Atragon: The Super Submarine That Flies...and Drills!

Atragon's flying submarine.The 1963 Japanese sci fi adventure Atragon is another one of those movies that played frequently on television when I was a youngster. Like many of those films, it seemingly disappeared into the ether for several decades before popping up unexpectedly on Amazon Prime Video... Read full article

The Super Inframan (1975, Hua Shan)

Until the third act, Super Inframan at least keeps a brisk pace. The movie’s got almost nothing going for it—other than Chen Yung—yu frankly courageous very seventies score and even it’s a small blip of goodness, not a positive feature—but at least it moves. It doesn’t drag through the e... Read full article

The Super Inframan (1975, Hua Shan)

Until the third act, Super Inframan at least keeps a brisk pace. The movie’s got almost nothing going for it—other than Chen Yung—yu frankly courageous very seventies score and even it’s a small blip of goodness, not a positive feature—but at least it moves. It doesn’t drag through the e... Read full article

Quickie Review – The Super Cops (1974)

Part buddy cop movie, part let’s fight police corruption movie, The Super Cops works pretty well as at least light entertainment. This is definitely one time where you should think Starsky and Hutch much more than say Serpico or even Lethal Weapon. The setting is early 70s New York, and newly ... Read full article

Frank Leon Smith, the Superman of Spinning Serial Scripts!

Frank Leon Smith Frank Leon Smith was a short story writer,[1] and he worked for the Adams Newspaper Service,[2] which was a syndicator of columns to various newspapers across the country.  Mr. Smith had nearly twenty short stories published before his first scenario was filmed. He was considered a... Read full article