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 This is a follow-up to my last post, in which I listed my ten favorite Hammer movie male acting performances. Now it's time for the Hammer Ladies, which might cause some snickering. As soon as you mention "Hammer Ladies", one immediately thinks of well-endowed young women cavorting about in ni read more

 Another Hammer-related list?? I'm afraid so. This time I'm setting down my favorite acting performances in a Hammer film--one list for actors and one for actresses. I decided to set a limit on how many times (once) a particular actor can be included, simply because if I didn't, Peter Cush read more

 Last month I was at Half Price Books, and I happened upon a hardcover copy of EMPIRE OF DREAMS, a biography of Cecil B. DeMille written by Scott Eyman. Reading it inspired me to pull out a DeMille DVD box set from Universal I had bought years ago, and pick out the least-known film from the set read more

 The fourth film in the 1960s Dr. Mabuse series produced by Germany's CCC Studios is THE TESTAMENT OF DR. MABUSE, a remake of Fritz Lang's legendary 1933 thriller. This 1962 TESTAMENT creates all sorts of timeline conundrums. The early entries in the 1960s Mabuse series make reference to t read more

 THE CRUEL SEA is a 1953 WWII film from England's famed Ealing Studios, based on a novel by Nicholas Monsarrat, with a screenplay by Eric Ambler and direction by Charles Frend. The movie details the wartime experiences of one Captain Ericson (Jack Hawkins). Ericson was a merchant ship capt read more

 BECOMING LED ZEPPELIN is a brand new documentary detailing the creation of the legendary rock and roll band and the production of the group's first two albums. The film was directed by Bernard MacMahon (who was also co-writer and co-producer). The film begins with brief sequences charting read more

 MISS PINKERTON is a 1932 mystery film, produced by Warners-First National, and based on a novel by Mary Roberts Rinehart. The title is a nickname given to the main character, a Nurse Adams (Joan Blondell) who gets involved in a murder case. ("Pinkerton" refers to the legendary detective a read more

 My title-by-title look at Eureka's MABUSE LIVES! Blu-ray box set continues with THE INVISIBLE DR. MABUSE (1962), the third film in the 1960s series made by the German company CCC, run by producer Artur Brauner. The original title of this film is DIE UNSICHTBAREN KRALLEN DES DR. MABUSE. It read more

 One of the books I've recently read is DAUGHTER OF THE DRAGON: Anna May Wong's Rendezvous With American History, written by Yunte Huang. It is a biography of the Chinese-American performer, but it also places her life and experiences in context with what was going on internationally at the tim read more

 THE RETURN OF DR. MABUSE (original German title IM STAHLNETZ DES DR. MABUSE) is the first sequel in Artur Brauner's Mabuse series. Brauner didn't get on all that well with Fritz Lang (no surprises there), so Harald Reinl took over the directorial reins. In RETURN, Gert Frobe comes back as read more

 Eureka's amazing MABUSE LIVES! box set starts off with THE 1,000 EYES OF DR. MABUSE, the very last feature film directed by the redoubtable Fritz Lang. (The movie's original title is DIE 1,000 AUGEN DES DR. MABUSE.) Made in 1960, 1,000 EYES acknowledges that the original Dr. Mabuse died i read more

 This is an amazing set, released by Eureka as part of their "Masters of Cinema" series, which includes all six of the Dr. Mabuse films made in Germany by producer Artur Brauner's CCC company in the early 1960s. Each film gets a deluxe treatment, with restored picture and sound, and accompanyin read more

 In my last blog post I focused on writing about FOUR SIDED TRIANGLE, the movie. Now I'll be going through the features and extras included on Hammer's 4K/Blu-ray release of the film. The two discs (a 4K and a Blu-ray) come in a slipcase with striking cover artwork by Thomas Walker (see ab read more

 A couple days ago I received in the mail the brand new 4K/Blu-ray release of the 1952 British science-fiction film FOUR SIDED TRIANGLE, a product put out by the people now running Hammer Films. This is a magnificent package, filled to the brim with all sorts of extras and special features. The read more

 Kino Lorber has released a new Blu-ray featuring the 1965 Italian cult science-fiction film THE 10TH VICTIM. This movie has gotten plenty of attention in recent years due to its influence on numerous films and TV shows, such as AUSTIN POWERS, THE RUNNING MAN, and THE HUNGER GAMES. Sometim read more

 Warner Archive once again presents a magnificent restoration of a classic Technicolor Hollywood film with their Blu-ray release of MGM's NORTHWEST PASSAGE (1940). NORTHWEST PASSAGE is one of the great historical epics of the pre-World War II sound era, and it is one of the very few films read more

 ROAR OF THE DRAGON (1932) is a fast-paced Pre-Code from RKO. It's another of those movies dealing with a random group of English-speaking people who are stranded in a far-flung exotic foreign locale, facing danger at every moment. The story is set in Manchuria, where a bandit chief named read more

 CATLOW is a 1971 Western that has a lot in common with SHALAKO--both films were made in Spain, both were based on Louis L'Amour novels, they were produced by Euan Lloyd, and they feature a cast of international actors. The title character in CATLOW, played by Yul Brynner, is an easygoing read more

 I've been fascinated by German actress Brigitte Helm ever since I first saw her memorable screen debut in Fritz Lang's legendary silent epic METROPOLIS (1927). Unfortunately most of Helm's work is unavailable in America, and there isn't even all that much info about her on the internet. O read more

 This is a film that I hoped would be shown in a theater near my area, but no such luck. (Considering that it's a three hour movie made in France, I'm not surprised it didn't get a major release in America--perhaps the production should have cast a rapper in the lead role??) I became interested read more