Archive for July, 2012
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Monster of the Day #528
Posted on July 31, 2012 | 10 CommentsThis made less domestically than that awful remake of When a Stranger Calls, and that was following the Spider-Man movies. I don’t get it. Related PostsMonster of the Day #682 (May 3, 2013) Monster of the Day #681 (May 2,... -
![[Note the highly misleading poster art. Hope never wears anything like he is pictured here, and Dorothy Lamour certainly never appears in a bathing suit. And I seriously have no friggin' idea what those other ladies are supposed to represent.]...](http://jabootu.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/th_lorremfb6-115x115.jpg "Tuesdays with Lorre: My Favorite Brunette (1947)")
Tuesdays with Lorre: My Favorite Brunette (1947)
Posted on July 31, 2012 | 7 Comments[Note the highly misleading poster art. Hope never wears anything like he is pictured here, and Dorothy Lamour certainly never appears in a bathing suit. And I seriously have no friggin' idea what those other ladies are supposed to represent.]... -
Monster of the Day #527
Posted on July 30, 2012 | 16 CommentsThis scene is quite paneful. Related PostsMonster of the Day #666 (Apr 2, 2013) Monster of the Day #665 (Apr 1, 2013) Monster of the Day #664 (Mar 29, 2013) Monster of the Day #663 (Mar 28, 2013) Monster of... -
Who Watches The Watch?
Posted on July 27, 2012 | 13 CommentsThe 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 wrote. (He then ties in the Aurora shooting... -
Monster of the Day #526
Posted on July 27, 2012 | 17 CommentsI briefly considered making a joke about the “Rolling Bones.” I have never come closer to just shuttering the site. Related PostsMonster of the Day #651 (Mar 12, 2013) Monster of the Day #650 (Mar 11, 2013) Monster of the... -
![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.] Related PostsMonster of the Day #639 (Feb 22, 2013) Monster of the Day #638 (Feb 21,...](http://jabootu.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/th_madmonsterparty-2-115x115.jpg "Monster of the Day #525")
Monster of the Day #525
Posted on July 26, 2012 | 23 CommentsIs this why I’ve always wanted a fez and smocking jacket?* Maybe. [*Seriously, I have. However, good smoking jackets cost way too much dough.] Related PostsMonster of the Day #634 (Feb 15, 2013) Monster of the Day #633 (Feb 14,... -
Rock Baker’s Video Cheese: The Deadly Mantis (1957)
Posted on July 26, 2012 | 11 Comments“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 be hard pressed to find a time in... -
Monster of the Day #524
Posted on July 25, 2012 | 10 CommentsWho’s a good boy! Related PostsMonster of the Day #619 (Jan 9, 2013) Monster of the Day #618 (Jan 8, 2013) Monster of the Day #617 (Jan 7, 2013) Monster of the Day #616 (Jan 4, 2013) Monster of the... -
Monster of the Day #523
Posted on July 24, 2012 | 10 Comments“Exxxcellent.” Related PostsMonster of the Day #604 (Dec 10, 2012) Monster of the Day #603 (Dec 7, 2012) Monster of the Day #602 (Dec 6, 2012) Monster of the Day #601 (Dec 5, 2012) Monster of the Day #600 (Dec... -
Tuesdays with Lorre: Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962)
Posted on July 24, 2012 | 23 CommentsFollowing 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 role in The Big Circus. This was followed...