MGM

8.7 Great

The Courtship of Eddie’s Father (1962) [Warner Archive Blu-ray review]

Released in 1963, “The Courtship of Eddie’s Father” was a heartwarming dramedy that offered a refreshingly modern perspective on single parenthood and evolving family dynamics in the 1960s. Starring G...

Released: May 30, 2023

8.4 Great

Queen Christina (1933) [Warner Archive Blu-ray review]

Released in 1933, “Queen Christina” was one of the most progressive films of Hollywood’s Golden Age. Starring Greta Garbo as the titular Swedish monarch, this pre-Code drama depicted a sexually ...

Released: May 30, 2023

8.5 Great

Dangerous When Wet (1953) [Warner Archive Blu-ray review]

Dangerous When Wet is a 1950s musical about the power of performance enhancing drugs. There is also a hallucinatory fantasy involving Tom and Jerry swimming with Esther Williams. Does that sound inter...

Released: June 27, 2023

9 Amazing

The Magnificent Seven (1960) [4K UHD Review]

The Magnificent Seven tells the story of a group of seven gunmen who are hired to protect a Mexican village from a group of bandits led by Calvera (Eli Wallach). Led by the enigmatic Chris Adams (Yul ...

Released: February 21, 2023

8.5 Great

The Night of the Iguana (1964) [Warner Archive Blu-ray review]

The Night of the Iguana is a mid 1960s film that is more of a cultural indicator of where the studio system was at the time. While the play keeps getting revived to discover something new, it remains ...

Released: December 6, 2022

8.2 Great

Mark of the Vampire (1935) [Warner Archive Blu-ray review]

Mark of the Vampire represents an early effort to expand vampires past Dracula (1931). What is Mark of the Vampire? Mark of the Vampire was the first bigger talkie film to treat vampires as something ...

Released: October 11, 2022

8.6 Great

Ziegfeld Girl (1941) [Warner Archive Blu-ray review]

What is Ziegfeld Girl? Ziegfeld Girl is a 1941 MGM musical jaunt that was one of the last major feature film journeys back to the age of Vaudeville. More than that, it was an acting showcase for Judy ...

Released: June 7, 2022

8.3 Great

The Clock (1945) [Warner Archive Blu-ray review]

The Clock was meant to be Judy Garland’s dramatic breakout movie. In fact, it’s the first feature film in which Garland doesn’t have to sing. Do we have that out of the way? Good. No...

Released: June 14, 2022

7.9 Good

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1941 [Warner Archive Blu-ray review]

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1941 is so odd. But, Jekyll and Hyde always had some weird film adaptations. The way MGM approached the material in 1931 and again in 1941 was to make the lead into a good guy....

Released: May 17, 2022

9.2 Amazing

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962) [Warner Archive Blu-ray review]

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm is not that uncommon from the modern biopic. However, George Pal was a master of spectacle that was more interested in dragons and little people than getting ...

Released: March 29, 2022