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I was very excited when I first heard that Kino was going to release THE VIKINGS (1958) on Blu-ray through their Studio Classics line. I hadn't seen THE VIKINGS in a while--for some reason this movie is rarely shown on television--and seeing it in HD widescreen was a treat. THE VIKINGS is pure rip- read more

A few days ago I purchased the latest issue of the Official John Wayne Magazine. This issue is notable because it attempts to rank every single one of the Duke's films, in order of excellence. John Wayne has one of the largest film credits list of any major Hollywood star, so this ranking is a major read more

The first Hitless Wonder Movie Podcast was so popular that--no one on the internet made any comments about it. The second one featuring Paul Lyzun and your humble blog writer clocks in at a mind-numbing 90 minutes, and despite its length, we still never got to talk about most of the stuff we planned read more

When it comes to Kaiju (giant monster) cinema, I own most of the Godzilla and Gamera movies on home video. I also have British Kaiju movies, American Kaiju movies....I even have a Danish Kaiju movie (the notorious REPTILICUS). Kino Studio Classics has now released on Blu-ray a South Korean Kaiju mov read more

On Friday, March 4, I had the pleasure of attending a screening of the 1928 silent comedy SPEEDY, featuring Harold Lloyd. SPEEDY was Lloyd's last silent film, and while it is not as well known as other Lloyd classics such as SAFETY LAST or THE FRESHMAN, it remains one of the best comedies from that read more

Shout Factory has come out with a follow-up to their first two well-regarded Vincent Price Blu-ray sets. It's a bit surprising that there is a VINCENT PRICE COLLECTION III, simply because so many Price movie titles have been released in the last year or so by Kino. None of the movies on this set are read more

I've always though that the Academy Awards were overrated. Trying to pick the best film, or the best film performances, is like trying to pick the best painting of the year, or the best short story of the year. How does one even define best? What you and I may consider the best movie of the year wil read more

Earlier this week I took the opportunity to attend a screening of the 2015 documentary HITCHCOCK/TRUFFAUT. The film was shown at the Browning Cinema on the campus of the University of Notre Dame. HITCHCOCK/TRUFFAUT is also the name of one of the most famous books ever published concerning cinema. T read more

Those wishing to participate in the Movie Scientist Blogathon were given three groups of movie scientists to write about--the good, the mad, and the lonely. Due to my classic horror film leanings I had no choice but to pick the mad--and how could I not write a post about Lionel Atwill, the maddest H read more

Now that SPECTRE is out on home video, I feel it is time to discuss the movie in more detail, as I promised I would when I wrote a post on it during its theatrical release. (WARNING: Yes, there are spoilers ahead.) I have every single official James Bond film on home video, so of course I bought SP read more

I started a series of posts on the Star Wars Prequel trilogy in December, and I never got around to the last chapter. I realize this post is a tad late (heck, STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS isn't even the No. 1 movie at the box office anymore), but hey, what can you do? Does REVENGE OF THE SITH serv read more

I had been hearing a lot in recent weeks about THE ASSASSIN, a film from Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien. The movie is set in ancient China and concerns a young woman raised and trained to kill on command. Being a huge fan of titles such as CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON, I decided to see myself read more

Many of you know that Boris Karloff and Mae Clarke co-starred together in Universal's legendary 1931 version of FRANKENSTEIN. But what some of you may not know is that the two performers appeared in another Universal film the next year. NIGHT WORLD (1932), as far as I can tell, is unavailable on Ame read more

Barbara Stanwyck is one of my favorite movie stars of all time. I happen to believe that the lady was the greatest all-around actress in cinema history. The film which is the subject of this blogathon post, UNION PACIFIC, more than proves my point. UNION PACIFIC is a "Super Western" produced & read more

For a while now, my friend Paul G. Lyzun and I have discussed recording a Hitless Wonder Movie Podcast. (Paul, by the way, is the director of the acclaimed documentary WITHOUT CHARITY.) Last Saturday, we finally did it. We actually spent an hour rambling on, with no discernible rhyme or reason. Our read more

Kino Lorber keeps churning out Blu-ray releases of cult films from the 1960s. One of their latest, through their Scorpion label,  is a 1966 science-fiction/horror movie from American-International, QUEEN OF BLOOD. QUEEN OF BLOOD began with low-budget maestro Roger Corman's acquisition of vario read more

It's time for another personal favorite list. This one is on my favorite movie characters of all time. To pick ten from the millions of available choices wasn't easy, but if you have read my blog post on my ten all-time favorite films you'll probably figure out most of my choices. Remember that thi read more

Believe it or not, there are plenty of "old" movies that I have not seen. For some reason or another certain films never get shown on TV, or they do not have a high profile on home video. The 1965 epic LORD JIM is one of those films, at least in my experience. I had never seen this film before until read more

Quentin Tarantino's THE HATEFUL EIGHT is overlong, wildly uneven, and incredibly indulgent. It's a Tarantino movie on steroids. Those who believe that Tarantino is a genius will be fascinated by it, while those who are inclined to find the filmmaker's signature style annoying will consider sitting t read more

Once again it is time for me to reveal my personal top five DVD/Blu-rays of 2015. I've made a list like this every year since 2012. As usual, I need to remind everyone that my picks come from my own personal home video collection--in other words, the entries are limited to whatever I bought in the read more