Posts Tagged ‘drama’
When a Feller Needs a Friend (1932) DVD Review: How About a Break Instead?
The Warner Archive Collection dusts off one of the sappiest, nerve-wracking, Depression-era family melodramas ever made. Enjoy.
Read MoreMusicals and the Musically Inclined from the Warner Archive
Debbie Reynolds, Doris Day, and Julie Andrews highlight a trio of amazing rom-coms from more enjoyable, innocent times.
Read MoreMoby Dick (1956) Blu-ray Review: A Newly Restored Whale of a Tale
Twilight Time brings us the most famous filmic Melville adaptation of all, lovingly restored to match the original theatrical presentation.
Read MoreTwilight Time Presents: A Quartet of Quirky Killers
Susan Hayward, Anthony Perkins, Tony Curtis, and Shelley Winters commit killer performances in this assortment of murderous movies.
Read MoreMoby Dick (1930) DVD Review: The Version You Never Thought Possible
For those of you who think they know Dick, the WAC salutes you.
Read MoreMichael Collins / Man in the Wilderness Blu-rays Review: Super Heroes
The Warner Archive Collection brings us both a legendary man and a man of legend in these two High-Def offerings.
Read MoreThey Were Expendable / She Wore a Yellow Ribbon Blu-rays Review: The WAC Duke
Two of the most famous John Ford/John Wayne collaborations make their HD home video debut courtesy the Warner Archive Collection.
Read MoreUniversal Studios Home Entertainment Holiday Gift Guide 2016
From classic tear-jerkers to vintage knee-slappers, these goodies are sure to warm the hearts and tickle the funnybones of movie buffs.
Read MoreTwilight Time Presents: The Southern Pacific Training Montage
Runaway locomotives, trainspotting hoboes, rail-hopping escapees, and deep-rooted Deep South prides and prejudices highlight this delivery of Blu-ray goods.
Read MoreTwilight Time Presents: Sense and Sensitivities
From insensitive employers to less-than-sensible debates about mayonnaise, this assortment of odds and ends is sure to inspire those of you who feel like humanity has lost all common sense.
Read MoreTwilight Time Presents: All for the Glory of Love
From Peckinpah to Price and from Scott to Sinatra, this assortment of classics from Twilight Time doesn’t mess around.
Read MoreMen & Chicken Blu-ray Review: Hard-Boiled Danish
Breaching all boundaries of good taste, I can’t decide if Denmark’s award-winning black comedy is for mankind or just plain fowl.
Read MoreCrime or Climb: Tails of Scaling and Failing from the Warner Archive
Sean Connery ascends, George Hamilton pretends, and Don Siegel defends in this trio from the WAC.
Read MoreEdward G. Robinson Breaks Out of the Warner Archive Collection!
Yeah, a quartet of individual titles starring classic Hollywood’s perennial tough guy make their DVD debuts, see?
Read MoreFrom Horrifying to Horrible: Back in Print from the Warner Archive
From a magnificent assembling of classic horror of the ’30s, to the various sorts of silliness the whole of the ’90s had to offer, these four releases will have you screaming.
Read MoreStablemates / Lord Jeff DVDs Review: A Double Dose of Rooney
The Warner Archive Collection slips us a couple of Mickeys (with plenty of Wood) in these two rarely-seen gems.
Read MoreStakeout on Dope Street (1958) DVD Review: Kershner. Corman. Coleman. Oh, My!
This forgotten gem from the Warner Archive Collection offers just the facts, and more than a little strange movie history.
Read MoreTwilight Time Presents: Party Poopers, Poor Sports, Sore Losers, and Bad Romances
From pubescent tweens and nightmarish games to pornographers and people who love to shoot things up, there’s an awful lot of foul play afoot here.
Read MoreTwilight Time Presents: Something I Can Never Have
From the unconditional (or unwanted) affection of one’s parental unit, to the ever-classic pursuit of maximum financial units, these five flicks have more to offer than just a nude Ornella Muti (although that’s just fine on its own!).
Read MoreValley of the Kings (1954) DVD Review: The Other Precursor to Indiana Jones
The Warner Archive Collection digs up a significant artifact from cinematic history, albeit from a print which has sadly been desecrated.
Read MoreForbidden Hollywood, Volume 10 DVD Review: The End of an Era? Not Quite!
The Warner Archive Collection unveils its final ‘Forbidden Hollywood’ set with a fine gathering of controversial and naughty gems from the pre-Code days.
Read MoreSeven Miles from Alcatraz DVD Review: Prison Breaks for Patriotism
A minor WWII flick about Nazi spies featuring John Banner as the bad guy makes its way to DVD courtesy the Warner Archive Collection.
Read MoreHaunted Honeymoon (1940) / A Fine Pair / Brotherly Love (1970) DVDs Review: Reverse Power Flux Couplings
Three uniquely different looks at the fine art of bad romances arrive on DVD courtesy the Warner Archive Collection.
Read MoreThe Swinging Cheerleaders (1974) Blu-ray Review: Hey, Where’s the Swingin’?
The appropriately misleading exploitation flick from Jack Hill gets a deluxe treatment from Arrow Video.
Read MoreLucifer: The Complete First Season DVD Review: You’re in for a Devil of a Time
Tom Ellis brings the infamously infernal Vertigo/DC Comics character to life, giving boring cop shows a fresh, much-needed twist.
Read MoreTwilight Time Presents: Breaking the Rules of a Lovelorn, War-torn World
From bitter one-armed, one-legged, one-eyed veteran vigilantes in Santa Barbara to faithful female Jewish writers smuggling money into Nazi Germany, this lot of features proves all is indeed fair in love and war.
Read MoreThe Immortal Story Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Marvel of Deep Emotion and Haunting Spareness
A minimalist, but soulful depiction of lost souls in the 19th century.
Read MoreChato’s Land (1972) Blu-ray Review: A Million Ways to Die Hard in the West
Charles Bronson is turned loose for the first time in a marvelously bleak western now available from Twilight Time.
Read MoreThe Whip Hand (1951) DVD Review: RKO Sets Its Sights to Start Seeing Red
The Warner Archive Collection uncovers a fun little flick about reeling in one big Commie plot.
Read MoreEdge of Doom (1950) DVD Review: Can Dana Andrews Save Farley Granger’s Soul?
Samuel Goldwyn’s one and only film noir is also the bleakest irreligious religious movies in history.
Read MoreThese Three (1936) DVD Review: Kids Say the Darndest Things
The Warner Archive Collection outs Lillian Hellman’s first filmic adaptation of a once-controversial play.
Read MorePrivate Property (1960) Movie Review: Seamy and Sexy in Equal Measure
This underseen 1960s noir is a precursor to the 1990s erotic thriller.
Read MoreWhen Everything is WAC: A Visual Buffet from the Warner Archive
From one of Lucille Ball’s first big roles, to one of John Carradine’s last, this assortment of odds and ends from the Warner Archive Collection has it all.
Read MoreTwilight Time Presents: Our Own Personal Freedoms
A quintet of moving pictures that are guaranteed to hear your prayers (or at least be your friends when you’re feeling unknown and all alone).
Read MoreWild Bill Hickok Rides / Roughshod / Station West DVDs Review: Girls Run the West
Three 1940s westerns ‒ each with a stronger-than-usual female presence ‒ make their home video debut courtesy the Warner Archive Collection.
Read MoreBad Boy (1949) DVD Review: You Make Us Feel So Good
The Warner Archive Collection asks ‘Wha’cha gonna do?’ about this juvenile delinquent problem.
Read MoreFatherland (1986) / Sense and Sensibility (1995) Blu-rays Review: Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
Two transitionary tales from the West make their HD debut from Twilight Time.
Read MoreThe Littlest Hobo (1958) DVD Review: The Dogs Must Be Crazy
The Warner Archive Collection unleashes one of B moviedom’s greatest unsung canine performers in this weird critter noir.
Read MoreMy Pal Wolf DVD Review: Dog Gone Girl
Child actress Sharyn Moffett has to learn how to cut one’s wolf loose in this forgotten RKO ditty, now available from the Warner Archive Collection.
Read MoreShadows and Fog Blu-ray Review: or, Smoke and Mirrors
Even with an unmistakable style and fine supporting cast, Woody Allen’s final Orion Pictures production is a bittersweet one indeed.
Read MoreScorpio (1973) Blu-ray Review: A Different Kind of Zodiac Killer
Burt Lancaster and Alain Delon shoot the breeze ‒ and just about everything else in sight ‒ in Michael Winner’s oft-criticized (but still enjoyable) espionage flick.
Read MoreBroken Lance Blu-ray Review: The Open Range (Robert) Wagnerian Opera
Twilight Time presents the Oscar-winning western remake that inspired even more movies.
Read MoreForbidden Hollywood, Volume 9 DVD Review: Bogart’s Face and Bette Davis Eyes
The Warner Archive Collection ups the ante with their latest release of pre-Code rarities, adding a fifth bonus flick into the fray.
Read MoreMan-Proof DVD Review: Pidegon Shoots Down Tone Deaf Loy
The Warner Archive Collection unveils an uneven war of the sexes dramedy featuring an unbeatable cast.
Read MoreThe Mad Genius / The Great Man Votes DVDs Review: Unburiedmore
The Warner Archive Collection digs up two forgotten starring vehicles of cinematic titan, John Barrymore.
Read MoreHitler’s Madman / Hitler’s Children (1943) DVDs Review: A Double Dose of Propaganda
The Warner Archive Collection unveils two similarly dissimilar movies from the movie industry’s “rushin’ front.”
Read MoreWild Bill Elliott Western Collection DVD Review: The End of an Era
The last of the hard-hitting, two-fisted B movie cowboys takes his final ride off into the sunset in this eight-film set from the Warner Archive Collection.
Read MoreTwilight Time Presents: Various Vamps, Visitors, Bats and Vats
As another dreadful holiday season falls upon us, there is perhaps no better time to re-celebrate Halloween with this line-up of killer October chillers.
Read MoreAnother Language / What Every Woman Knows DVDs Review: The Helen Hayes Code
The Warner Archive Collection proudly presents several forgotten starring vehicles for the First Lady of the American Theater.
Read MoreBobby Ware Is Missing DVD Review: And Starring Neville Brand as Indiana Jones
One missing little film featuring two lost little boys has been rescued by the great big Warner Archive Collection.
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