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 I assumed ARIZONA COLT RETURNS (1970) was one of those Euro Westerns which took advantage of a character's name from another Euro Western, but this movie does have a rough continuity with the original ARIZONA COLT. Ernesto Gastaldi, who was one of the writers of the original film, provides the read more

 JUST PLAY DEAD is a brand new movie, which I rented on demand. It's not playing in any theaters in my area, and after watching it I doubt it is going to have any sort of theatrical future at all. The movie concerns con artist Jack Wolfe (Samuel L. Jackson), who is living in luxury on the read more

 In my last post, a tribute to LITTLE SHOPPE OF HORRORS magazine, I mentioned that the Hammer Films brand may be stronger than ever. One prime example of that is this mammoth box set from Severin. It contains three Hammer movies--all directed by Jimmy Sangster--but it's the supplemental materia read more

 The final issue of LITTLE SHOPPE OF HORRORS, "The Journal of Classic British Horror Films", is now available. Issue #53 marks the end of a publication that for decades has provided fans of Hammer Films and English Gothic cinema with pages and pages of insight and information on numerous genre read more

 HURRICANE ISLAND is about the most perfect example of a B movie that there is. It was produced (Sam Katzman) and directed (Lew Landers) by veterans of the form, it lasts only around 70 minutes, and it provides decent low-budget entertainment. This movie was shown recently on TCM as part o read more

 THE FORGOTTEN PISTOLERO is a 1969 Euro Western based on the ancient Greek tale of Orestes, a story concerning revenge and family betrayal. The movie's original title is IL PISTOLERO DELL'AVE MARIA, or GUNMEN OF AVA MARIA. This is a Spaghetti Western that is more concerned with the emotion read more

 I recently purchased this movie on DVD at a discounted price (what did you expect??) I had seen THE TALK OF THE TOWN multiple times before, but it had never caught my fancy, despite the fact that it stars two of my favorites, Cary Grant and Jean Arthur. The film was produced and directed by Ge read more

 Film Masters continues its series of home video releases of neglected classic genre films with a sparkling Blu-ray of George Pal's 1950 space exploration saga DESTINATION MOON. This release also comes with a bonus disc featuring the 1951 sci-fi adventure FLIGHT TO MARS, a movie about as differ read more

 A few weeks ago I took advantage of Kino's summer sale to purchase a few items. One of the Blu-rays I picked up was THE DEATH KISS, a 1932 murder mystery that has become a public domain staple. THE DEATH KISS has had a multitude of home video releases over the years, mainly due to the fac read more

 Last night I had the rare opportunity to see a 35mm Technicolor print of HORROR OF DRACULA in Chicago at the Gene Siskel Film Center. The showing was part of the Chicago Film Society's "Technicolor Weekend" series, in which a number of classic features were shown in their original color prints read more

 The final film that I will be covering in Kino's BRIT NOIR COLLECTION III Blu-ray set is THE MAN UPSTAIRS, a 1958 film released by British Lion. The entire story of THE MAN UPSTAIRS takes place in a dingy apartment building. The man of the title is played by Richard Attenborough, who one read more

 I know what you are thinking....."Hammer Films would have never had enough money to make a version of THE ODYSSEY!!!" Your thoughts are correct--they would have never even attempted such an epic and highbrow concept. But let's say that Hammer's 1965 version of SHE became a huge mainstream read more

 I realize that this movie is the major trending topic right now, but personally I wasn't impressed with it. Christopher Nolan's adaptation of Homer's ancient epic is a lumbering, dreary affair that has a murky, overcast look to it. Nolan tries to make the story "realistic", which results read more

 This is a 1956 Republic Western that I had never seen, despite the fact that it stars one of my favorites, Barbara Stanwyck. Stanwyck plays the title role, a hard-edged woman named Kit Banion. Kit has managed to make herself a bigwig in the Wyoming town she resides in, mostly due to her a read more

 It's back to Kino's BRIT NOIR COLLECTION III Blu-ray set, with NOWHERE TO GO, a 1958 Man-On-The-Run story from Ealing Studios. The movie opens with an impressive sequence detailing a man breaking into a prison to break another man out. The escapee is Paul Gregory (George Nader) a Canadian read more

 It's time to delve into Kino's BRIT NOIR COLLECTION III Blu-ray set, which as in the first two sets features three black & white British crime films from the 1950s and 60s. Today I'll be discussing PAYROLL, a 1961 armored car robbery story that made a big impression on me. The first p read more

 This is a 1973 British anthology horror film directed by Freddie Francis.....but it does not come from Amicus. World Film Services was so impressed with THE CREEPING FLESH that they allowed Francis to develop this project from a script by Jennifer Jayne, an actress who had worked for the direc read more

 On the surface, the 2024 documentary CHILDREN OF THE WICKER MAN is an examination of the making of a 1973 folk horror movie that has gained massive critical acclaim. It is more accurate, however, to point out that it's really about two brothers (from different mothers) struggling to come to gr read more

 The last film in Kino's BRIT NOIR COLLECTION II Blu-ray set I need to cover is THE LONG ARM, released in America as THE THIRD KEY. It was produced by Ealing Studios, and released in 1956. The movie reunites director Charles Frend and actor Jack Hawkins, who worked together on the fine WWII pic read more

 It's back to Kino's BRIT NOIR COLLECTION II Blu-ray set with a look at 1953's THE INTRUDER, produced by British Lion and directed by Guy Hamilton. Once again I have to question the classification of a movie as noir. THE INTRUDER is more of a melodrama dealing with how war and military ser read more