Warren Adler’s dark comedy novel gets another big screen adaptation. It has previously been adapted to film by Danny DeVito and starred his Romancing the Stone co-stars Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner. This time out, Olivia Coleman and Benedict Cumberbatch take on the lead roles of the Roses, a married couple who when adversity hits,…
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The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) – Sidney Lanfield
I’ll be honest, I had never seen one of Basil Rathbone’s Sherlock Holmes before. So I figured why not go back to the beginning and check out his first film, and perhaps explore more of his turn as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s iconic character – he did fourteen films. And joining him as Watson, who…
Dracula’s Daughter (1936) – Lambert Hillyer
John Landis Monsters in the Movies, available from DK Canada, keeps the fangs coming with this next title from the Vampire section of his book. This 1936 film is supposed to pick up shortly after the close of 1931’s Dracula (despite the fact that it was set in the 19th century, and this film is…
The Mind Reels Ole Timey Theatre presents Sherlock Holmes
In case you missed the iTunes audio podcast, or just wanted to see how goofy things actually get in the studio when you bring in four awesome actors, to play with a decades old script here is the full video from our radio play featuring Kristian Bruun, Gabe Grey, Rainbow Sun Francks, and Noah Danby….
The Mind Reels Ole Timey Radio Theatre – Flash Gordon Episode 1
Sue and I have been loving these old radio plays with our friends, and this week, we were delighted to be joined by three amazing, and funny women who brought their A game to place with us as we took on a 1935 radio adaptation of the comic serial, Flash Gordon. Now Sue and…
Airwolf (1986) – Hawke’s Run, Break-In at Santa Paula and The Girl Who Fell From the Sky
We come to the end of Airwolf this week (there’s a couple of episodes missing from Netflix, so these are the last three for review), and it’s time to say goodbye to Stringfellow Hawke (Jan-Michael Vincent), Dominic Santini (Ernest Borgnine) and Caitlin O’Shannessey (Jean Bruce Scott) before we return to Hawaii and resume our…
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