Category: Movies
Alien as Immigrant: The Brother From Another Planet
(Another repost from my own blog, prompted by yesterday’s post about black film). Alien immigrants and refugees have been around in movies since It Came From Outer Space(1953). There, though, …
Black comedy (and horror and drama and …)
Another repost of sorts from my own blog, collecting various books reviews on African-Americans and film. BRIGHT BOULEVARDS, BOLD DREAMS: The Story of Black Hollywood by Donald Bogle looks at …
Hey-o! It’s time for more movies that I’ve watched recently!
Martin Sheen! Ben Kingsley! Peter Ustinov! Joel McCrea! Vincent Price! Audrey Hepburn! All of them and more!
The Greg Hatcher Legacy Files #328: ‘The Weekend We Died Hard’
I thought the fourth one was pretty good …
This sweet love story can only end in blood!
I’m not sure what put this topic into my head but as it’s there … does anyone remember the 1986 movie Something Wild? Jeff Daniels plays Charlie, a married salaryman …
Mr. Hyde was an innocent monster persecuted by torch-wielding mobs! Well, okay then.
Movies don’t always start with a brilliant idea. AIP, the legendary maker of low-budget drive-in movies, would often come up with a publicity campaign, then make the movie if theater …