Phantom Empires Posted by Clayton on August 2, 2016

What, another list?!?  15 great films, in the post-1979  wasteland! 8/2/2016 0 Comments As I usually write about what some call “classic' films, I'll begin by explaining why this list needs to be. 1) It doesn't,   read more

Phantom Empires Posted by Clayton on July 27, 2016

My Top Ten Cowboy Stars - Yep, another o' them internet lists... 7/27/2016 0 Comments I've found it common on film blogs to make lists, so this year I've done a few, just for the fun of it. Recently I've been watching   read more

Phantom Empires Posted by Clayton on July 22, 2016

The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936) 7/22/2016 0 Comments I'm a bit of a history buff. I love times past, the pathways of human endeavour and all that sort of thing, to a degree that one might describe as pathologica   read more

Phantom Empires Posted by Clayton on June 7, 2016

Edith Hunter of THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP 6/7/2016 12 Comments Every once in a while some film fan will regale me with some tale o' love and obsession with some film star or character, insisting upon   read more

Phantom Empires Posted by Clayton on May 28, 2016

Western legends on the Iron Horse! 5/28/2016 0 Comments Hoss on a mini! I'm a big fan of westerns, from epics like THE BIG COUNTRY with Gregory Peck, to b-reel programmers like RAWHIDE, with the baseball legend Lou   read more

Phantom Empires Posted by Clayton on February 16, 2016

Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) 2/16/2016 28 Comments Today is an odd period for science, I think. People in social media proclaim that they "effin'" love it, and more often than otherwise, the new bre   read more

Phantom Empires Posted by Clayton on February 14, 2016

Nomads of the North (1920) A James Oliver Curwood Mountie Silent! 2/14/2016 0 Comments This is the first silent film Mountie review on Phantom Empires, I'm pleased to report. There are apparently quite a number of   read more

Phantom Empires Posted by Clayton on February 14, 2016

Love Affair (1932)  The Humphrey Bogart Valentine's day coincidence 2/14/2016 0 Comments OK. So whether anyone believes me or not, last night, when I decided to do a review of this, the 1932 Bogart film LOVE AFFA   read more

Phantom Empires Posted by Clayton on February 10, 2016

Hollywood plays Chess! 2/10/2016 2 Comments It's pretty often that two or more of my interests cross paths; I do have a ton of hobbies and such-like, and I love it when they cross-pollinate. Obviously I enjoy movie   read more

Phantom Empires Posted by Clayton on February 9, 2016

Under Two Flags (1936)  Happy Birthday, Ronald Colman! 2/9/2016 2 Comments I did a review of the fantastic Foreign Legion film WE'RE IN THE LEGION NOW (HERE) a while back, and it was so fun that I thought I'd do ano   read more

Phantom Empires Posted by Clayton on February 8, 2016

A Yank in Libya (1942) 2/8/2016 0 Comments "I say, Mr. Malone, in this country, Allah is more important than a headline" Synopsis: A YANK IN LIBYA begins with a chase. A wise-cracking, hard-fisted America   read more

Phantom Empires Posted by Clayton on February 8, 2016

Take a Hard Ride (1975) 2/8/2016 0 Comments There are differing philosophies regarding what makes something good. Some contend that if one enjoys something, then it is good, regardless of quality, while others belie   read more

Phantom Empires Posted by Clayton on February 3, 2016

Nine Hours to Rama ~ (1963) The Death of Ghandi 2/3/2016 0 Comments I'll start off this review of the 1963 British film 9 HOURS TO RAMA with a caveat of sorts. I have not generally minded, in a general sense a   read more

Phantom Empires Posted by Clayton on January 31, 2016

5 films I stumbled Upon...which Changed My Life 1/31/2016 3 Comments I don't normally do "list" posts (usually done as site fillers, it seems), but after my westerns list (HERE), I thought I'd try another...it took   read more

Phantom Empires Posted by Clayton on January 27, 2016

The Hunting Party (1971) 1/27/2016 0 Comments I made a mildly prophetic statement in my review of the fantastic Oliver Reed movie, THE TRAP. "if a movie is still bad after twenty minutes, I will shut it off, w   read more

Phantom Empires Posted by Clayton on January 26, 2016

The Trap (1966) 1/26/2016 0 Comments I'm one of those people that, if a movie is still bad after twenty minutes, I will shut it off, walk away, and never look back. Once it passes that point, having managed to ho   read more

Phantom Empires Posted by Clayton on January 25, 2016

Northwest Rangers (1942)  The O Canada Blogathon 1/25/2016 6 Comments Relatively hot on the tail of the shockingly fantastic 1953 James Craig 'North-Western' FORT VENGEANCE (got from the Warner Archive), I wanted to   read more

Phantom Empires Posted by Clayton on January 23, 2016

Buffalo Rider (1976/77)  A nod to Dan Haggerty ~ R.I.P. 1/23/2016 0 Comments In honour of the sad, recent death of Dan Haggerty, best known from his role as Grizzly Adams on the show of the same name, I thought I'd   read more

Phantom Empires Posted by Clayton on January 23, 2016

Western Films...a list of Favourites by Decade 1/23/2016 6 Comments   read more

Phantom Empires Posted by Clayton on January 20, 2016

Taras Bulba (2009)  Hardcore Cossack action 1/20/2016 0 Comments Having loved the fantastic 1962 version of the Nikolai Gogol novel TARAS BULBA, I thought it would be fun to present the more recent version, in spite   read more