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 I own a number of books concerning John Ford, and this one takes a different tack. Author Lea Jacobs uses official studio memoranda, early draft scripts, production histories, and personal correspondence to make a thorough and exhaustive analysis of how many of the films John Ford directed bet read more

 This is a 1945 old dark house/suspense movie, made by the Poverty Row company PRC. The most notable thing about it is that it pairs the great British actors (and cult legends) Lionel Atwill and George Zucco, but unfortunately it doesn't give them all that much to do together. Atwill and Z read more

 This is a 1953 Japanese film, a World War II epic made by Toho Studios which focuses on Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a man who is to Western eyes the most famous officer of the Imperial Navy. This movie is mentioned in the GODZILLA--THE FIRST 70 YEARS book, due to the fact that it was directed by read more

 If you are wondering why I would buy AIRPORT '77 on Blu-ray, well....it does have Jimmy Stewart and Christopher Lee. That's enough reason for me--but the film itself is actually a pretty good entry in the Disaster Genre cycle of films made in 1970s. The Disaster Genre in the Seventies was read more

 My birthday was a couple weeks ago, and my brother Robert sent me an Amazon gift card. I used it to help purchase GODZILLA--THE FIRST 70 YEARS, a mammoth hardcover tome that is 432 pages long and weighs almost six pounds. Published by Abrams, this book covers the entire Japanese film hist read more

 Flicker Alley treats us with a Blu-ray special edition of HE WHO GETS SLAPPED, a unique 1924 silent melodrama which stars the legendary Lon Chaney. HE WHO GETS SLAPPED is not a horror film, but Lon Chaney in clown makeup is about as creepy as you can get. (In the film's story, Chaney's ch read more

 My birthday was a couple days ago, and my good buddy Josh Kennedy usually gets me a present. This year he gifted me the VCI Blu-ray of Hal Roach's ONE MILLION B.C., the 1940 prehistoric adventure that was famously remade by Hammer Films in the mid 1960s as ONE MILLION YEARS B.C. with Raquel We read more

 The final film in Eureka's TERROR IN THE FOG Blu-ray set of 1960s German Krimis is THE RACETRACK MURDERS, also known as THE SEVENTH VICTIM (DAS SIEBENTE OPFER). This movie stands out from the other entries in the set due to its many Agatha Christie-style elements. The story revolves aroun read more

 GREAT DAY IN THE MORNING is a 1956 Western, released by RKO in Technicolor and Superscope. It was directed by Jacques Tourneur, better known for his work for producer Val Lewton and other thrillers and film noirs. Tourneur actually made a number of Westerns, and despite his expertise in b read more

 I first saw FRANKENSTEIN'S BLOODY TERROR about forty years ago, when it was presented by Svengoolie, during his "Son Of" days. My much younger self wasn't all that impressed with the film--mainly due to the fact that it had nothing to do with Frankenstein whatsoever. Nevertheless, FBT has read more

 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