Also known as It Came Without Warning and The Warning, Greydon Clark’s Without Warning is a precursor to 20TH Century Fox’s Predator. You might say Without Warning was a huge inspiration to Predator! In fact, Kevin Peter Hall, the actor that played the alien in this movie, went on to play Predator! The story…
The Alienist: Angel of Darkness Blu-ray review
Based on the novel of the same name by Caleb Carr, The Alienist: Angel of Darkness is the second season of The Alienist television series that takes place in the late 1800s, 1896 and 1897 respectively. The series is directed by David Caffrey and Claire Kilner and features the same core cast in Dakota Fanning,…
The Three Musketeers (1948) Blu-ray review
All for one and one for all! George Sidney’s The Three Musketeers is one of many screen adaptations of Alexandre Dumas’ 1844 novel under the same name. This version stars several screen legends and icons with Lana Turner, Gene Kelly, Van Heflin, Vincent Price, Gig Young and Gene Kelly, who here is in a non-singing…
School of Death Blu-ray review
School of Death aka El colegio de la Muerte is a Spanish horror thriller about a mad doctor lobotomizes women for sleazy purposes. The film was an obscurity for quite some time and after watching it, it should have stayed in the land of obscure films. Taking place in London in 1899, an orphanage sends…
Edge of Darkness (1943) Blu-ray review
Based on William Wood novel that was released one year prior, Lewis Milestone’s 1943 wartime drama Edge of Darkness, tells a tale of a German-occupied Norwegian village of Trollness where villagers have decided to fight back against them. It all begins when German soldiers fly over the village of Trollness, where they stop to investigate…
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm Blu-ray review
One of the great fantasy film’s by George Pal isThe Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm .The picture is a 1962 fantasy film directed by Henry Levin and George Pal with an amazing cast that includes Laurence Harvey, Claire Bloom, Barbara Eden Yvette Mimieux, Russ Tamblyn and Jim Backus, just to name a few. It…
A Star is Born 1937 Blu-ray review
William Wellman’s A Star is Born is a romantic drama from 1937 that stars screen legends Frederic March and Janet Gaynor. This picture was shot in Technicolor, making it that much more enjoyable to watch. This is the first version of the movie, having been remade in 1954,1976 and 2018. The story, for those who…
Gold Diggers of 1933 Blu-ray review
Mervyn LeRoy’s Gold Diggers of 1933 is a musical pre-code film with music by Harry Warren and lyrics by Al Dubin. It was staged and choreographed by the legendary Busby Berkeley. The film has an all-star cast with screen legends Warren William, Ginger Rogers, Dick Powell, Joan Blondell, and Ned Sparks. The film had often…
Captains of the Clouds Blu-ray review
Captains of the Clouds is one of the earliest War films after the United States entered World War II which tells the tragic tale of Canadian rugged bush pilots who bring their flying experience to the Royal Canadian Air Force. Screen icon James Cagney stars with many screen legends including Alan Hale, Dennis Morgan, George…
Stage Fright (1950 film) Blu-ray review
Stage Fright is a film drama from 1950 directed by the master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock. This is the story of a man who is accused of murder and a friend who wants to help prove his innocence! A struggling actress Eve Gill (screen legend Jane Wyman, The Yearling, The Lost Weekend) tries to help…