Batman (1966) is my favorite Batman movie. There, I’ve said it and I’m not ashamed to admit it. I know a lot of Batman fans hate the 1960s Adam West TV show and (by extension) this movie, but I simply cannot agree with them.
“But it debases all that defines the character” the […]
Even before Woody Allen made What’s Up, Tiger Lily? people had been putting new dialogue to old movie footage. (Fractured Flickers, for instance.) The difference here was that Allen re-dubbed and re-edited the entire movie (in this case, the Japanese spy film Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Kagi no kagi aka Key of Keys) to give […]
Okay, I’ve tried writing seriously, I’ve tried being clever, I even tried being ultra-cute. But no matter what I do I can’t seem to wrap my head around writing a review of Manos: The Hands of Fate.
It’s just so painful to sit through. Honestly, I couldn’t remember any of the major points I wanted […]
Modesty Blaise as high-camp musical comedy? If you’ve ever read a Modety Blaise novel*, you’ll understand why fans of the comic and novel series thoroughly dislike this film. It flies in the face of the generally serious tone of Peter O’Donnell’s creation. And, yes, I usually back the side of purity when […]
I, like many I’m sure, was introduced to The Wild World of Batwoman through its appearance on Mystery Science Theater 3000. But despite the uncut version appearing on the MST3K DVD, I had never bothered to watch it all the way through. Does it stand up un-MSTied? Sort of.
First, it’s important to […]
Daleks’ Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. is the followup to the successful Dr. Who and the Daleks. Like its predecessor, Invasion is based on an original serial from the BBC TV series Doctor Who, in this case, “The Dalek Invasion of Earth”. Also like the first film, this one is a condensation of a […]
Viewed November 8, 2006
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein’s Daughter would probably qualify as the strangest western I’ve ever seen if I hadn’t already seen Billy the Kid vs. Dracula (made the same year by the same production team). These were the last two films directed by William Beaudine, whose career stretched back to 1915. […]
Viewed March 8, 2006
Carry On Screaming is a visually impressive entry in the “Carry On” series, but I found it’s substance to be quite lacking.
The plot is not unimaginative, with it’s mad doctor turning beautiful maidens into store mannequins. The characters are straight out of the Hammer horror films that were so popular at […]
Viewed February 26, 2006
Don Knotts passed away on February 24th, but the news didn’t get out until the 26th. Having only just recently acquired a set of four of Knotts’ films, I decided that watching The Ghost and Mr. Chicken was a fitting tribute. And it’s a pretty good film if you can […]
Viewed February 15, 2006
The Fat Spy tries to be a typical 60s beach romp. The only thing that separates it from, say, your average beach comedy would be a viable plot, some meaningful characters, a cast that cares and some jokes. In a nutshell, the plot follows an attempt to find the fountain […]