Monster of the Day #527
This scene is quite paneful.
Who Watches The Watch?
The opening paragraph of the Chicago Tribune review of this film mentions the awkwardness of releasing a film about a neighborhood watch following the Trayvon Martin shooting. “Timing is everything,” Michael Phillips… Read Article →
Monster of the Day #526
I briefly considered making a joke about the “Rolling Bones.” I have never come closer to just shuttering the site.
Monster of the Day #525
Is this why I’ve always wanted a fez and smocking jacket?* Maybe. [*Seriously, I have. However, good smoking jackets cost way too much dough.]
Rock Baker’s Video Cheese: The Deadly Mantis (1957)
“Universal International unleashes another mammoth insect upon 1950’s America. Peter Gunn is on hand to handle the situation.” The 1950’s were, in almost every way, the zenith of American pop culture. You’d… Read Article →
Monster of the Day #524
Who’s a good boy!
Monster of the Day #523
“Exxxcellent.”
Tuesdays with Lorre: Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962)
Following his cameo appearance in Irwin Allen’s craptastic The Story of Mankind (1957)—one of dozens of that movie’s ‘star’ turns—Peter Lorre became part of Allen’s stock company. We already examined Lorre’s negligible… Read Article →
Monster of the Day #522
Time to party down this week.
Monster of the Day #521
An interesting cross-cultural experiment. Toho made 3 of these, and I’ve always found it sort of weird that no one ever did a box DVD release here. Seems like something that would… Read Article →