The Single Girls (1974)
An odd little iconoclastic film, it combines the whodunit of Agatha Christie’s `Ten Little Indians’ (directed by George Pollock in 1965), the sexual liberation slant and anti-conservatism spirit of Ted Post’s `The Harrad Experiment’ (1973), and the slasher films that…
Macabre (1958)
A doctor in a small town has done a good job of making himself hated because of his role in the deaths of two sisters. When his daughter disappears and a caller announces that she has been buried alive, will…
Queen of Blood (1966)
Sometime in the 1990’s I believe, the Earth has sent many ships to space and is awaiting the arrival of an alien to Earth after sending various stress signals. A crew of three astronauts(including a young Dennis Hopper and Judi…
Ace High (1968)
A Leone pasta western without the pretentiousness. Easy going romp of crosses, double crosses, and triple crosses. Wallach is just fine and dandy reprising his Tuco role from GOOD, THE BAD… this time playing an ethnic Greek-Mexican bandit with a…
4D Man (1959)
Producer Jack Harris and director Irvin Yeaworth were responsible for two of the more off-the-wall sci-fi flicks of the ’50s, “The Blob” and this one (they also did “Dinosaurus,” but that’s a whole other story). Both films appear to have…
London After Midnight (1927)
From the day that the supposedly ‘last’ surviving copy of the movie was destroyed in a fire in the 60s, movie fans remained deprived of one of the GREATEST gems the horror-mystery genre had ever produced – until it was…
Jerry Lewis Rest In Peace
FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES- Jerry Lewis, the comedian and filmmaker who was adored by many, disdained by others, but unquestionably a defining figure of American entertainment in the 20th century, died on Sunday morning at his home in Las…
The Signal (2014)
In an age where astronomical budgets and A-list stars dominate the sci-fi genre, it’s seldom that you stumble across a film that strives to present a unique vision, which is precisely why The Signal is such a breath of fresh…
Final Chapter: Walking Tall (1977)
The Final Chapter Walking Tall. Is perhaps the most fictionalized chapter in the series Bo Svenson once again picks up the big stick. The film goes into detail as it’s one year to the day Pauline Died and Buford is…
The Value Perception: Movies and The Consumer
Mrs. Curl’s has stood in Greenwood, Indiana since 1962. It is a Tastee Freeze like business which is only open 8 months out of the year. It is housed in a ramshackle building chock full of all manner of machines…
Wichita (1955)
The same year that Wichita came out, 1955, the TV series about Wyatt Earp debuted with that famous theme song, “Wyatt Earp, Wyatt Earp, brave courageous and bold.” And certainly Hugh O’Brian was all these things in that series. But…
20 Million Miles to Earth (1957)
I think the best thing about this movie is that it’s fast-moving. The filmmakers don’t waste a lot of time with unnecessary dialog or a sappy romance. They get right to it and stay on track for almost all of…
Repulsion (1965)
Roman Polanski’s movies divide movie fans. Even admirers of his output will single out a particular movie that just doesn’t work for them (in my case it’s ‘The Fearless Vampire Killers’, which for me is an utter waste of time)….
Dragonslayer (1981)
Dragonslayer opens with a delegation of villagers lead by the young Valerian (Caitlin Clarke) travelling from Urland to the ‘House of Ulrich’, a somewhat tatty looking castle where the Sorcerer Ulrich (Ralph Richardson) lives with his servant Hodge (Sydney Bromley)…
Flash Gordon (1980)
Flash Gordon is one of the most perfectly realized films De Laurentiis made, and it is disappointing that so few have recognized it for what it is; a 1930’s comic strip brought perfectly to life. The fact that it is…
Snowpiercer (2013)
Absolutely amazing. A cinematic microcosm of society. For those of you uninterested in topics like ‘1984’ and ‘Animal Farm’, watch this film for a hazard course in understanding the human condition. From start to end you see a small-scale depiction…
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
here’s something out there roaming the Pacific Ocean destroying a whole lot of shipping and killing a lot of people. The more maritime the nation, the more losses it’s suffering. Jules Verne’s story has the United States of America taking…
Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
This 1963 fantasy classic features just enough impressive special effects and action set-pieces to allow one to overlook its less-perfect qualities. Director Don Chaffey successfully ‘papers over the cracks’ in Jason and the Argonauts largely thanks to Ray Harryhausen’s spectacular…
Mighty Joe Young (1949)
Of all the great ape films, this one made by the same folks that brought us King Kong and Son of Kong has to be the most charming. The story is simple enough about a young girl that raises a…
Time After Time (1979)
“Time After Time” was one of those movies of which I didn’t even knew it existed. It certainly is a movie that deserves more recognition for this movie truly was one of the most entertaining movies I have seen in…