Category: FILM REVIEWS

Postwar Berlin, Hollywood Style

Postwar Berlin, Hollywood Style

February 18, 2010 | By | Add a Comment

Joe Johnston’s The Wolfman is an upgraded version of Curt (Kurt) Siodmak’s better, leaner, and more fun 1941 script, The Wolf Man, but prior to writing that classic Universal monster movie, Siodmak had written some very striking films during his early years in Germany. Among his best-known works from the pre-Nazi era are F.P.1 antwortet […]

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See the Film, Hear the Music: Panic in Year Zero! (1962)

See the Film, Hear the Music: Panic in Year Zero! (1962)

February 13, 2010 | By | Add a Comment

Film review of Ray Milland’s bleak Panic in Year Zero! (1962), as well as Les Baxter’s soundtrack, newly released by La-La Land Records…

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Re-birthing The Wolfman

Re-birthing The Wolfman

February 11, 2010 | By | Add a Comment

Friday Feb. 12 marks the beginning of the Winter Olympics, but for horror fans the release of the much-delayed Wolfman from Universal will determine whether the franchise can be rebooted, and whether star/co-producer Benicio Del Toro’s gamble on playing Lawrence Talbot was such a good idea…

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Paging Doctor Grumpy

Paging Doctor Grumpy

February 8, 2010 | By | Add a Comment

Complete reviews of Doc Martin, Seasons 1 thru 3…

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Cosmatos on Blu-ray, and the Hobo Returns

Cosmatos on Blu-ray, and the Hobo Returns

February 5, 2010 | By | Add a Comment

Editor’s Blog on Disney’s announced release of Tombstone on Blu-ray, the return of Universal’s flipper disc, and TV soundtrack music…

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