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 The spectacular German silent epic METROPOLIS is one of my favorite films of all time. I've been mesmerized and entranced by it since I first saw it as a young teenager. Seeing METROPOLIS at any time, under any circumstances, is a great experience. But seeing the restored version in a the read more

 AIR HOSTESS is a 1933 Columbia film, directed by Albert Rogell. The title role is played by Evalyn Knapp. She is Kitty, who works on the TWA airline out west. Kitty's dad was killed serving as a fighter pilot in WWI, and the airplane pilots and mechanics who are her friends are overly pro read more

 Akira Takarada was one of the true legends of fantastic cinema. Takarada not only appeared in the very first original Godzilla movie made back in 1954, he made several other appearances in the classic series of science-fiction/fantasy films made by Toho Studios in the 1960s. He starred in read more

 IL DEMONIO is a black & white 1963 Italian film concerning a young woman named Purificata, called "Puri", played by Daliah Lavi. The story shows how Puri's strange and unearthly behavior upsets her family and her fellow villagers in a small backwater town in rural southern Italy. Puri read more

 At the beginning of this year I wrote a series of blog posts on a Sherlock Holmes Blu-ray set from The Film Detective. The set featured three of the five films in which British actor Arthur Wontner starred as Holmes. One of the Wontner-Holmes films, THE MISSING REMBRANDT, is considered lo read more

 I've long been a fan of Buster Keaton--I believe THE GENERAL is one of the greatest films ever made. When it comes to information about Keaton and his films, I've long been frustrated that the many books written about him and his career are lacking in one way or another. This even includes Kea read more

 Disc Three of VCI's Santo Blu-ray box set presents two of the wildest and weirdest entries in the masked marvel's cinematic career, in widescreen and color. SANTO VS. FRANKENSTEIN'S DAUGHTER (1972) has elements of LADY FRANKENSTEIN and THE MAN WHO COULD CHEAT DEATH, and it has a scene tha read more

 This is a post that I never wanted to write. The sudden passing of Veronica Carlson has affected cult movie fans worldwide. It has affected me more than most, because Veronica wasn't just a beautiful actress, and a talented artist--she was a dear friend of mine. The best way to put it is read more

 I first encountered THE DEVIL'S MEN in its U.S. version, titled LAND OF THE MINOTAUR, on a horrible looking VHS tape back in the 1980s. My immediate judgement was that it one of the worst films Peter Cushing had ever appeared in. The Indicator home video label has gifted us with a special edit read more

 The 2021 documentary DJANGO & DJANGO, which specifically focuses on the Westerns of Italian filmmaker Sergio Corbucci, is available for viewing on Netflix. Corbucci's work is not for all tastes, but his Euro Westerns--which are dark, ironic, quirky, and violent--certainly gets one's attent read more

 Shout Factory has released the 1958 British horror film BLOOD OF THE VAMPIRE on Region A Blu-ray. (This disc is an exclusive limited product which can only be ordered direct from Shout Factory.)Whenever anyone has written anything about BLOOD OF THE VAMPIRE, they discuss how it was influenced read more

 This is my review of the second of the four discs included in VCI's Santo Blu-ray box set. It features two films starring the famed Mexican masked wrestler. SANTO VS. THE RIDERS OF TERROR (original title SANTO CONTRA LOS JINETES DEL TERROR) was made in 1970. The entire film is set sometim read more

 The Disney+ series THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT is one of the strangest TV shows ever constructed. The proper title of it should have been THE BOOK OF VARIOUS SUPPORTING CHARACTERS FROM EVERY PLATFORM OF THE STAR WARS UNIVERSE. The first few episodes showed what happened to Fett after he clawed read more

 VCI Entertainment's Santo Blu-ray box set collects 8 of the monster-mashing masked Mexican wrestler's big screen adventures. The set contains four discs, with two films on each. For the purposes of this blog I'll be discussing each disc separately. For those who know about the fantastic c read more

 The 1970 historical epic film WATERLOO is still considered by many to be an expensive flop, but I've long maintained that it has one of the greatest cinematic battle sequences of all time. Bear Manor Media has recently published WATERLOO--MAKING AN EPIC, a massive tome written by Simon Lewis t read more

 Shout Factory's Blu-ray releases of Hammer Films titles goes on with 1963's PARANOIAC. It was originally released by Universal in U.S. and it was written by Jimmy Sangster and produced by Anthony Hinds. It was also the first Hammer film directed by Freddie Francis. PARANOIAC is one of a s read more

 The Turner Classic Movies Star of the Month for January 2022 was Kay Francis, the epitome of the modern, stylish American woman for the early 1930s. MARY STEVENS, M.D. has Francis as a hard-working doctor dealing with all sorts of personal and professional problems. Mary and her lifelong read more

 For many years film buffs had to put up with very low-quality home video releases of the early British films directed by Alfred Hitchcock from the 1920s and early 1930s. Thankfully in the 21st Century most of these early titles helmed by Hitchcock have been restored and have been given the spe read more

 I came up with this idea while watching the 2021 DUNE on Blu-ray. The timeline for this would have had to have been the early 1970s. And yes, I'm well aware that Hammer wouldn't have had the budget to film even one chapter of Frank Herbert's novel. But the cast would have been great.  read more

 SILVER BLAZE (1937) was the last film in which English actor Arthur Wontner portrayed Sherlock Holmes. It is included in The Film Detective's THE SHERLOCK HOLMES VAULT COLLECTION Blu-ray set. Holmes and Watson (Ian "Not that one" Fleming) are invited to pay a visit to old friend Sir Henry read more