Phantom Empires Posted by Clayton on January 17, 2016

CARYL OF THE MOUNTAINS (1936)  Rin-Tin-Tin Jr. 1/17/2016 0 Comments When I was a kid, forty-or-so years ago, Rin-Tin-Tin was a name that popped up in my universe quite a bit. Along with the likes of Howdy Doody,   read more

Phantom Empires Posted by Clayton on January 17, 2016

When Eight Bells Toll (1971)  Anthony Hopkins...super spy 1/17/2016 2 Comments Anthony Hopkins, over his long and varied career, has greatly earned my respect. I am, of course, a fan of his gleefully mad Hannibal L   read more

Phantom Empires Posted by Clayton on January 6, 2016

Breezy ~ 1973      Clint Eastwood loves love! 1/6/2016 2 Comments When I saw this film listed on YouTube, it seemed as if I'd heard about it somehow in my youth. I'm a 70's kid, and I have billions of micro-memori   read more

Phantom Empires Posted by Clayton on January 1, 2016

Chinatown...a bit of a revelation!  (Addendum: The Two Jakes) 1/1/2016 2 Comments I have to say that I don't like to review, generally speaking, films that have this much fame attached to them. I figure that they'   read more

Phantom Empires Posted by Clayton on December 31, 2015

Happy New year!  2015 to 2016! 12/31/2015 0 Comments Another year gone by, with another pile of killer films in the can. I've been busier watching than writing, with a move to a new city, Fargo (which has p   read more

Phantom Empires Posted by Clayton on December 28, 2015

Pimpernel Smith ~ 1941 12/28/2015 2 Comments What a stunningly good film! Hot on the heels of the OTHER Leslie Howard version of the Pimpernel story (from 1934, which I reviewed HERE), this one from 1941 takes th   read more

Phantom Empires Posted by Clayton on November 18, 2015

William Boyd ~ The Yankee Clipper (1927) 11/18/2015 2 Comments (This is a look-back review...I was thinking about it, so I thought I'd repost!)It, ladies and gentleman, is the birthday of   read more

Phantom Empires Posted by Clayton on October 28, 2015

The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934) 10/28/2015 4 Comments “They seek him here, they seek him there, Those Frenchies seek him everywhereIs he in heaven or is he in hell? That demned elusive Pimpernel”   read more

Phantom Empires Posted by Clayton on October 23, 2015

MASSACRE TIME - 1966 10/23/2015 0 Comments I was told a quote once by a friend, and I'm paraphrasing here, "if the Western myth- ologised the west, then the Spaghetti Western mythologised the Western". I was never g   read more

Phantom Empires Posted by Clayton on April 15, 2015

Stranglers of Bombay (1959) 4/15/2015 4 Comments Recently I was digging though my discs looking for something to watch. I have tons of great stuff, but the mood monster being what it is, my eyes rolled over the tit   read more

Phantom Empires Posted by Clayton on November 26, 2014

In Old Arizona (1929) ~ The Cisco Kid...Oscar Winner??? 11/26/2014 11 Comments "Cisco Kid was a friend of mine" ~ The Chicano band WAR ~ song: 'Cisco Kid' Along with the lyrics   read more

Phantom Empires Posted by Clayton on November 25, 2014

THE BRITISH EMPIRE BLOGATHON! 11/25/2014 1 Comment It's here! What a great bunch of writing so far! I'm a bit in crisis mode since my laptop died last month (I'm in a town 50 miles from   read more

Phantom Empires Posted by Clayton on November 10, 2014

Reminder - The British Empire Blogathon Coming Soon!  11/10/2014 1 Comment Hullo, chaps! Just a friendly reminder from Jeff at THE STALKING MOON and myself that the "British Empire in Fil   read more

Phantom Empires Posted by Clayton on October 4, 2014

Dick Powell in MRS. MIKE (1949) ~ A simple Canadian Romance 10/4/2014 10 Comments This is the second of my two posts for the O CANADA BLOGATHON; read the first HERE, if so inclined. You know what? I just   read more

Phantom Empires Posted by Clayton on October 3, 2014

Fort Vengeance (1953) ~ James Craig, Reginald Denny 10/3/2014 20 Comments This is the first of two posts for the O CANADA Blogathon. The next, a Dick Powell Mountie film, can be read HERE Ahh, the 1950's.   read more

Phantom Empires Posted by Clayton on September 28, 2014

The Top Worst classic Film Accents: The British edition, Vol. 1 9/28/2014 3 Comments The British accent, in film at least, is one of the most distinctive speaking voices on Earth. I'm referring not just to th   read more

Phantom Empires Posted by Clayton on September 13, 2014

ANNOUNCEMENT:  The British Empire Blogathon! 9/13/2014 46 Comments They said that the sun never sets on the British Empire; well, in a different sense it did, as it no longer exists. There was a lot of amazing c   read more

Phantom Empires Posted by Clayton on September 8, 2014

Film Bloggery ~ Notes to myself #1 9/8/2014 0 Comments When I started this blogging thing back in 2010, I really had no idea what I was doing; layout, style, editing, posting, and especially writing, were nothi   read more

Phantom Empires Posted by Clayton on September 7, 2014

We're in the Legion Now (1936) 9/7/2014 2 Comments I'm on a roll this week with great pulpy adventure pictures! I just had the pleasure of watching the 1936 French Foreign Legion film, We're In the Legion Now, and   read more

Phantom Empires Posted by Clayton on September 6, 2014

Go-Get-'Em, Haines - William Boyd (1936) 9/6/2014 0 Comments Go-Get-em Haines is a fun b-reel-type picture from 1936; it stars the lovely Eleanor Hunt (who charmingly co-starred alongside John Wayne in the 1934 We   read more