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What Was The Greatest Peter Cushing/Christopher Lee Movie? (Part Two)
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on May 26, 2016
Today I continue my examination of the films in which Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee appeared. We start out with.....
ISLAND OF THE BURNING DAMNED (aka NIGHT OF THE BIG HEAT)
Cushing, Lee, and director Terence Fisher are reunited in this underwhelming science-fiction tale. Like most British sc read more
What Was The Greatest Peter Cushing/Christopher Lee Movie? (Part One)
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on May 25, 2016
Tomorrow, May 26, is the anniversary of Peter Cushing's birth (1913), and the following day, May 27, is the anniversary of Christopher Lee's birth (1922). Around this time I always try to post something relating to these talented gentlemen. They are my two favorite actors of all time, and they have read more
DILLINGER (1973) On Blu-ray
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on May 22, 2016
Arrow Video puts out another great home video release with their special edition of John Milius' directorial debut, DILLINGER.
John Dillinger's stint as Depression-era America's Public Enemy No. 1 was brief, but it was enough to catapult him into a folk legend. Dillinger has appeared as a cha read more
ELSTREE 1976
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on May 17, 2016
ELSTREE 1976 is a new documentary from writer-director Jon Spira. The title refers to the location (Elstree Studios, North London) and the time (1976) that most of the filming of the first STAR WARS movie took place. The title is a bit of a misnomer--this documentary isn't so much of an examination read more
The 50th Anniversary Of BATMAN (1966)
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on May 15, 2016
This year a number of famous films are having special anniversaries--films like CITIZEN KANE, the 1941 version of THE MALTESE FALCON, THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY, and ROCKY. 2016 happens to mark the 50th anniversary of the debut of a certain movie that holds a special place in my heart--the very read more
CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on May 14, 2016
Marvel & Disney's domination over 21st Century popular entertainment continues with CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR. Despite the title and the mammoth publicity campaign surrounding it, the main theme of this film is not so much superheroes battling each other as it is the consequences of trying to a read more
DVD Review--THE RANDOLPH SCOTT ROUND-UP
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on May 7, 2016
THE RANDOLPH SCOTT ROUND-UP is a two-disc DVD set from Mill Creek Entertainment which contains six different color Westerns from Columbia Pictures. The films were made between 1943 and 1953, and they all star Randolph Scott, of course.
Randolph Scott made so many Westerns over the course of his mov read more
Book Review--THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK: THE ORIGINAL TOPPS TRADING CARD SERIES
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on May 5, 2016
Abrams Comicarts has released a sequel to their highly popular book on the Topps STAR WARS trading cards. Naturally, this volume deals with the cards Topps produced for THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK.
The Topps EMPIRE set was actually bigger that the set for STAR WARS (I honestly didn't realize this). The read more
The 75th Anniversary Of CITIZEN KANE
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on May 3, 2016
This week marks the 75th anniversary of the theatrical premier of CITIZEN KANE. I don't think I need to tell you that this is one of the most renowned and famous films of all time. Orson Welles' magnum opus remains a stunning cinematic achievement, and the title of the film itself has become a gener read more
MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE/THE DUNWICH HORROR Blu-ray Double Feature
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on May 1, 2016
Shout Factory, under the company's Scream Factory label, has released a Blu-ray double feature consisting of two American-International horror films: MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE (1971), and THE DUNWICH HORROR (1970).
At first glance one would wonder why these two movies have been paired together, but read more
A TALE OF TWO CITIES (1980)
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Apr 22, 2016
One would assume that after the huge success of STAR WARS, Peter Cushing might have gotten the opportunity to work on any number of enticing projects. But that simply wasn't so. Most of the films Cushing worked on after STAR WARS and before his mid-1980s retirement are either almost impossible to fi read more
THE CONQUEROR
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Apr 19, 2016
Not too long ago I wrote a post about an issue of the Official John Wayne magazine that ranked each one of the Duke's movies in order of quality. The lowest-ranked film in which Wayne played the lead role was THE CONQUEROR (1955), a production which has a horrible reputation. I stated that THE CONQU read more
THE BLACK PIRATE
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Apr 18, 2016
Recently I took the opportunity to purchase the Kino Blu-ray of Douglas Fairbanks' THE BLACK PIRATE for only $7. It's one of my best home video deals, since the disc is jammed pack with extras and the movie itself is a grand adventure of the high seas.
When Douglas Fairbanks made THE BLACK PIRATE, read more
My Five Favorite Baseball Movies Of All Time
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Apr 10, 2016
This is my 400th blog post. I can't believe I've written 400 of these things--I sometimes wonder if it's even worth it, but apparently there are a few folks out there who appreciate my humble efforts. Since this will be #400 I decided to do something special with it.
About the only thing I love mor read more
DONOVAN'S BRAIN
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Apr 9, 2016
DONOVAN'S BRAIN is another one of those 1950s sci-fi movies I'm sure I saw for the first time on Svengoolie's show back in the 1980s. The title has just been re-issued on home video by Kino under their Studio Classics line (I bought the DVD version.)
The movie is based on the novel of the same name read more
INGRID BERGMAN: IN HER OWN WORDS
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Apr 8, 2016
Last night I ventured out once again to the Browning Cinema on the campus of the University of Notre Dame to see the new documentary INGRID BERGMAN: IN HER OWN WORDS. The film was directed by Stig Bjorkman and produced with the endorsement and participation of Bergman's four children.
The subtitle read more
The DRACULA A.D. 1972 Soundtrack On Special-Edition Vinyl
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Apr 6, 2016
Is DRACULA A.D. 1972 one of the best Hammer films ever made? Maybe not....but it's one of the most entertaining. The movie has taken quite a bit of critical drubbing over the years, but many Hammer fans now accept and even appreciate A.D. 1972's goofy mixture of Gothic horror and pseudo-mod trapping read more
THE BLACK SLEEP On Blu-ray
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Apr 5, 2016
THE BLACK SLEEP (1956) is another one of those "monster rally" movies which feature several performers known for their horror film roles. Unfortunately most of the "Horror All-Stars" outings (such as SCREAM AND SCREAM AGAIN and HOUSE OF THE LONG SHADOWS) never live up to expectations, and neither do read more
BATMAN V SUPERMAN: THE DAWN OF JUSTICE
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Mar 29, 2016
Overlong, overstuffed, and unfocused, BATMAN V SUPERMAN: THE DAWN OF JUSTICE is, in the end, a frustrating film. Frustrating because it has moments--few of them though they may be--where it comes achingly close to accurately portraying the DC Universe I know and love.
What really hurts BVS is that read more
Adrienne Corri
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Mar 26, 2016
I really don't write a lot of tribute posts when someone connected with the cinema dies, for the simple reason that it seems every single day a number of people prominent in filmed entertainment pass away. If I wrote tribute posts to all of them this blog would be nothing more than an obituary. I do read more