Thoughts of flying saucers and alien invasions make me nervous. Though intrigued by the concept enough as a kid to watch movies and read books on the topic, the fact that flying saucers could be real freak me out. (I remember reading War of the Worlds when I was about 10 and pulling the shade down in...
Dr. Morbius, Mr. Hyde, and “Monsters from the Id” I happened to watch both the 1941 adaptation of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and the 1956 science fiction classic, Forbidden Planet, in the last few weeks, and the thematic overlap between the two movies inspired me to think about the ways in which classic films grapple with...
Classic Movie Travels: Marcia Mae Jones Marcia Mae Jones Marcia Mae Jones was born on August 1, 1924, in Los Angeles, California, to William and Margaret Freda Jones. She was the youngest of four children, with siblings Margaret, Macon, and Marvin. When Jones was two years old, she made her film debut playing a baby in Mannequin...
Western RoundUp: Apache Rifles (1964) Over the last few years I’ve periodically reviewed new-to-me Westerns with one of my favorite Western stars, Audie Murphy. Previous Murphy Westerns reviewed in this column are Destry (1954), Seven Ways From Sundown (1960), Hell Bent for Leather (1960), and Showdown (1963). I loved the first three and had mixed feelings about the last film on that list, Showdown. This month...
Silver Screen Standards: Them! Capitalizing on nuclear anxiety, Them! (1954) helped to usher in a new era of monster movies guaranteed to give post-WWII Americans nightmares about the possible consequences of the Atomic Age. In Japan, this metaphorical threat took the colossal form of Godzilla, who also made his debut in 1954, but Them! suggests that no...
Ten Things You May Not Know About Sunset Blvd There are numerous noirs that I could among my favorites, and countless features from the era that I watch over and over again. Sunset Blvd. (1950) fits both of these descriptors. As one of the film’s reviewers raved, it’s “undoubtedly the best Hollywood story ever filmed.” For my...
One of nature’s most powerful killing machines is loose. Not only is it the deadliest in its class, but the fastest, too. Beyond its physical abilities are its lethal personality traits: it is unpredictable, paranoid and deadly aggressive. That’s the key to the 1981 British horror thriller Venom (unrelated to the Marvel character). Think of it as...
7 Early “Passion Plays” And Other Religious Silent Films The Christian tradition of the “Passion Play,” a stage production depicting scenes from the last days of Jesus Christ, dates back hundreds of years. Originating in medieval Europe, these carefully staged spectacles helped educate people about the life and passion of Christ during the solemn season of Lent....
Classic Movie Travels: Robert Harron Robert Emmett Harron Robert Emmett Harron was born on April 12, 1893, to John and Anne Harron in New York, New York. He was the second oldest of nine children growing up in this Irish Catholic family. Over the years, his father worked several different jobs, including working at an oil station,...
2025 Western News RoundUp I was surprised to realize it’s been a couple of years since my last “Western News RoundUp,” and with lots of interesting new developments on the Western movie front, this is a particularly good month to share news! In this column I’ll be sharing information about recent and upcoming Western film-related events, Blu-ray...
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