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The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932) Review from the Warner Archive Collection

June 22, 2024Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

This pre-Code classic looks great and will raise some eyebrows… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Adventure, Boris Karloff, Charles Starrett, Horror, Jean Hersholt, Lewis Stone, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Myrna Loy, Sci-Fi, The Mask of Fu Manchu, Warner Archive

Storm Warning on Blu-ray is both full of, and lacking, message

May 29, 2023Patrick Regal 1 Comment

Warner Archive restores an interesting historical artifact… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Crime, Doris Day, Drama, Ginger Rogers, Hugh Sanders, Lloyd Gough, Ronald Reagan, Steve Cochran, Storm Warning, Warner Archive, Warner Bros. Pictures

Lucy & Desi drive The Long, Long Trailer onto Blu-ray

April 3, 2023Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

The movie looks great but the comedy is as strained as Tacy & Nicky’s marriage… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Bert Freed, Comedy, Desi Arnaz, Gladys Hurlbut, Keenan Wynn, Lucille Ball, Madge Blake, Marjorie Main, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Moroni Olsen, Romance, The Long Long Trailer, Warner Archive

Adventures of Don Juan hits Blu-ray better than ever

February 22, 2023Patrick Regal 1 Comment

Hollywood history at its finest… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Action, Adventure, Adventures of Don Juan, Alan Hale, Ann Rutherford, Douglas Kennedy, Errol Flynn, Jerry Austin, Robert Douglas, Robert Warwick, Romance, Romney Brent, Viveca Lindfors, Warner Archive, Warner Bros. Pictures

1958’s Attack of the 50 Foot Woman stomps onto Blu-ray

February 12, 2023Chuck Duncan 2 Comments

The 1958 camp classic looks better than it ever did… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Allison Hayes, Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, Eileen Stevens, Frank Chase, George Douglas, Horror, Ken Terrell, Michael Ross, Otto Waldis, Roy Gordon, Sci-Fi, Warner Archive, William Hudson, Yvette Vickers

The Frisco Kid rides again

February 10, 2023Patrick Regal Leave a Comment

The long-awaited Blu-ray is finally here… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Adventure, Comedy, Gene Wilder, George DiCenzo, Harrison Ford, Leo Fuchs, Penny Peyser, Ramon Bieri, The Frisco Kid, Val Bisoglio, Warner Archive, Warner Bros. Pictures, Western, William Smith

The Clock beautifully celebrates Judy Garland’s 100th birthday

June 17, 2022Patrick Regal Leave a Comment

Warner Archive latest release is a 1945 tale of chance encounter love during the Second World War… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Drama, James Gleason, Judy Garland, Keenan Wynn, Lucile Gleason, Marshall Thompson, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Robert Walker, Romance, Ruth Brady, The Clock, Warner Archive

Warner Archive :: The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) Blu-ray Review

April 19, 2021Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

A new restoration sparks new life into the Hammer Horror classic… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Christopher Lee, Hammer Films, Hazel Court, Horror, Peter Cushing, Robert Urquhart, Sci-Fi, The Curse of Frankenstein, Thriller, Warner Archive

Million Dollar Mermaid Review :: Million Dollar Mermaid swims on to Blu-ray

October 28, 2020Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

The movie looks great but the story’s all wet… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Biography, David Brian, Donna Corcoran, Drama, Esther Williams, Jesse White, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Million Dollar Mermaid, Musical, Victor Mature, Walter Pidgeon, Warner Archive

Warner Archive Collection turns The Witches into something stunning

October 19, 2020Justin Moore Leave a Comment

The images, costumes, and even the mice are fully detailed and are given a fresh look… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Adventure, Anjelica Huston, Bill Paterson, Brenda Blethyn, Comedy, Family, Jane Horrocks, Jasen Fisher, Mai Zetterling, Rowan Atkinson, The Witches, Warner Archive, Warner Bros. Pictures

Classic Western Blood on the Moon comes to Blu-ray

August 15, 2020Justin Moore Leave a Comment

The cinematography is impressive within the film and the transfer can capture the beauty of the locations… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Action, Barbara Bel Geddes, Blood on the Moon, Drama, RKO Radio Pictures, Robert Mitchum, Robert Preston, Romance, Warner Archive

Brewster McCloud Review :: Brewster McCloud is as weird as they come

May 6, 2020Justin Moore Leave a Comment

‘Brewster McCloud’ is one of the oddest films I have seen from the 1970s… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Brewster McCloud, Bud Cort, Comedy, Fantasy, Margaret Hamilton, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Michael Murphy, Rene Auberjonois, Sally Kellerman, Shelley Duvall, Stacy Keach, Warner Archive, William Windom

Bad Ronald on Blu-ray is just bad

April 24, 2020Justin Moore Leave a Comment

A decent high def clean-up for a not-so-great 70s TV movie… continue reading

★, Home Viewing Bad Ronald, Dabney Coleman, Drama, Horror, John Fiedler, John Larch, Kim Hunter, Lisa Eilbacher, Lorimar Productions, Pippa Scott, Scott Jacoby, Thriller, Warner Archive

Blaxploitation comes to Blu-ray with Cleopatra Jones

April 14, 2020Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

The 1973 film looks better than ever thanks to the Warner Archive… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Action, Antonia Fargas, Bernie Casey, Cleopatra Jones, Crime, Esther Rolle, Shelley Winters, Tamara Dobson, Thriller, Warner Archive, Warner Bros. Pictures

Shaft is a bad mother ∼ shut your mouth!

October 7, 2019Justin Moore Leave a Comment

A look at the ‘Shaft’ movies from the beginning to the present… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Action, Christian Bale, Comedy, Crime, Jessie T. Usher, Regina Hall, Richard Roundtree, Samuel L Jackson, Shaft, Shaft in Africa, Shaft's Big Score, Warner Archive, Warner Bros. Pictures

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    MY GRANDDAUGHTER HAS YOUR SON'S FACE  ★✩✩
    ALL'S FAIR IN LOVE & MAHJONG  ★★✩
    THE SECRETS OF THE MATRIARCH  ★★✩
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    SOMEBODY'S WATCHING ME  ★★✩
    KIDNAPPED IN HER OWN HOME  ★★★
    KENTUCKY ROSES  ★★★
    THE MOONLIGHT MURDERS  ★★★
    BEHIND CLOSED DOORS  ★★✩
    I'LL BE SEEING YOU  ★★★
    A HOUSE BUILT ON LIES  ★★★
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