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SHADOW
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Aug 19, 2019
Chinese director Zhang Yimou has made such films as HERO, HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS, and CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER. I'm particularly fond of those three titles. His latest film is SHADOW.
The movie is set in ancient China, and concerns two kingdoms, Pei and Yang, who are jockeying for control of Jin read more
CHARLEY CHASE AT HAL ROACH: THE TALKIES VOLUME TWO 1932-33
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Aug 17, 2019
The Sprocket Vault and Kit Parker Films present more rare product from the Hal Roach Studios with their CHARLEY CHASE AT HAL ROACH: THE TALKIES VOLUME TWO 1932-33 DVD set.
The set is made up of fifteen different short subjects on two discs. All of the shorts were made at Hal Roach Studios and star read more
DEVIL DOLL
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Aug 13, 2019
I've seen almost every British horror film from the 1960s.....but DEVIL DOLL (1964) has until recently eluded me. The movie is not to be confused with MGM's 1936 THE DEVIL DOLL directed by Tod Browning. DEVIL DOLL is about a stage hypnotist and ventriloquist called the Great Vorelli (Bryant Haliday) read more
QUATERMASS 2 On Blu-ray From Shout Factory
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Aug 10, 2019
This main disc cover of this Shout Factory Blu-ray presents the movie's title as QUATERMASS II. The reverse of the disc cover sleeve displays the American release title of the film: ENEMY FROM SPACE. The actual on-screen title of the movie is QUATERMASS 2. Whatever you want to call it, this producti read more
THE REPTILE On Blu-ray From Shout Factory
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Aug 9, 2019
Shout Factory continues its series of Region A Blu-ray Hammer releases with THE REPTILE (1966).
THE REPTILE was made by Hammer immediately after THE PLAGUE OF THE ZOMBIES. The latter film has the better reputation, but THE REPTILE is a nice little movie in its own right. Directed by John Gilling an read more
THE KEY
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Aug 4, 2019
THE KEY is a 1934 drama produced by Warner Bros. and directed by Michael Curtiz. The movie is set in 1920 Dublin, during the Irish "troubles", and it stars William Powell and Colin Clive.
Powell plays British Army officer Captain Bill Tennant, who, at the beginning of the story, has just been assig read more
ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jul 29, 2019
Quentin Tarantino's latest film, ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, is a hard movie to review. For one thing, I don't want to reveal the ending for those who haven't seen it--and the climax really deserves its own separate discussion anyway.
There's also the fact that you can't really compare the film read more
Book Review: REAL DEPRAVITIES--THE FILMS OF KLAUS KINSKI
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jul 27, 2019
If there was any actor that truly fit the definition of "cult movie star", it was Klaus Kinski. Whether it was his looks, his temperament, his lifestyle, or his professional choices, there was nothing mainstream about him. The man made several appearances in German Krimis, Spaghetti Westerns, read more
THIS ISLAND EARTH On Blu-ray From Shout Factory
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jul 25, 2019
Universal's 1955 THIS ISLAND EARTH is one of the greatest science-fiction films ever made. It's a magnificent, colorful adventure, bigger and bolder than any of the black & white sci-fi features the studio made during the same time period.
It is also never really been given its proper appreciat read more
MAN, PRIDE, AND VENGEANCE
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jul 23, 2019
I'm currently reading Troy Howarth's book REAL DEPRAVITIES: THE FILMS OF KLAUS KINSKI. It's a fascinating volume, as Howarth covers all sorts of obscure productions. Klaus Kinski was the ultimate cult movie actor--nothing was mainstream about him, whether he was on or off the screen.
One Klaus Kins read more
DEAD OF NIGHT On Blu-ray From Kino
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jul 20, 2019
The 1945 British film DEAD OF NIGHT is the granddaddy of all modern horror anthology films. The five tales presented in it have influenced numerous other movies and television episodes. The influence of DEAD OF NIGHT has been so pervasive that those now who see it for the first time may feel that it read more
CENTRAL PARK
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jul 17, 2019
CENTRAL PARK, from 1932, is one of those Warner Bros. films from the early thirties that is short on running time but stuffed with plot. Despite being just short of an hour, there's enough situations to fill about three different movies.
What makes this film stand out is that it is entirely set in read more
Book Review: CARL DENHAM'S GIANT MONSTERS
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jul 10, 2019
Frank Dello Stritto's CARL DENHAM'S GIANT MONSTERS is a follow up to his magnificent book A WEREWOLF REMEMBERS: THE TESTAMENT OF LAWRENCE STEWART TALBOT. Both volumes are "biographies" of famous fantastic film characters.
CARL DENHAM'S GIANT MONSTERS covers the life of the man who captured King Kon read more
JOHN PAUL JONES
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jul 6, 2019
On the Fourth of July Turner Classic Movies screened the 1959 historical biopic JOHN PAUL JONES. I was watching the White Sox game at the time, but I caught up with the movie a couple days later.
JOHN PAUL JONES was produced by Samuel Bronston, who is best known for making big-budget epics such as read more
WAR AND PEACE On Blu-ray From Criterion
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jul 4, 2019
I had read about the 1960s Russian film version of WAR AND PEACE a number of times. I had read that the entire project may have been the most expensive cinematic production ever, how it may have used the largest number of extras ever, and that in total it was a mind-boggling seven hours long.
Thank read more
The Universal Horror Collection: Vol. 1 On Blu-ray From Shout Factory
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jun 29, 2019
In the past year Shout Factory has released a number of Blu-rays covering various eras of classic fantastic cinema--Universal science-fiction movies from the 1950s, Hammer Films titles from the 1960s, and some of the Val Lewton-RKO series from the 1940s. Now the company delves into the 1930s with th read more
FOOLS FOR SCANDAL
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jun 18, 2019
Yesterday TCM showed FOOLS FOR SCANDAL, a 1938 romantic comedy made by Warner Bros. which starred Carole Lombard.
Lombard happens to be my favorite actress of all time, and FOOLS FOR SCANDAL was a film that I had never seen. I own a number of books about Lombard, and every single one of them refers read more
THE VAMPIRE OF THE OPERA
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jun 17, 2019
The 1964 Italian production THE VAMPIRE OF THE OPERA forms a rough trilogy with THE VAMPIRE AND THE BALLERINA and THE PLAYGIRLS AND THE VAMPIRE. All three films were made in Italy, all of them are black & white, and they all feature a group of young, beautiful women being preyed upon by an undea read more
FRANKENSTEIN CREATED WOMAN On Blu-ray From Shout Factory
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jun 14, 2019
Shout Factory's new series of Hammer Blu-ray releases continues with FRANKENSTEIN CREATED WOMAN, the fourth film starring Peter Cushing as Baron Frankenstein.
FRANKENSTEIN CREATED WOMAN has been on home video several times. It was released on A region Blu-ray by Millennium in 2014. That version fea read more
SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT II
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jun 11, 2019
SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT is one of my favorite movies of all time. It made a huge amount of money when it was released in 1977, and despite its low-brow reputation, it is now considered an American classic.
SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT II, on the other hand....
Even as a kid back in the early 80s I knew tha read more