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 Another entry in Japan's Toho Studios series of 1960s spy adventures, parts of this feature were used and re-dubbed for Woody Allen's spoof WHAT'S UP, TIGER LILY? Tatsuya Mihashi once again plays the devil-may-care Agent Kitami of Interpol. This time he's tracking down a kidnapped scienti read more

 Recently I've been granted the privilege of being a guest on two different excellent podcasts. Earlier this summer (July 4th to be exact), I was interviewed by Steve Turek for episode #305 of his DieCast Movie Podcast. The subject was THE ROCKETEER (1991), a movie I believe has not gotten the read more

 LAST COMISKEY director Matt Flesch's latest production is an examination of a true baseball lifer, a man who had several connections to the greats--and the great moments--of the game. JEFF TORBORG: A WONDERFUL BASEBALL LIFE covers a decades-long MLB career that involved stints as a player read more

 HE WAS HER MAN is the seventh and final Warner Bros. film in which both James Cagney and Joan Blondell appeared. It is an unusual farewell to their partnership, since both performers go against their expected wisecracking personas. James Cagney plays Flicker Hayes, a safecracker who has j read more

 We return to Eureka's TERROR IN THE FOG Blu-ray set, this time to cover THE MONSTER OF LONDON CITY, a 1964 German Krimi that is heavily influenced by the legend of Jack the Ripper. In modern London, a number of prostitutes are being savagely murdered within the same vicinity that a succes read more

 BECOMING NICK & NORA: THE THIN MAN and the Films of William Powell and Myrna Loy, is a fairly recent volume dealing with one of the greatest onscreen couples in Hollywood history. William Powell & Myrna Loy appeared together in feature films an astounding 14 different times. Powel read more

 On the various extras and audio commentaries contained in Eureka's MABUSE LIVES! Blu-ray set, mention is made of THE VENGEANCE OF DR. MABUSE, a 1972 film directed by Jess Franco and co-produced by Artur Brauner, the man who initiated the series of German Dr. Mabuse movies in the 1960s. In an e read more

 INTERNATIONAL SECRET POLICE: KEY OF KEYS is a 1965 Toho Japanese spy caper. originally titled KOKUSAI HIMITSU KEISATSU: KAGI NO KAGI. It is best known for most of its scenes being re-edited and re-dubbed and used in Woody Allen's spoof WHAT'S UP, TIGER LILY? I recently found out from the read more

 It's back to Eureka's TERROR IN THE FOG Krimi Blu-ray set with THE PHANTOM OF SOHO, originally released in 1964. This entry is one of the better Krimis overall, with a well-constructed script and a setting making use of the shady (if somewhat fanciful) environs of Soho, a notorious suburb read more

 Classic horror/sci-fi movie historian Tom Weaver's latest book is FROM PAGE TO SILVER SCREAM: 21 Novels That Became Horror and Sci-Fi Movie Favorites. I purchased this from the author personally at this June's Monster Bash Conference in Mars, Pennsylvania. The subtitle explains the volume read more

 The month of August is when Turner Classic Movies presents their "Summer Under The Stars" series, in which a different actor is featured each day. Earlier this week the great Claude Rains was honored, and among the films shown in which he appeared in was one I had not seen, STOLEN HOLIDAY, a 1 read more

 It's back to the Krimis again, as I return to Eureka's TERROR IN THE FOG Blu-ray box set. This time I'll be covering THE MAD EXECUTIONERS (1963), originally titled DER HENKER VON LONDON. In this one a group of black-hooded and robed men are rounding up criminals who have managed to evade read more

 This was a first-time viewing for me, and I really should have seen this a long time ago. Jean Arthur is one of my favorite actresses, and EASY LIVING is one of her best showcases. This 1937 Paramount production is one of the best screwball comedies of its era, with a crackling script by Prest read more

 The Fantastic Four are another legendary group of comic book characters that have been the subject of a number of forgettable movie adaptations over the years. This time Marvel Studios finally gets to build an entire feature around them, and as expected they get things right with THE FANTASTIC read more

 Here we go again--another attempt at putting the Man of Steel on the big screen, and another attempt to create some sort of DC Multiverse. What's the saying about doing the same thing over and over again and coming up with the same result? This time around writer-director James Gunn tries read more

 This is a movie I've long wanted to see. THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WANTED is a 1940 RKO production, starring Carole Lombard and Charles Laughton, and based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Sidney Howard. Every so often I check and see if this film can be viewed on the internet, and I happened upo read more

 THE BRUTE MAN could be considered a "lost" Universal horror. It was made by that studio, but sold off to poverty row company PRC in 1946. Various sources state that Universal did this due to a change in policy concerning low-budget genre fare, but when one watches THE BRUTE MAN, and realizes h read more

 I wrote a blog post on this movie in January of this year, but it is included in Eureka's TERROR IN THE FOG box set of 1960s German Krimis. THE STRANGLER OF BLACKMOOR CASTLE looks fantastic here, with a very sharp black & white print presented in the movie's original 1.66:1 aspect ratio. T read more

 When one thinks of films made by Universal in the early 1930s, what immediately comes to mind is the studio's horror movies. Universal made plenty of other films during the period, and one of them gets a fantastic restoration and a special home video release from Kino. LAW AND ORDER is a taut, read more

 This is a well-mounted 1969 Euro Western that, while it doesn't offer any surprises, comes off as an above-average action-adventure heist flick. Peter Graves plays a character only referred to as "The Dutchman", a soldier of fortune who brings together four other associates for the purpose of read more