Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on February 13, 2024

Walter Huston is the Devil and Edward Arnold is Daniel Webster in "The Devil and Daniel Webster" The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941) is a film fantasy based on the short story by Stephen Vincent Benet by the same name. The film was directed by William Dieterle and starred an...   read more

Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on October 16, 2022

(1940) Directed by: Jean Yarbrough; Written by John T. Neville; Story by George Bricker; Starring: Bela Lugosi, Suzanne Kaaren, Dave O’Brien, Donald Kerr, Yolande Mallott (Donlan) and Guy Usher; Available on Blu-ray and DVD. Rating: *** Note: This r   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on September 5, 2022

This is another early Paramount film starring Carole Lombard, released in 1931. It reunites Lombard with Norman Foster and Skeets Gallagher, her co-stars from IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE--but that fact is nothing to get excited about. Norman Foster is Steve Merrick, a regular guy who has aspirations to be   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on November 23, 2021

Felix Feist is a relatively obscure figure today and the only reason I’ve come to him has to do with two B films he was attached to, The Devil Thumbs a Ride and The Threat released two years later. As a Southern Californian, I might obtain more glee out of name...   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on June 26, 2021

Perhaps the strangest entry in Severin's THE EUROCRYPT OF CHRISTOPHER LEE Blu-ray box set is CHALLENGE THE DEVIL, a 1963 Italian film so obscure that most Lee fans have never heard of it, let alone seen it. The movie is a bizarre concoction, with a first act that has something...   read more

Backlots Posted by Lara on May 21, 2021

When I first saw The Devil and Miss Jones several years ago, I found myself wondering how I could have missed such a funny, smart, compelling film for so long. Though seeming to have all the hallmarks of an instant classic, The Devil and Miss Jones is one of those...   read more

Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on July 10, 2020

(2010) Directed by Jee-woon Kim; Written by Hoon-jung Park; Adapted by Jee-woon Kim; Starring: Byung-hun Lee, Min-sik Choi, Gook-hwan Jeon, Joon-hyuk Lee, In-seo Kim and Bo-ra Nam; Available on Blu-ray and DVD Rating: **** “Because these characters need to express their self-perceived p   read more

Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on February 27, 2020

In 2011, I announced I was trying to see every film released in 1939. This new series chronicles films released in 1939 as I watch them. As we start out this blog feature, this section may become more concrete as I search for a common thread that runs throughout each film...   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on February 16, 2020

Joan Collins appeared in a number of 1970s horror films: TALES FROM THE CRYPT, DARK PLACES, TALES THAT WITNESS MADNESS, EMPIRE OF THE ANTS....but the weirdest and worst of all has to be a 1975 British production that was known in America as THE DEVIL WITHIN HER. Why is this...   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on February 5, 2020

Operation Crossbow (1965) This fast-paced, intense action thriller makes better use of its big cast than your typical all-star production. It plugs its characters into the story with smooth logic and always with an eye on moving the narrative forward with satisfying efficiency. The film is loosely   read more

Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on October 10, 2019

Christopher Lee as the hero. Upon his return to London, Rex Van Ryn learns from the Duc de Richleau (Christopher Lee) that their mutual friend Simon has been a mysterious recluse for the last three months. The duo motor over to a country estate recently purchased by Simon and interrupt...   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on September 29, 2019

According to the opening titles, The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil is based on a true story, which is—I assume—why it takes place in 2005. The story, about a cop (Kim Mu-yeol) and his least favorite gangster (Ma Dong-seok) teaming up to take down a serial killer, comes off like...   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on September 29, 2019

According to the opening titles, The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil is based on a true story, which is—I assume—why it takes place in 2005. The story, about a cop (Kim Mu-yeol) and his least favorite gangster (Ma Dong-seok) teaming up to take down a serial killer, comes off like...   read more

The Stop Button Posted by on September 29, 2019

According to the opening titles, The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil is based on a true story, which is—I assume—why it takes place in 2005. The story, about a cop (Kim Mu-yeol) and his least favorite gangster (Ma Dong-seok) teaming up to take down a serial killer, comes off like...   read more

The Stop Button Posted by on September 29, 2019

According to the opening titles, The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil is based on a true story, which is—I assume—why it takes place in 2005. The story, about a cop (Kim Mu-yeol) and his least favorite gangster (Ma Dong-seok) teaming up to take down a serial killer, comes off like...   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on December 22, 2018

The third and last of Millar’s three Paul Prye detective novels and the first of her three Inspector Sands novels, this has an opening chapter of which Ellery Queen in his/their pomp would have been mighty proud . . . of which any GAD novelist would have been proud. In...   read more

Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on August 30, 2018

I miss drive-in movies. Sure, you can still watch a movie at a drive-in, but no one shows drive-in movies anymore. I'm referring to the teen musicals, biker flicks, chase pictures, and fright fests that dominated the outdoor theatres of the late 1950s through the 1970s. These low-budget exploitation   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on August 22, 2018

The Devil in White is the penultimate Dick Tracy chapter, which is great. It means there’s only one left. And it even has an interesting cliffhanger. It doesn’t have an interesting cliffhanger resolve. It has another easy cliffhanger resolve; I don’t think the serial’s had a single good resolve. Bu   read more

Stardust and Shadows Posted by Terry on June 27, 2018

This picture Directed by Sam Wood for RKO STUDIOS is an odd film to view.  Not so much because of the  story which is of a Millionaire goes undercover at his own store to find the people responsible for hanging his effigy from a  street light as protest but  because...   read more

Critica Retro Posted by Lê on November 22, 2017

O Diabo e a Carne / Flesh and the Devil (1926) Nós, enquanto cinéfilos, estamos sempre fazendo escolhas. Temos de escolher nosso filme favorito, atriz, ator, diretor, roteirista, dupla e década favorita da história do cinema. E então vamos um passo adiante e temos de escolher nosso filme favo   read more