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Posts Tagged ‘Warner Archive’

It’s Always Fair Weather (1955) Blu-ray Review: Gene Kelly’s Blues

By Luigi Bastardo | March 1, 2017 | 0

The Warner Archive Collection proudly presents something anyone can sing and dance to: a Cynical Musical from the otherwise sunny 1950s.

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The Goodbye Girl (1977) Blu-ray Review: Back When Richard Dreyfuss Was Sexy

By Luigi Bastardo | February 28, 2017 | 0

Neil Simon’s Oscar-winning precursor to the contemporary rom-com receives a warm welcome from the Warner Archive Collection.

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Dark Passage / On Dangerous Ground Blu-ray Reviews: Bogie. Bacall. Lupino. Ryan. Sold.

By Luigi Bastardo | February 27, 2017 | 0

The Warner Archive Collection shows us its dark side with two more gems from the fabulous world of film noir.

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Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) Blu-ray Review: Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid.

By Luigi Bastardo | February 26, 2017 | 0

The motion picture that single-handedly brought about the fall of the Hays Code receives a fearless restoration from the Warner Archive Collection.

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Father of the Bride (1950) Blu-ray Review: RSVP to the WAC BD ASAP

By Luigi Bastardo | February 25, 2017 | 0

The original classic receives a makeover to die for thanks to the Warner Archive Collection.

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Alfred the Great (1969) DVD Review: Greater Things Have Happened

By Luigi Bastardo | February 8, 2017 | 0

The Warner Archive Collection presents the home video debut of this legendary box office failure featuring a young Ian McKellen.

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When a Feller Needs a Friend (1932) DVD Review: How About a Break Instead?

By Luigi Bastardo | February 8, 2017 | 0

The Warner Archive Collection dusts off one of the sappiest, nerve-wracking, Depression-era family melodramas ever made. Enjoy.

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Binge-Worthy Collections from the Warner Archive

By Luigi Bastardo | February 6, 2017 | 0

From forgotten comedy duos to early travelogues to matinee cowboy pictures, the WAC has just a bit of everything for classic film collectors.

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Musicals and the Musically Inclined from the Warner Archive

By Luigi Bastardo | January 24, 2017 | 0

Debbie Reynolds, Doris Day, and Julie Andrews highlight a trio of amazing rom-coms from more enjoyable, innocent times.

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Moby Dick (1930) DVD Review: The Version You Never Thought Possible

By Luigi Bastardo | December 19, 2016 | 0

For those of you who think they know Dick, the WAC salutes you.

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Time After Time (1979) Blu-ray Review: And Now for Something Completely Different

By Luigi Bastardo | December 15, 2016 | 0

Nicholas Meyer’s quirky sci-fi classic ‒ wherein Jack the Ripper and H.G. Wells travel through time ‒ gets a much-needed makeover from the Warner Archive Collection.

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Body Snatchers (1993) Blu-ray Review: Uneven, But Not Unnecessary

By Luigi Bastardo | December 12, 2016 | 0

The Warner Archive Collection dusts off filmdom’s oddest pod people Invasion yet.

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Michael Collins / Man in the Wilderness Blu-rays Review: Super Heroes

By Luigi Bastardo | December 11, 2016 | 0

The Warner Archive Collection brings us both a legendary man and a man of legend in these two High-Def offerings.

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They Were Expendable / She Wore a Yellow Ribbon Blu-rays Review: The WAC Duke

By Luigi Bastardo | November 26, 2016 | 0

Two of the most famous John Ford/John Wayne collaborations make their HD home video debut courtesy the Warner Archive Collection.

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Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze Blu-ray Review: A Hero? Yes. Super? Hell, No.

By Luigi Bastardo | November 21, 2016 | 0

One of the pulp world’s first heroes makes for one of film world’s worst zeroes.

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Crime or Climb: Tails of Scaling and Failing from the Warner Archive

By Luigi Bastardo | October 30, 2016 | 0

Sean Connery ascends, George Hamilton pretends, and Don Siegel defends in this trio from the WAC.

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Edward G. Robinson Breaks Out of the Warner Archive Collection!

By Luigi Bastardo | October 29, 2016 | 0

Yeah, a quartet of individual titles starring classic Hollywood’s perennial tough guy make their DVD debuts, see?

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From Horrifying to Horrible: Back in Print from the Warner Archive

By Luigi Bastardo | October 29, 2016 | 0

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.

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Marine Raiders / In Our Time (1944) DVDs Review: WWII WAC

By Luigi Bastardo | October 28, 2016 | 0

The Warner Archive Collection encourages you to buy war bonds ‒ and these old World War II propaganda flicks, too!

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Stablemates / Lord Jeff DVDs Review: A Double Dose of Rooney

By Luigi Bastardo | October 15, 2016 | 0

The Warner Archive Collection slips us a couple of Mickeys (with plenty of Wood) in these two rarely-seen gems.

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George O’Brien Western Collection DVD Review: Nine Oats and a Lot of Grain

By Luigi Bastardo | October 15, 2016 | 0

The Warner Archive Collection presents some of the final starring roles from one of B western cinema’s most charismatic naturals.

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Stakeout on Dope Street (1958) DVD Review: Kershner. Corman. Coleman. Oh, My!

By Luigi Bastardo | October 11, 2016 | 0

This forgotten gem from the Warner Archive Collection offers just the facts, and more than a little strange movie history.

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Valley of the Kings (1954) DVD Review: The Other Precursor to Indiana Jones

By Luigi Bastardo | September 11, 2016 | 0

The Warner Archive Collection digs up a significant artifact from cinematic history, albeit from a print which has sadly been desecrated.

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Forbidden Hollywood, Volume 10 DVD Review: The End of an Era? Not Quite!

By Luigi Bastardo | September 10, 2016 | 0

The Warner Archive Collection unveils its final ‘Forbidden Hollywood’ set with a fine gathering of controversial and naughty gems from the pre-Code days.

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Seven Miles from Alcatraz DVD Review: Prison Breaks for Patriotism

By Luigi Bastardo | September 6, 2016 | 0

A minor WWII flick about Nazi spies featuring John Banner as the bad guy makes its way to DVD courtesy the Warner Archive Collection.

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Haunted Honeymoon (1940) / A Fine Pair / Brotherly Love (1970) DVDs Review: Reverse Power Flux Couplings

By Luigi Bastardo | September 4, 2016 | 0

Three uniquely different looks at the fine art of bad romances arrive on DVD courtesy the Warner Archive Collection.

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RKO Varieties Triple Feature DVD Review: The Very Definition of Below Paar

By Luigi Bastardo | August 30, 2016 | 0

Don’t let these innocent looking obscurities from the Warner Archive Collection fool you: the jokes are so bad, they could cause blindness, hemorrhaging, or ‒ if you’re lucky ‒ death.

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Darker Shades of Blu: Film Noir from the Warner Archive

By Luigi Bastardo | August 25, 2016 | 0

From Humphrey Bogart to Alfred Hitchcock, the WAC offers up some of the best mysteries ever available now on Blu-ray.

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The Angry Hills (1959) DVD Review: The Precursor to the 007 Franchise?

By Luigi Bastardo | July 12, 2016 | 0

Ever wonder what might have happened had James Bond been born an American and started out in World War II? The Warner Archive Collection may have the answer.

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The Whip Hand (1951) DVD Review: RKO Sets Its Sights to Start Seeing Red

By Luigi Bastardo | July 11, 2016 | 0

The Warner Archive Collection uncovers a fun little flick about reeling in one big Commie plot.

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Edge of Doom (1950) DVD Review: Can Dana Andrews Save Farley Granger’s Soul?

By Luigi Bastardo | July 11, 2016 | 0

Samuel Goldwyn’s one and only film noir is also the bleakest irreligious religious movies in history.

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These Three (1936) DVD Review: Kids Say the Darndest Things

By Luigi Bastardo | July 10, 2016 | 0

The Warner Archive Collection outs Lillian Hellman’s first filmic adaptation of a once-controversial play.

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Charlie Chan 3-Film Collection DVD Review: Honorable Circle, Now Complete

By Luigi Bastardo | June 23, 2016 | 0

Confucius say: ‘Last of previously unreleased titles from franchise finally find way to disc. Hell, yes.’

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When Everything is WAC: A Visual Buffet from the Warner Archive

By Luigi Bastardo | May 16, 2016 | 0

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.

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Wild Bill Hickok Rides / Roughshod / Station West DVDs Review: Girls Run the West

By Luigi Bastardo | March 23, 2016 | 0

Three 1940s westerns ‒ each with a stronger-than-usual female presence ‒ make their home video debut courtesy the Warner Archive Collection.

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Bad Boy (1949) DVD Review: You Make Us Feel So Good

By Luigi Bastardo | March 2, 2016 | 0

The Warner Archive Collection asks ‘Wha’cha gonna do?’ about this juvenile delinquent problem.

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The Littlest Hobo (1958) DVD Review: The Dogs Must Be Crazy

By Luigi Bastardo | February 16, 2016 | 0

The Warner Archive Collection unleashes one of B moviedom’s greatest unsung canine performers in this weird critter noir.

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My Pal Wolf DVD Review: Dog Gone Girl

By Luigi Bastardo | February 5, 2016 | 0

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.

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The Doughgirls DVD Review: When Girl Comedies Didn’t Need Fart Jokes

By Luigi Bastardo | January 20, 2016 | 0

The Warner Archive Collection unveils a vastly underrated WWII comedy about three groomless brides, with scene-chewing support from Eve Arden and Charles Ruggles.

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Never a Dull Moment (1950) DVD Review: Why You Never Say Never

By Luigi Bastardo | January 17, 2016 | 0

Irene Dunne and Fred MacMurray do their best with subpar situational comedy material in this recent obscurity from the Warner Archive Collection.

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Forbidden Hollywood, Volume 9 DVD Review: Bogart’s Face and Bette Davis Eyes

By Luigi Bastardo | January 10, 2016 | 0

The Warner Archive Collection ups the ante with their latest release of pre-Code rarities, adding a fifth bonus flick into the fray.

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It’s in the Air (1935) DVD Review: Benny and the Debts

By Luigi Bastardo | January 9, 2016 | 0

The Warner Archive Collection unties a rare Jack Benny comedy featuring the even rarer sight of Ted Healy playing the stooge.

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Man-Proof DVD Review: Pidegon Shoots Down Tone Deaf Loy

By Luigi Bastardo | January 7, 2016 | 0

The Warner Archive Collection unveils an uneven war of the sexes dramedy featuring an unbeatable cast.

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The Mad Genius / The Great Man Votes DVDs Review: Unburiedmore

By Luigi Bastardo | January 6, 2016 | 0

The Warner Archive Collection digs up two forgotten starring vehicles of cinematic titan, John Barrymore.

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Murder in the Private Car DVD Review: A Pre-Code Mulligan Stew

By Luigi Bastardo | January 2, 2016 | 0

Wisecracking Charles Ruggles and Una Merkel highlight this odd comedy-romance-mystery that is as outdated as rail travel itself.

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Hitler’s Madman / Hitler’s Children (1943) DVDs Review: A Double Dose of Propaganda

By Luigi Bastardo | December 31, 2015 | 0

The Warner Archive Collection unveils two similarly dissimilar movies from the movie industry’s “rushin’ front.”

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Everything I Have Is Yours DVD Review: A Disjointed MGM Musical Programmer

By Dusty Somers | December 28, 2015 | 0

Husband-and-wife duo Marge and Gower Champion get upgraded to top billing.

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Wild Bill Elliott Western Collection DVD Review: The End of an Era

By Luigi Bastardo | December 27, 2015 | 0

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.

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The Strangler (1964) DVD Review: There’s Always the Son

By Luigi Bastardo | December 21, 2015 | 0

The great Victor Buono stars as a bastardized Boston serial killer, now available from the Warner Archive Collection.

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Another Language / What Every Woman Knows DVDs Review: The Helen Hayes Code

By Luigi Bastardo | December 15, 2015 | 0

The Warner Archive Collection proudly presents several forgotten starring vehicles for the First Lady of the American Theater.

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