It doesn’t speak well of Destination Moon that when I sat down to write this review I couldn’t remember a single thing about the movie. Now, as you should know by now, I’m behind in writing these reviews so there’s a bit of a gap between the time I view them and the time […]
Superman and the Mole Men is the first Superman feature film (though it runs under an hour). It features the debut of George Reeves as the Man of Steel and Phyllis Coates as Lois Lane, both of whom would reprise their roles in the Adventures of Superman TV series. In fact, Mole Men […]
It’s hard to really get across how disappointed I was with Disney’s Alice in Wonderland. Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There are among my favorite books of all time. (No, really.) Any production has a high bar to clear as far as I’m […]
Atom Man vs. Superman is the second Superman movie serial, the last appearance of Kirk Alyn in the role and a vast improvement over the original Superman.
The main reason this one is an improvement is the appearance of a much better villain (and Superman’s main nemesis at that): Lex Luthor. Played here by the […]
The Lemon Drop Kid is, for the most part, a typical Bob Hope comedy of the era. What gives it a bit of a zing is the fact that it is based on the works of Damon Runyon (like Guys and Dolls and Little Miss Marker). So we have Bob making his way […]
I hadn’t seen Cinderella, Disney’s 12th Animated Feature, in several years, but was inspired to watch it because of the impending release of Cinderella III: A Twist in Time, which was getting strong reviews. I’ve still yet to see Cinderella III (I’ll apend my thoughts here when I do), but after watching the original […]
Viewed November 27, 2006
The African Queen is an unquestioned Hollywood classic. The pairing of Humphrey Bogart as riverboat captain Charlie Allnut and Katherine Hepburn as missionary Rose Sayer trying to make their way down river to attack a German boat during WWI is as famous for its own merits as it is for the […]
Viewed September 9, 2006
So, one day after the Star Trek anniversary, I wound up watching a film on TCM that starred the ultimate Trek villain, Ricardo Montalban. Mystery Street is a typical B-movie, but a really good one. Solid performances and a better-than-average script make this little-known film worth the while of any […]
Viewed May 30, 2006
The Butcher, The Baker and the Ice Cream Maker is quite odd, even for a corporate film. It espouses the virtues of boxed ice cream. That’s right, it’s all about how great it is to have your ice cream available in boxes. Obviously, it was aimed at store owners, […]
Viewed April 12, 2006
My Favorite Spy is the third and final of Bob Hope’s “My Favorite” movies (after 1942’s My Favorite Blonde and 1947’s My Favorite Brunette) and probably suffers somewhat from comparisons to those films.
My Favorite Spy is a classic example of an impersonation comedy. In this case, Hope’s Peanuts White, a burlesque […]
Viewed February 6, 2006
I, like many of my generation, first saw Sir Alec Guiness in Star Wars (1977). To me he was Obi-Wan Kenobi and it was quite a surprise to learn years later that not only did he have a long and distinguished career behind him, but that he had been a bona […]