The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on April 10, 2016

This is my 400th blog post. I can't believe I've written 400 of these things--I sometimes wonder if it's even worth it, but apparently there are a few folks out there who appreciate my humble efforts. Since this will be #400 I decided to do something special with it. About...   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on April 9, 2016

DONOVAN'S BRAIN is another one of those 1950s sci-fi movies I'm sure I saw for the first time on Svengoolie's show back in the 1980s. The title has just been re-issued on home video by Kino under their Studio Classics line (I bought the DVD version.) The movie is based...   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on April 8, 2016

Last night I ventured out once again to the Browning Cinema on the campus of the University of Notre Dame to see the new documentary INGRID BERGMAN: IN HER OWN WORDS. The film was directed by Stig Bjorkman and produced with the endorsement and participation of Bergman's four children. The...   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on April 6, 2016

Is DRACULA A.D. 1972 one of the best Hammer films ever made? Maybe not....but it's one of the most entertaining. The movie has taken quite a bit of critical drubbing over the years, but many Hammer fans now accept and even appreciate A.D. 1972's goofy mixture of Gothic horror and...   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on April 5, 2016

THE BLACK SLEEP (1956) is another one of those "monster rally" movies which feature several performers known for their horror film roles. Unfortunately most of the "Horror All-Stars" outings (such as SCREAM AND SCREAM AGAIN and HOUSE OF THE LONG SHADOWS) never live up to expectations, and neither do   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on March 29, 2016

Overlong, overstuffed, and unfocused, BATMAN V SUPERMAN: THE DAWN OF JUSTICE is, in the end, a frustrating film. Frustrating because it has moments--few of them though they may be--where it comes achingly close to accurately portraying the DC Universe I know and love. What really hurts BVS is that   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on March 26, 2016

I really don't write a lot of tribute posts when someone connected with the cinema dies, for the simple reason that it seems every single day a number of people prominent in filmed entertainment pass away. If I wrote tribute posts to all of them this blog would be nothing...   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on March 22, 2016

I was very excited when I first heard that Kino was going to release THE VIKINGS (1958) on Blu-ray through their Studio Classics line. I hadn't seen THE VIKINGS in a while--for some reason this movie is rarely shown on television--and seeing it in HD widescreen was a treat. THE...   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on March 19, 2016

A few days ago I purchased the latest issue of the Official John Wayne Magazine. This issue is notable because it attempts to rank every single one of the Duke's films, in order of excellence. John Wayne has one of the largest film credits list of any major Hollywood star,...   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on March 18, 2016

The first Hitless Wonder Movie Podcast was so popular that--no one on the internet made any comments about it. The second one featuring Paul Lyzun and your humble blog writer clocks in at a mind-numbing 90 minutes, and despite its length, we still never got to talk about most of...   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on March 10, 2016

When it comes to Kaiju (giant monster) cinema, I own most of the Godzilla and Gamera movies on home video. I also have British Kaiju movies, American Kaiju movies....I even have a Danish Kaiju movie (the notorious REPTILICUS). Kino Studio Classics has now released on Blu-ray a South Korean Kaiju...   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on March 7, 2016

On Friday, March 4, I had the pleasure of attending a screening of the 1928 silent comedy SPEEDY, featuring Harold Lloyd. SPEEDY was Lloyd's last silent film, and while it is not as well known as other Lloyd classics such as SAFETY LAST or THE FRESHMAN, it remains one of...   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on February 29, 2016

Shout Factory has come out with a follow-up to their first two well-regarded Vincent Price Blu-ray sets. It's a bit surprising that there is a VINCENT PRICE COLLECTION III, simply because so many Price movie titles have been released in the last year or so by Kino. None of the...   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on February 27, 2016

I've always though that the Academy Awards were overrated. Trying to pick the best film, or the best film performances, is like trying to pick the best painting of the year, or the best short story of the year. How does one even define best? What you and I may...   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on February 21, 2016

Earlier this week I took the opportunity to attend a screening of the 2015 documentary HITCHCOCK/TRUFFAUT. The film was shown at the Browning Cinema on the campus of the University of Notre Dame. HITCHCOCK/TRUFFAUT is also the name of one of the most famous books ever published concerning cinema. T   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on February 20, 2016

Those wishing to participate in the Movie Scientist Blogathon were given three groups of movie scientists to write about--the good, the mad, and the lonely. Due to my classic horror film leanings I had no choice but to pick the mad--and how could I not write a post about Lionel...   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on February 13, 2016

Now that SPECTRE is out on home video, I feel it is time to discuss the movie in more detail, as I promised I would when I wrote a post on it during its theatrical release. (WARNING: Yes, there are spoilers ahead.) I have every single official James Bond film...   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on February 2, 2016

I started a series of posts on the Star Wars Prequel trilogy in December, and I never got around to the last chapter. I realize this post is a tad late (heck, STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS isn't even the No. 1 movie at the box office anymore), but hey,...   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on January 31, 2016

I had been hearing a lot in recent weeks about THE ASSASSIN, a film from Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien. The movie is set in ancient China and concerns a young woman raised and trained to kill on command. Being a huge fan of titles such as CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON,...   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on January 23, 2016

Many of you know that Boris Karloff and Mae Clarke co-starred together in Universal's legendary 1931 version of FRANKENSTEIN. But what some of you may not know is that the two performers appeared in another Universal film the next year. NIGHT WORLD (1932), as far as I can tell, is...   read more