Posts Tagged ‘Warner Archive’
The Sea Wolf (1941) Blu-ray Review: Another Major Discovery from the WAC
Formerly lost at sea, the original 100-min cut of this classic sails in to home video thanks to the Warner Archive.
Read MoreWaiting for Guffman (1996) Blu-ray Review: The Waiting is the Artist Part
The brilliant mockumentary from Christopher Guest and Co. gets a beautiful new High-Definition transfer from the Warner Archive Collection.
Read MoreThe Green Slime (1968) Blu-ray Review: Would You Believe It When You’re Dead?
The Warner Archive Collection gives the campy U.S./Japanese cult classic a stellar new HD transfer.
Read MoreNight Moves (1975) / Scarecrow (1973) Blu-ray Reviews: The WAC Gets Hacked
The Warner Archive Collection rescues two neglected classics with Gene Hackman, including his one and only pairing with Al Pacino.
Read MoreThe Illustrated Man (1969) Blu-ray Review: Rod Steiger’s Shorts, Illustrated
The Warner Archive Collection puts an awful lot of effort into an awful Ray Bradbury adaptation.
Read MoreA Quintet of Pre-Codes from the Warner Archive
The WAC has more early ’30s fun to offer, featuring young Loretta Young, Joan Blondell, leading man Edward Everett Horton, and a pre-wheelchair Lionel Barrymore.
Read MoreJoe Versus the Volcano (1990) Blu-ray Review: When Tom Met Meg
John Patrick Shanley’s quirky fantastical romance hits Blu waves with a stellar transfer from the Warner Archive Collection.
Read MoreSix Shooters: A Full Round of Classic Westerns New to Blu-ray
Twilight Time and the Warner Archive present us with a gunslingin’ good time.
Read MoreThe Gumball Rally (1976) Blu-ray Review: Real Cars. Real Actors. Real Fun.
The Warner Archive Collection revs its engines up for one of the greatest cross-country race flicks to hail from the ’70s.
Read MoreThe Man with Two Brains / My Blue Heaven Blu-rays Review: Get Martinized
The Warner Archive Collection re-releases two of Steve Martin’s best films, this time in glorious High-Definition.
Read MoreFreebie and the Bean (1974) Blu-ray Review: How Can Something So Wrong Feel So Right?
Look out, world ‒ because James Caan and Alan Arkin are on the loose again, thanks to the Warner Archive Collection.
Read MoreSuperman: The Movie – Extended Cut & Special Edition 2-Film Collection Blu-ray Review: A DC Miracle
The Warner Archive Collection soars with this rare, three-hour TV cut of Richard Donner’s superhero classic.
Read MoreOnly Noirs and Horses: Four Flicks from the Warner Archive
From classic psychological thrillers to obscure westerns, these WAC releases are worth betting money on.
Read MoreJoe Versus the Volcano Blu-ray Review: An Overlooked Tom Hanks Gem
It’s a lot of fun, and sometimes that’s all you want, or need, from a movie.
Read MoreThe Ballad of Cable Hogue Blu-ray Review: A Bland Western
For its fans, Warner Archive has created a satisfying high-definition presentation with interesting extras about the movie and its director.
Read MoreInnocent Blood (1992) Blu-ray Review: A Parisian Vampire in Pittsburgh
The Warner Archive Collection unveils a gorgeous new uncut transfer of John Landis’ star-studded horror/action/comedy.
Read MoreThe Hidden (1987) Blu-ray Review: The Best Movie John Carpenter Never Made
The Warner Archive Collection proudly delivers this amazing horror/sci-fi/action/comedy hybrid starring young Kyle MacLachlan.
Read MoreBlood Alley / The Sea Chase (1955) Blu-rays Review: The Duke Turns to the Drink
John Wayne runs ashore with Commies, Nazis, Lauren Bacall, and Lana Turner in two seafaring melodramas from the Warner Archive.
Read MoreRunning on Empty (1988) Blu-ray Review: Fam on the Run
Sidney Lumet’s stunning drama, featuring a standout performance by an Oscar-nominated River Phoenix, hits BD from the Warner Archive.
Read MoreSeven Days in May (1964) Blu-ray Review: The Terror from Within
John Frankenheimer’s political paranoia thriller ‒ featuring a script by Rod Serling ‒ receives a beautiful makeover from the Warner Archive.
Read MoreThe Loved One (1965) Blu-ray Review: I’m Lovin’ It
The Warner Archive unleashes an outrageous black comedy cult classic that covers a lot of desecrated ground.
Read MoreWhere the Boys Are (1960) Blu-ray Review: Life Was a Beach Even Then
Where the Boys Are still entertains admirably.
Read MoreThe Accidental Tourist (1988) Blu-ray Review: Good Grief
Lawrence Kasdan’s powerfully therapeutic film starring William Hurt and an Oscar-winning Geena Davis hits BD thanks to the Warner Archive Collection.
Read MoreThe Wheeler Dealers (1963) Blu-ray Review: It’d Be Funnier If It Weren’t So Damn True
The Warner Archive Collection deals us a vintage James Garner/Lee Remick screwball comedy that hits a little too close to reality today.
Read MoreSpencer’s Mountain (1963) Blu-ray Review: Good Morning, Johnboy
Henry Fonda, Maureen O’Hara, and James MacArthur inspire everything from each other to TV shows in this classic family drama from Warner Archive Collection.
Read MoreProtocol DVD Review: Goldie Hawn Comedy Too Light-hearted for Its Own Good
For fans who like Goldie being Goldie, she takes part in mildly amusing antics.
Read More36 Hours (1964) Blu-ray Review: Captivating Wartime Espionage
James Garner finds himself right in the middle of a dirty Nazi trick in this taut WWII thriller from the Warner Archive Collection.
Read MoreThe Rounders (1965) Blu-ray Review: Glenn Ford. Henry Fonda. ‘Nuff Said.
The Warner Archive Collection wrangles up a classic western comedy starring two of filmdom’s greatest cowboys.
Read MoreS.O.B. (1981) Blu-ray Review: Julie Andrews’ Most Revealing Role
The Warner Archive Collection releases Blake Edwards’ bitingly funny stab at Hollywood, featuring his famous wife’s only nude scene.
Read MoreThe Gumball Rally Blu-ray Review: An Amusing Racing Movie
The Warner Archive’s Blu-ray delivers quality video and good audio.
Read MorePreviewing San Diego Comic-Con 2017: Saturday
And just like that it’s the end of Saturday and the Con starts to wind down.
Read MoreVision Quest Blu-ray Review: Wasn’t Too Crazy for This
The soundtrack is definitely the highlight of the film
Read MoreRide the High Country Blu-ray Review: A Captivating Western
The Blu-ray’s video shines as bright as the film’s two lead actors.
Read MoreWorld Without End (1956) Blu-ray Review: Make Dystopia Great Again
The Warner Archive Collection travels through time and space to bring us one of cinema’s first ‒ and strangely optimistic ‒ views of a post-apocalyptic future.
Read MoreFrom Hell It Came (1957) Blu-ray Review: This Is More Like “Heaven-Sent”
One of the most amusingly bad drive-in monster movies ever conceived receives a beautiful new HD transfer from the Warner Archive Collection.
Read MoreFight for Your Lady (1937) DVD Review: The Ultimate Showdown of Goofy Faces
The Warner Archive Collection dusts off an odd comic rarity with Ida Lupino and an epic battle of dirty looks between Jack Oakie and Billy Gilbert.
Read MoreThe Boy Friend (1971) Blu-ray Review: Was This the Precursor to “The Apple”?
Ken Russell’s hallucinogenic homage to Busby Berkeley is just that ‒ and the Warner Archive has made it even trippier via a beautiful (and uncut) restoration.
Read MoreFinian’s Rainbow (1968) Blu-ray Review: Dance with the Times
The Warner Archive raises the curtains on a movie that would be both Francis Ford Coppola’s first studio film and Fred Astaire’s last complete musical.
Read MoreDemon Seed (1977) Blu-ray Review: Artificial Intelligence Meets Artificial Insemination
The kooky, slightly kinky ’70s sci-fi horror hybrid featuring the talents of the late Fritz Weaver and Robert Vaughn receives a beautiful makeover from the Warner Archive.
Read MoreA Woman’s Face (1941) / Flamingo Road (1949) DVDs Review: The Dark Side of Joan
Two classic features from the one and only Joan Crawford return to DVD thanks to the Warner Archive Collection.
Read MoreThe Yakuza (1974) Blu-ray Review: That Time Robert Mitchum Went to Japan
Like a trusty katana, the Warner Archive Collection whips out this neglected, gritty, emotional ’70s cult classic with much grace and dignity.
Read MoreBells Are Ringing (1960) Blu-ray Review: You Found Me Just in Time
The irreplaceable Judy Holliday teams with the one and only Dean Martin for a musical extravaganza which has received a dynamic makeover from the Warner Archive.
Read MoreThe Girl and the General (1967) DVD Review: All Give Some, None Give All
A shockingly subdued Rod Steiger stars in this Italian-made WWI dramedy from Pasquale Festa Campanile.
Read MoreThe Valley of Gwangi / When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth Blu-rays Review: More Animated than Ever
The Warner Archive Collection shows off two showcases of animators Ray Harryhausen and Jim Danforth in these splendid catalog releases.
Read MoreVitaphone Varieties, Volume Three: 1928-1929 DVD Review: Utterly Amazing
The Warner Archive Collection unleashes 16 more lost novelty acts from the days of vaudeville and burlesque shows.
Read MoreWait Until Dark (1967) / Love in the Afternoon (1957) Blu-rays Review: An Audrey Two-fer
The Warner Archive Collection brings us two remarkably different ‒ but nevertheless essential ‒ offerings from the inimitable Audrey Hepburn.
Read MoreMillionaires in Prison (1940) DVD Review: The Club Fed of the ’40s
The Warner Archive paroles a corny prison yarn featuring Shemp Howard and the voice of Jiminy Cricket as inmates.
Read MoreA Girl in Every Port (1952) DVD Review: Because Chico Needed the Money
Groucho’s last leading role ‒ now available from the Warner Archive ‒ isn’t something you’d bet your life on, but warrants a viewing from devoted Marxists just the same.
Read MoreBattleground (1949) Blu-ray Review: War is Hell, but This Is Far from That
The Warner Archive Collection unveils a marvelous, meticulously restored look this WWII classic.
Read MoreBad Day at Black Rock (1955) Blu-ray Review: A Great Day for Movie Lovers
The Warner Archive Collection brings us the groundbreaking precursor to the revenge film genre in what is easily one of the most beautiful transfers of the year.
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