Monster of the Day #528
This 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 #3700 (May 6,… Read Article →
Posts By: Ken Begg
Tuesdays with Lorre: My Favorite Brunette (1947)
[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… Read Article →
Monster of the Day #527
This scene is quite paneful. Related PostsMonster of the Day #3696 (Apr 28, 2025) Not Monster of the Day #15 (Apr 24, 2025) Monster of the Day #3695 (Apr 22, 2025) Monster… Read Article →
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. Related PostsMonster of the Day #3692 (Apr 17, 2025) Monster of the… Read Article →
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.] Related PostsMonster of the Day #3688 (Mar 20,… Read Article →
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! Related PostsMonster of the Day #3686 (Feb 28, 2025) Monster of the Day #3685 (Feb 27, 2025) Monster of the Day #3684 (Feb 26, 2025) Monster of the… Read Article →
Monster of the Day #523
“Exxxcellent.” Related PostsMonster of the Day #3681 (Feb 21, 2025) Monster of the Day #3680 (Feb 20, 2025) Monster of the Day #3679 (Feb 19, 2025) Monster of the Day #3678 (Feb… Read Article →
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 →