Video, 1998) Robert De Niro and Jean Reno lead a team of international mercenaries in retrieving a briefcase from nefarious types. As is often the case, the mission is not what it seems, and De Niro and Reno … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Tough Guys and Doberman Cops

Posted on August 11, 2017 by Paul Gaita

“The Yakuza” (1975, Warner Archives) Ex-private eye Robert Mitchum is hired by Brian Keith to settle a beef with Japanese gangster Eiji Okada, whose displeasure over an arrangement gone wrong has led to the abduction of Keith’s daughter. Mitchum is … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: The (Slightly) Softer Side of Peckinpah’s West

Posted on July 6, 2017 by Paul Gaita

“Ride the High Country” (1962, Warner Archive Collection) A shipment of gold provides aging cowpokes Joel McCrea and Randolph Scott with more than just gainful employment: for McCrea, it will allow him to cap his life on a dignified note … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Spring Cleaning Edition

Posted on May 27, 2017 by Paul Gaita

“We Are X” (2016, Magnet) As an introduction to the glam-symphonic metal of X Japan, Stephen Kijak’s doc “We Are X” provides a primer on the veteran group’s highly theatrical music and stage presence – which plays as an amalgam … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: TV Archaeology – Cops and Racers Edition

Posted on May 20, 2017 by Paul Gaita

“Wacky Races” (1968, Warner Film Archives) Short-lived but well-loved animated series from Hanna-Barbera about an array of outlandish drivers locked in a cross-country race to claim the title of World’s Wackiest Racer. Conceived at the behest of Fred Silverman, VP … Continue reading →

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