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Grading the DC Extended Universe
Ever since the success of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Warner Brothers has been trying to play catch up with their own DC Extended Universe. This is despite the fact that WB has owned the film rights...
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Spotlight On: Myrna Loy
Having moved to Los Angeles in her early teens, Myrna Loy quickly caught the acting bug and as she got older, Loy tried to move into the burgeoning movie industry. For a long stretch in her early...
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Book Review: Bad Man by Dathan Auerbach
Five years ago, Ben experienced the horror of losing his three-year-old brother in the local grocery store. One second the child was there and an instant later he is gone, leaving Ben with a guilty...
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Defunct Marvel Publishing Lines
Over there long and storied history Marvel Comics has made interesting attempts to branch out and try something different. In doing so they have launched different publishing lines to shake things up,...
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Vertigo: The Defining Comics
In 1993 editor Karen Berger shook the comic world forever. Wanting to publish comics that did not fit the mainstream model, she was given the green light from DC Comics to start her own separate...
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Five Strange Tourist Attractions
Summer is officially here and it is time for us to load up our cars and hit the road. While you may have a destination in mind you might also want to stop someplace strange and different. If this is...
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Retro Review: ‘His Kind of Woman’
By 1951, film noir was set in stone as a solid genre of filmdom and famed eccentric millionaire Howard Hughes wanted in on the act. As the owner of RKO, he turned to the studio’s most successful...
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Grading Robin Hood Movies
A heroic figure who has been remembered and talked about for centuries, Robin Hood has provided countless storytellers with material to work with. Over the decades this has also applied to cinema and...
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Classic Scene: Unmasking the Phantom
Unmasking the Phantom Phantom of the Opera (1925) Dir. Rupert Julian (uncredited Lon Chaney) The Scene: Rising opera star Christine (Mary Philbin) finds herself in the lair of the fabled Phantom (Lon...
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Actors Who Quit Hollywood
It seems as though in the acting profession few people truly ever quit. Usually as actors and actresses grow older they just appear in fewer and fewer movies until they pass away. But sometimes the...
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The Outer Limits Top 10 Episodes
Do not attempt to adjust your set, we are in control……and after all this is a computer/tablet/phone you are reading not a television. From 1963-1965 the science fiction anthology show the Outer Limits...
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Creepy Mysteries: Houska Castle
Constructed over 700 years ago Houska Castle in the Czech Republic is built over a chasm, which for centuries those who live in the area leads straight to Hell itself. Before anything else was on this...
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Classic Scene: The Grapefruit Scene
The Grapefruit Scene The Public Enemy (1931) Directed by William A. Wellman The Scene: Despite the objections of his war hero brother, Tom Powers (James Cagney) is growing quite accustomed to the...
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Spotlight On: Charlie Chaplin
Born to a family of unsuccessful entertainers in London, Charles Spencer Chaplin would find the urge to perform early on in his life. As soon as he was old enough, Chaplin travelled the world on the...
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Cryptozoology and the Law
When discussing cryptozoological animals in a group, the idea inevitably comes up of shooting such a creature and claiming a reward. To some this may sound like a doable idea, however many regions...
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Retro Review: ‘Lady Street Fighter’
In 1975, B-movie director James Bryan made the movie, Deadly Games. It was promptly locked in a vault so that nobody would have to suffer it. That is until 1981, wanting to ride the coattails of the...
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Book Review: The Siren and the Specter
On the banks of the Rappahannock River stands the infamous Alexander House. For centuries it has built a reputation as one of the most haunted houses in America. As the tale goes, a sadist known as...
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Retro Review: ‘Alone in the Dark’
The early 1980’s proved to be an interesting time for horror, the gritty exploitation films of the 70’s still had a powerful legacy while the slasher genre was only growing in popularity. It was...
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Retro Review: ‘The Uninvited’
Imagine finding a large old spooky house on a beautiful plot of land. You are lucky enough to find out it is not only for sale but the owner is willing to give you a steep discount, despite the anxious...
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Retro Review: ‘The Flying Guillotine’
One of the things I love about the Shaw Brothers martial arts flicks is the use of elaborate and often ridiculous weaponry. While they may be impractical in a real fight, these weapons always looked...
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