Welcome to BlogHub: the Best in Veteran and Emerging Classic Movie Blogs
You can rate and share your favorite classic movie posts here.
28293031323334353637

Eegah (1962, Arch Hall Sr.)

The Stop Button Posted by on Nov 6, 2019

Eegah is a rather bad, rather weird, and yet spirited budget King Kong picture—with a prehistoric Southern California caveman instead of a giant ape. Sure, there’s the teen idol aspect to it, but once the film commits to damsel in distress Marilyn Manning madly crushing on survived since the Stone read more

The Punisher #37, Man of Stone, Part 1 (of 6)

The Stop Button Posted by on Nov 6, 2019

Leandro Fernandez is back on the art, inking himself, and he’s better than he’s ever been before. There are still some panels where it’s clear colorist Dan Brown is doing a lot of the shading, but overall it’s a big improvement over Fernandez’s usual art. The issue brings together a lot of read more

All Rise (2019) s01e06 – Fool for Liv

The Stop Button Posted by on Nov 6, 2019

Something about this episode feels like it ran into the show’s budget. Though there’s some location shooting. Kind of a lot of it, but there’s no action at the locations. There’s standing or sitting. And it’s never on the A plot, always B or even C. On the A plot, outside Jere Burns as a terribly read more

Eegah (1962, Arch Hall Sr.)

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Nov 6, 2019

Eegah is a rather bad, rather weird, and yet spirited budget King Kong picture—with a prehistoric Southern California caveman instead of a giant ape. Sure, there’s the teen idol aspect to it, but once the film commits to damsel in distress Marilyn Manning madly crushing on survived since the Stone read more

Supergirl (2015) s05e05 – Dangerous Liaisons

The Stop Button Posted by on Nov 5, 2019

This episode could be a lot worse. It does have some significant lows—like when Azie Tesfai has to pretend to cry, which she’s absurdly bad at doing. Like, it’s uncomfortable. Especially when you realize they went with the best take. Got to be able to cry on “Supergirl,” it’s one of the read more

It’s hobby

The Stop Button Posted by on Nov 5, 2019

My real writer friend has a real writer problem right now, which puts things in a lot of context. In grad school my best instructor/the best instructor in terms of encouraging writerly behavior and practices surprised us once by saying to call yourself a writer you need to be published. Thinking ab read more

Supergirl (2015) s05e05 – Dangerous Liaisons

The Stop Button Posted by on Nov 5, 2019

This episode could be a lot worse. It does have some significant lows—like when Azie Tesfai has to pretend to cry, which she’s absurdly bad at doing. Like, it’s uncomfortable. Especially when you realize they went with the best take. Got to be able to cry on “Supergirl,” it’s one of the read more

Blinded by the Light (2019, Gurinder Chadha)

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Nov 4, 2019

What’s not clear about Blinded by the Light is how much of the film’s success is because of lead Viveik Kalra or because about ninety straight minutes of soundtrack consists of The Best of Bruce Springsteen. The film, based on an actual British Pakistani Springsteen stan, is about teenager Kalra read more

Blinded by the Light (2019, Gurinder Chadha)

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Nov 4, 2019

What’s not clear about Blinded by the Light is how much of the film’s success is because of lead Viveik Kalra or because about ninety straight minutes of soundtrack consists of The Best of Bruce Springsteen. The film, based on an actual British Pakistani Springsteen stan, is about teenager Kalra read more

Blinded by the Light (2019, Gurinder Chadha)

The Stop Button Posted by on Nov 4, 2019

What’s not clear about Blinded by the Light is how much of the film’s success is because of lead Viveik Kalra or because about ninety straight minutes of soundtrack consists of The Best of Bruce Springsteen. The film, based on an actual British Pakistani Springsteen stan, is about teenager Kalra read more

Batwoman (2019) s01e05 – Mine Is a Long and a Sad Tale

The Stop Button Posted by on Nov 4, 2019

This episode has no awesome Batwoman action. The only Batwoman action scene is not very good, in fact. It’s all that stealthy Batman Begins type action as Batwoman breaks into estranged sister and supervillain Alice’s base and takes her prisoner, presumably leaving all the thugs unconscious… read more

Blinded by the Light (2019, Gurinder Chadha)

The Stop Button Posted by on Nov 4, 2019

What’s not clear about Blinded by the Light is how much of the film’s success is because of lead Viveik Kalra or because about ninety straight minutes of soundtrack consists of The Best of Bruce Springsteen. The film, based on an actual British Pakistani Springsteen stan, is about teenager Kalra read more

Batwoman (2019) s01e05 – Mine Is a Long and a Sad Tale

The Stop Button Posted by on Nov 4, 2019

This episode has no awesome Batwoman action. The only Batwoman action scene is not very good, in fact. It’s all that stealthy Batman Begins type action as Batwoman breaks into estranged sister and supervillain Alice’s base and takes her prisoner, presumably leaving all the thugs unconscious… read more

Blade II (2002, Guillermo del Toro)

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Nov 2, 2019

There’s a legitimately great sword fight scene in Blade II, after some really solid ones—the film’s CG assists never help it but director del Toro does understand how a fight sequence is like a dance sequence (particularly in the great sword fight) and star Wesley Snipes is always ready to show read more

Blade II (2002, Guillermo del Toro)

The Stop Button Posted by on Nov 2, 2019

There’s a legitimately great sword fight scene in Blade II, after some really solid ones—the film’s CG assists never help it but director del Toro does understand how a fight sequence is like a dance sequence (particularly in the great sword fight) and star Wesley Snipes is always ready to show read more

Blade II (2002, Guillermo del Toro)

The Stop Button Posted by on Nov 2, 2019

There’s a legitimately great sword fight scene in Blade II, after some really solid ones—the film’s CG assists never help it but director del Toro does understand how a fight sequence is like a dance sequence (particularly in the great sword fight) and star Wesley Snipes is always ready to show read more

Blade II (2002, Guillermo del Toro)

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Nov 2, 2019

There’s a legitimately great sword fight scene in Blade II, after some really solid ones—the film’s CG assists never help it but director del Toro does understand how a fight sequence is like a dance sequence (particularly in the great sword fight) and star Wesley Snipes is always ready to show read more

Watchmen (2019) s01e01 – It’s Summer and We’re Running Out of Ice

The Stop Button Posted by on Nov 1, 2019

The only times “Watchmen” doesn’t feel calculated are when you can’t imagine the shot as a David Gibbons comic panel. Every couple minutes you can feel how the sequence of shots would feel as a Watchmen comic, showing how just because DC Comics could never figure out how to do it without the read more

Watchmen (2019) s01e01 – It’s Summer and We’re Running Out of Ice

The Stop Button Posted by on Nov 1, 2019

The only times “Watchmen” doesn’t feel calculated are when you can’t imagine the shot as a David Gibbons comic panel. Every couple minutes you can feel how the sequence of shots would feel as a Watchmen comic, showing how just because DC Comics could never figure out how to do it without the read more

Blade (1998, Stephen Norrington)

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Oct 31, 2019

Back when the movie came out—on DVD, anyway—I tried watching Blade 1 a couple times. The first time I turned it off before I was twenty minutes in, which used to be a soft rule (give the movie twenty minutes, depending on runtime); I think I gave it until Stephen Dorff showed up, then had to stop. read more
28293031323334353637