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THE LIGHTHOUSE is one of the most frustrating viewing experiences I’ve had for a very long time. I’d been looking forward to seeing this movie ever since I’d first heard about it. I’ve loved lighthouses ever since I was a child and a film about lighthouse keepers set in the 19th century and shot inContinue reading “THE LIGHTHOUSE (2019): Robert Eggar’s Frustrating Follow Up To THE WITCH”

I have been a fan of Mary Pickford since I first read Kevin Brownlow’s book THE PARADE’S GONE BY way back in the 1960s. By the late 1980s when I finally got to see some of her silent films on VHS I became even more of a fan. It wasn’t until this century that herContinue reading “COQUETTE (1929): The First & Worst Of Mary Pickford’s 4 Sound Films”

THE FROZEN DEAD is another one of those movies that made an impression on me from seeing it on the small screen. By the time it was released (1967) I was in high school and had discovered British horror but I still had my roots in really low budget American horror movies. This film managedContinue reading “THE FROZEN DEAD Could Be Subtitled A Farewell To “Arms””

From the moment LEGENDS OF HORROR was announced I was looking forward to it with great expectation but I already had a few qualms regarding it. As has been well covered elsewhere Boris Karloff’s THE WALKING DEAD from 1936 should have been included in the set but I can live with THE RETURN OF DOCTORContinue reading “LEGENDS OF HORROR: A Great Set With Some Minor Issues”

As has often been pointed out, especially since the turn of the century with the renewed interest in silent movies, 1927’s THE JAZZ SINGER is not the first sound feature. It is a silent movie complete with title cards that has only a few sound sequences featuring Al Jolson singing although those scenes did hastenContinue reading “THE LIGHTS OF NEW YORK (1928): The FIRST True Talkie Is Still Of Interest Today”

When the Laemmle Family lost control of Universal Pictures in 1936 and his contract with them was at an end, Boris Karloff signed a one picture deal with Warner Brothers. That movie, THE WALKING DEAD directed by the legendary Michael Curtiz, was successful enough that the studio offered him a 4 picture deal. After finishingContinue reading “BORIS KARLOFF: Triple Feature Has Something To Offer”

Yet another 1930s film that I first saw on TV in the 1950s.. It was the first time that I had ever seen ballet on film and the first time that I had ever seen the great John Barrymore. My mother, who used to watch these movies with me and gave me my first backgroundContinue reading “THE MAD GENIUS: Long Unseen Follow-Up To SVENGALI Is Just As Bizarre”

While I wouldn’t call myself a Charles Bronson fan, I have enjoyed many of his movies thanks to the directors he has worked with. He worked with one of my favorite directors, Don Siegel, only once. That movie was this one, TELEFON, and it’s one that I can watch again and again because it isContinue reading “TELEFON: Charles Bronson & Don Siegel Are A Great Combination”

Of the countless number of late night low budget horror movies that I saw on TV as a kid, none scared me more than TORMENTED did. It’s basically a B movie version of 1944’s THE UNINVITED with a little of A PLACE IN THE SUN thrown in for good measure. Jazz pianist (Richard Carlson) isContinue reading “TORMENTED: Keep Away From The Lighthouse!”

While it’s great to have this WAC Lon Chaney set of 6 DVD-Rs available on the home market, it could have been a lot better. There are 2 significant problems with it from my perspective. First up is that 3 of the 6 films have had absolutely no upgrade in quality since they first appearedContinue reading “LON CHANEY: Warner Archive’s Latest Collection Could Have Been Better”