Cry Macho is a Western drama film from 2021 directed, produced, and starring one of the screens biggest icons Clint Eastwood. The screenplay is based on the 1975 novel by N. Richard Nash which was under the same name. The plot follows a former rodeo star Mike Milo (Clint Eastwood, Any Which Way but Loose,…
Ben Reads the Horror Classics: Anubis Mongrels in Black and Yellow
Welcome to another trip through the annals of horror history. One thing I wanted to touch on in this bunch is that some of the books in this list may not be what it classically thought of as horror necessarily. In this bunch specifically, Tim Powers’ fantasy/sci-fi/horror/wtf amalgamation is an example, but there are many…
It’s a Gift Blu-ray review
Iconic comedian W.C. Fields is up to his crazy antics again alongside his crazy family and Baby LeRoy (The Old Fashioned Way) in It’s a Gift. This comedy film is about an unhappy grocery clerk who inherits some money to invest in oranges! Harold Bissonette (W.C. Fields, The Bank Dick), (constantly mispronounced by his annoying…
Deported Blu-ray review
Deported is a 1950 film noir directed by the great Robert Siodmak. This was one of Siodmak’s last American movies. The film is loosely based on the deportation of Mafia kingpin Lucky Luciano. Jeff Chandler in Italy where he falls for two beautiful women in-between a crime scheme! In this picture, Vic Smith aka Vittorio…
Night Has a Thousand Eyes Blu-ray review
Night Has a Thousand Eyes is a 1948 supernatural film with noir overtones, starring Edward G. Robinson, Gail Russell and John Lund and directed by John Farrow. In this movie the great Edward G. Robinson plays a prophet! John Triton (Edward G. Robinson, Soylent Green) is “The Mental Wizard”, a fortune teller at a nightclub….
Among the Living Blu-ray review
It’s Albert Dekker times two in the 1941 film noir Among the Living where he plays identical twin brothers Paul and John Raden. The film’s theme is about living with mental illness as Paul Raden is the psychotic twin brother of John. This film is directed by Stuart Heisler who was responsible for some great…
The Mad Doctor Blu-ray review
The Mad Doctor is an obscure 1940 thriller about a doctor who marries wealthy women, only to murder them, and receiving their fortune. Sounds like a Bluebeard type to me! The film is directed by Tim Whelen and has a few legendary and iconic actors including Basil Rathbone, Ralph Morgan, and John Howard. The film…
Angels with Dirty Faces Blu-ray review
In the late thirties, James Cagney was a major star for Warner Brothers, while Humphrey Bogart’s star was on the rise, basically playing gangsters or crooked characters for most films he acted in. With Angels with Dirty Faces, the two stars were paired together along with screen legends Pat O’Brien, Ann Sheridan and the Dead…
The Spider Woman Strikes Back Blu-ray review
The Spider Woman Strikes Back is a 1946 horror film starring Gale Sondergaard. Even though the film has a similar title and the same actor in Sondergaard, the film is not a sequel to the Sherlock Holmes film, The Spider Woman. But it’s just as much fun! Jean Kingsley (Brenda Joyce, Tarzan and the Amazons,…
Mystery of Edwin Drood Blu-ray review
Based on Charles Dickens novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood is the story of man addicted to opium who is obsessed with a beautiful young girl and is willing to commit murder to have her. Charles Dickens passed away before he could finish his novel, but the film was made despite the lack of an…