I dig into more Universal monsters this week to the first sequel to The Mummy. Released in 1940, The Mummy’s Hand features Tom Tyler as the Mummy. It’s hard to come down on anyone’s side on this one nowadays. The ‘heroes’ are led by an archeologist, Steve Banning (Dick Foran) who is a snappily-dressed American…
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Spotlight (2015) – Tom McCarthy
I love a good movie about newspapers and journalism, and when that movie is also grounded in an actual investigation, well it just gets that much better. There was a time I imagined that I could be a reporter and perhaps that’s why movies of this nature resonate with me. Spotlight, which took home Best…
The Final Conflict (1981) – Graham Baker
Sam Neill made his North American film debut with the third installment in The Omen series. This one saw Dick Donner as the film’s exectuive producer, and Jerry Goldsmith delivering hi third score for the series moves away from the chanting to deliver a bit more of a majestical piece. Damien Thorn (Neill) is now…
The Mind Reels 