A friend of my dearly beloved has been involved in the restoration of an old theater in Fullerton, California, for some years. The theater was originally built in 1925, in the days of silent movies. My dearly beloved remembers seeing movies there in the 80s. As a treat for some friends (and in hopes ofContinue reading “Review of “The General” (1926)”
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Review of “American Werewolf in London” (1981)
Before I go any further, I have to mention that the film discusses but does not depict suicide. For this pizza and bad movie selection, we opted for a bit of nostalgia. Both the dearly beloved and I saw this when it first came out, lo, these many years ago. Despite the underlying darkness, thisContinue reading “Review of “American Werewolf in London” (1981)”
Review of “Duck Soup” (1933)
This is our latest Saturday pizza and bad movie offering. I saw it originally in college—that is, not recently. I thought it was hilarious and a biting satire, though frankly, I didn’t remember much of it. Plot: The cash-strapped (fictional) country of Freedonia appeals to the wealthy widow Mrs. Gloria Teasdale (Margaret Dumont) for $20Continue reading “Review of “Duck Soup” (1933)”
Review of “The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus” 2009
Our Saturday pizza and bad movie night was a bit different. Plot: Dr. Parnassus (Christopher Plummer) runs a strapped-for-cash traveling acting troupe. The troupe consists of Parnassus’s daughter, Valentina (Lily Cole), the barker Anton (Andrew Garfield), and Percy (Verne Troyer), Parnassus’s assistant. They live and travel in a horse-drawn carriage that is a mash-up ofContinue reading “Review of “The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus” 2009″
Review of “The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!” (1988)
We were in the mood for silliness for our Saturday pizza and bad movie night. We got it. Plot: In Beirut (where else?) Idi Amin, Muammar Gaddafi, Ayatollah Khomeini, Yasser Arafat, and Mikhail Gorbachev (Prince Hughes, Robert LuJane, Charles Gherardi, David Katz, David Lloyd Austin), among others, sit around a conference table trying to comeContinue reading “Review of “The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!” (1988)”
Review of “The Pit and the Pendulum” (1961)
The past Saturday pizza and bad movie night was a return to the schlock of yesteryear. Plot:In the sixteenth-century, Englishman Francis Barnard (John Kerr) arrives at a foreboding castle seeking news about his sister Elizabeth’s (Barbara Steele) recent death. His sister’s widower, Nicholas Medina (Vincent Price), and his younger sister, Catherine (Luana Anders), give himContinue reading “Review of “The Pit and the Pendulum” (1961)”
Review of “The Lady Vanishes” (1938)
The Lady Vanishes is a British mystery thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock on the eve of the outbreak of World War II. Plot: In the fictional European Alpine country of Bandrika, an avalanche has delayed a train and forced a varied group of people to find rooms in a small local hotel. Wealthy English IrisContinue reading “Review of “The Lady Vanishes” (1938)”
Review of “The Invisible Man’s Revenge” (1944)
Our latest Saturday pizza and bad movie offering has a put-upon dog for a hero. That journalist guy wasn’t half-bad, but the dog got the job done, even after humans hadn’t been all that good to him. Plot:Robert Griffin (Jon Hall) returns to London by cutting himself out of a cargo bale dropped off onContinue reading “Review of “The Invisible Man’s Revenge” (1944)”
Review of “The Monster that Challenged the World” (1957)
This black-and-white monster flick is our latest Saturday pizza and bad movie offering. It was the usual fare in many ways, but atomic contamination did not spawn the monster this time. Plot: Outside a naval research base near the Salton Sea in Southern California, an earthquake rocks the seabed. Later, a seaman named Hollister executesContinue reading “Review of “The Monster that Challenged the World” (1957)”
Review of “The Invisible Ray” (1935)
This is our latest Saturday pizza and bad movie entry. I knew it was an oldie just hearing the dramatic music scored by Franz Waxman. The flick was a classic mix of science fiction and horror I’d never heard of before. The print and audio were nice and clear, though I didn’t notice a noteContinue reading “Review of “The Invisible Ray” (1935)”
Reviews of Old and New Stories. Mostly Old 