A vampiric double feature was the order of the day yesterday, as I continue my way through 101 Horror Movies, which allowed my first full visit with Count Orlock in Nosferatu, and revisiting Lugosi in Dracula. Of the two, Nosferatu is the superior film, and quite possibly my favorite silent film to date, well second favorite,…
Category: Did You See That?!? (Tv & Film)
Häxan (1922)
Haxan or Witchcraft Through The Ages is a Swedish silent film, that presents itself as a quasi-documentary, but left me feeling very uncomfortable, particularly in their presentation of the Inquisition, and their treatment of women they claimed were witches. This is another one of the films from the very enjoyable 101 Horror Movies that I…
A Spielberg Double Feature – Tintin & Joey
The Adventures of Tintin is the perfect Spielberg primer for families. It has all the wonder, mystery and fun one expects from The Beard, but is safe for families who may be worried about showing them odd looking E.T.s, violent fisticuffs in the 1930s, or menacing sharks. It’s Spielberg’s first animated film, though he has…
Doctor Who Christmas Special 2011
I do like my Doctor Who, anyone who knows me can testify to that, so it bothers me when I can’t rave about how much I love an episode of it. I did find that the second half of the last series didn’t completely blow me away, though there were lots of moments I liked,…
Tod Browning’s Freaks (1932)
So I’ve tackled one of the first films in my book of 101 Horror Movies You Must See Before You Die. While I wouldn’t describe Freaks as a horror movie in any real sense, they are some unsettling moments. The movie made the circuits as an exploitation film, something to ogle and stare at, like…
101 Horror Movies
One of the things I received this year for Christmas was this little book. And I thought, I would work my way through the titles I haven’t seen, watch them, and perhaps rewatch the ones I have seen, and work my way through the entire book, and blog about them as I went. I’m looking…
Trailers for the Holidays.
Movies, Books and tv shows… or toys related to them. If that’s what people get me for Christmas, they tend never to go wrong, and the Industry certainly delivered some fun stuff for me today… Starting with a return to the Shire… I got chills seeing Sir Ian as Gandalf again!! The Hobbit! Of course,…
Lost Girl Fall Finale 2×13 Barometz. Trick. Pressure.
Lost Girl had it’s mid-season finale this Sunday, and what a way to leave us hanging! They’ve ratcheted things up a notch, and there is now a palatable threat hanging over our band of heroes. SPOILERS!!!! I did notice that whether by design or not, the important humans in their lives have been moved out…
Fright Night (Remake & Original)
So this weekend, I finally sat down to watch the remake of Fright Night. I should point out that until Let The Right One In came along, the original Fright Night, from way back in 1985 and the one and only The Lost Boys, from 1987, were my all time favorite vampire movies, but…
Mission: Impossible 4 – Ghost Protocol (The IMAX Experience)
Brad Bird’s first live action film is a success. The Pixar director who was behind The Incredibles, and Ratatouille, and Warner’s The Iron Giant, brought his storytelling and action style to the big screen with the latest in the Mission: Impossible franchise. Tom Cruise returns as IMF agent Ethan Hunt in what may be the…
