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 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

 The first film in Eureka's TERROR IN THE FOG Blu-ray set is THE CURSE OF THE YELLOW SNAKE, made in 1963 by Artur Brauner's CCC company. Unlike the other films in this set, this one is not attributed to the works of Bryan Edgar Wallace --it is an adaptation of an Edgar Wallace novel. Everything read more

 DEALS WITH THE DEVIL, DIALOGUES WITH DEATH is the fifth volume in writer Frank Dello Stritto's Historical Monster Fiction series. All five books feature characters from various classic films and TV shows taking part in and existing alongside real life historical events, an idea that is ingenio read more

 So we finally come to the very last entry of the 1960s German film series detailing the nefarious activities of super villain Dr. Mabuse. This one is called THE DEATH RAY OF DR. MABUSE, and it was made in 1964. (The German title of this film is DIE TODESSTRAHLEN DES DR. MABUSE, and it is also read more

 If any movie deserves the appellation "Snappy little programmer", it's DON'T BET ON BLONDES, a fun 1935 Warner Bros. production. The story revolves around "Odds" Owen (we never find out his real first name), played by one and only Warren William. Odds is the biggest bookmaker in NYC, but he's read more

 THE SHIELD OF HONOR is a 1927 silent film produced by Universal, available on DVD-R from Alpha Video. The movie deals with Los Angeles police officer Jack MacDowell (not the former White Sox pitcher), played by Neil Hamilton (best known for his role as Commissioner Gordon on the 1960s BATMAN T read more

 My recent purchase of Criterion's Blu-ray set of director Richard Lester's THE THREE/FOUR MUSKETEERS inspired me to seek out this sequel, which I had never seen. THE RETURN OF THE MUSKETEERS was made in 1988 by Lester, and it reunites most of the same cast, and it was even shot mostly in Spain read more

 The fifth film in Eureka's MABUSE LIVES! set is 1963's SCOTLAND YARD HUNTS DR. MABUSE (original German title SCOTLAND YARD JAGT DR. MABUSE, also known as SCOTLAND YARD VS. DR. MABUSE). The preceding film in Artur Brauner's Mabuse series for his CCC production company, THE TESTAMENT OF DR. read more

 I still haven't written all the posts that I intend to on Eureka's MABUSE LIVES! Blu-ray box set, and the company's next major Krimi offering has already arrived. TERROR IN THE FOG--THE WALLACE KRIMI AT CCC is another sublime package, containing six mystery/terror/suspense films made in German read more

 Richard Lester's two-part adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' iconic novel may not be considered the best cinematic version of the tale by some, but I believe it is the most entertaining. Both THE THREE MUSKETEERS and THE FOUR MUSKETEERS get the Criterion treatment, with each film getting its own d read more

 I've mentioned a few posts ago how I had been reading Scott Eyman's EMPIRE OF DREAMS, a biography of Cecil B. DeMille. Ironically last month Edward R. Hamilton Booksellers had on sale the Paramount DVD of DeMille's silent 1923 version of THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, a version I had not yet seen. Bein read more