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My Early Nineties Movie Chart (Or Once A Film Geek, Always A Film Geek)
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Aug 4, 2015
While going through some stuff looking for some other stuff, I came across a historic find--my attempt to list all the movies I had seen at a theater during the late 80s and the early 90s. Each time I would go see a movie, I would write down the title, the exact date I had seen it, and a rating from read more
The British Invaders Blogathon: WHERE EAGLES DARE
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Aug 1, 2015
Does the 1969 movie WHERE EAGLES DARE qualify as a British film? Well, the man who is running this blogathon says it does. Most of the film was shot at MGM's British Studios in Borehamwood, England. Much of the cast & crew of WHERE EAGLES DARE were British.
But more importantly the movie is par read more
Sherlock Holmes: My Personal Favorites
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Jul 30, 2015
Seeing Ian McKellen in MR. HOLMES has inspired me to write a post on my favorite portrayals of Arthur Conan Doyle's famous detective. I have limited myself to five choices, and I have included portrayals from television.
1. BASIL RATHBONE
Without a doubt Basil Rathbone is THE Sherlock Holmes. Es read more
MR. HOLMES
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Jul 27, 2015
The star and director of GODS AND MONSTERS, Ian McKellen and Bill Condon, re-unite for a look at an elderly Sherlock Holmes in MR. HOLMES.
This movie, based on a novel by Mitch Cullin, is set in 1947 England, where a 93-year old Sherlock Holmes keeps bees on a farm in Sussex. The great detective ha read more
ENGLISH GOTHIC (The Revised New Edition)
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Jul 21, 2015
I'm often asked, "How do you know so much about old horror movies?" Well, I've watched just about every single one of them, and I've read just about every single book about them. I actually started reading about old horror movies before I saw most of them, back in the 1980s when I was a kid.
At tha read more
Book Review: FANTASTIC FILMS OF THE DECADES--Volume 1: The Silent Era
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Jul 14, 2015
Peveril Publishing is committed to producing high-end collectible books that focus on the film genres of horror and science-fiction. I have two books from the company--THE PETER CUSHING SCRAPBOOK, which I wrote a blog post on in June 2013, and HAMMER FILMS ON LOCATION, a must-have for any true fan o read more
THE CRIMSON CULT (AKA CURSE OF THE CRIMSON ALTAR) On Blu-ray
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Jul 12, 2015
Okay. Say you've got a horror movie--and it is co-produced by two companies well versed in cinematic exploitation, Tigon and American-International. And say that this horror movie stars Boris Karloff, Christopher Lee, Barbara Steele, and Michael Gough. This has got to be one of the best horror movie read more
The BATMAN V. SUPERMAN Comic-Con Trailer
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Jul 11, 2015
So here I am, writing another blog on a movie that won't even be released in almost a year. And this is....what, the third or fourth time I've written something about this movie already? And we all know, once it finally does come out, I'll just spend a bunch of time whining and moaning about it. So read more
The 80th Anniversary Of BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Jul 7, 2015
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the original theatrical release of BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN. A couple weeks ago at Monster Bash, I was privileged to listen to esteemed classic film historian Gregory Mank give a talk on the making of the film.
BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN is one of my top ten favorite read more
Political Correctness And Classic Film
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Jul 3, 2015
The inspiration for this post is the recent movement to eliminate the Confederate Battle Flag in response to the horrible murders in Charleston, South Carolina. This movement has spread into the world of popular entertainment, with the cable channel TV Land deciding to no longer air reruns of THE DU read more
Political Correctness And Classic Film
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Jul 3, 2015
The inspiration for this post is the recent movement to eliminate the Confederate Battle Flag in response to the horrible murders in Charleston, South Carolina. This movement has spread into the world of popular entertainment, with the cable channel TV Land deciding to no longer air reruns of THE DU read more
Monster Bash June 2015
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Jun 23, 2015
For the third year in a row, I attended the summer Monster Bash Conference held in Mars, Pennsylvania on the weekend of June 19-21. Once again I got together at the Bash with independent filmmaker Joshua Kennedy. At the October 2014 Monster Bash Josh got the great privilege to be able to shoot a vid read more
Monster Bash June 2015
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Jun 23, 2015
For the third year in a row, I attended the summer Monster Bash Conference held in Mars, Pennsylvania on the weekend of June 19-21. Once again I got together at the Bash with independent filmmaker Joshua Kennedy. At the October 2014 Monster Bash Josh got the great privilege to be able to shoot a vid read more
WATERLOO
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Jun 18, 2015
On this day exactly 200 years ago, a large Anglo-Allied army under the command of Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, fought Napoleon Bonaparte's Armee du Nord twelve miles south of Brussles in what is now Belgium. The huge battle changed the course of European history, and it is the subject of a read more
WATERLOO
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Jun 18, 2015
On this day exactly 200 years ago, a large Anglo-Allied army under the command of Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, fought Napoleon Bonaparte's Armee du Nord twelve miles south of Brussles in what is now Belgium. The huge battle changed the course of European history, and it is the subject of a read more
JURASSIC WORLD
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Jun 16, 2015
JURASSIC WORLD isn't so much a sequel to JURASSIC PARK as it is a 21st Century re-doing of Steven Spielberg's classic summer blockbuster. To fit modern film making sensibilities, the park is now "live", and there's tons of guests, and a lot more dinosaurs. Instead of having scientists as the main ch read more
JURASSIC WORLD
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Jun 16, 2015
JURASSIC WORLD isn't so much a sequel to JURASSIC PARK as it is a 21st Century re-doing of Steven Spielberg's classic summer blockbuster. To fit modern film making sensibilities, the park is now "live", and there's tons of guests, and a lot more dinosaurs. Instead of having scientists as the main ch read more
Sir Christopher Lee (1922-2015)
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Jun 11, 2015
What can I say about this man that hasn't already been said by untold numbers of people throughout the world today?
Christopher Lee wasn't just a guy who appeared in a whole bunch of monster movies--he was a personal hero to me.
He served in World War II. He was an extremely intelligent man who wa read more
Sir Christopher Lee (1922-2015)
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Jun 11, 2015
What can I say about this man that hasn't already been said by untold numbers of people throughout the world today?
Christopher Lee wasn't just a guy who appeared in a whole bunch of monster movies--he was a personal hero to me.
He served in World War II. He was an extremely intelligent man who wa read more
How I Drifted Away From THE SIMPSONS
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Jun 10, 2015
For those of you thinking, "What is he writing a blog on THE SIMPSONS for?? This is a movie blog!"--hey, it's my blog, and I can do whatever I want. Besides, there was a Simpsons movie, which I'll get to.
Anyway, there has been a lot of Simpsons news lately, starting with the revelation that Harry read more