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Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943, Roy William Neill)

February 26th, 2010 · No Comments

Of all the Universal monster movies, The Wolf Man “deserved” a real sequel most. With Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man, Lon Chaney Jr.‘s abilities to essay the Larry Talbot role really shine through. I’ve read (and maybe even repeated here) Chaney never gets credit for playing such a physical role while being a bigger man.
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Tagged: Bela Lugosi· Curt Siodmak· Dwight Frye· Lon Chaney Jr.· Roy William Neill· Universal Pictures· ★★

The Wolfman (2010, Joe Johnston)

February 15th, 2010 · No Comments

If someone had told me Anthony Hopkins was going to have a major role… he’s so laughably bad, it’d be funny–if the joke of The Wolfman wasn’t on me.
Universal Studios doesn’t have any comic book properties so they’re apparently going to go through their horror catalog and churn out more turds like The Wolfman. It’s supposed […]

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Tagged: Andrew Kevin Walker· Benicio Del Toro· Curt Siodmak· David Self· Hugo Weaving· Joe Johnston· Universal Pictures· ⓏⒺⓇⓄ

Don’t Bet On Love (1933, Murray Roth)

February 12th, 2010 · No Comments

Ayres is a degenerate gambler (who cleans up nice) and Rogers is the girl who loves him, despite herself, of course, in this breezy melodrama. In terms of particulars, it has almost nothing to recommend it. Ayres is a little bit too believable as the callous lead, who purposely eschews all advice as he lucks […]

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Tagged: Ben Ryan· Ginger Rogers· Howard Emmett Rogers· Lew Ayres· Murray Roth· Universal Pictures·

Remember Last Night? (1935, James Whale)

February 10th, 2010 · No Comments

I wish I knew if Remember Last Night? is supposed to be a knock-off of The Thin Man or if it’s just a highly coincidental release, coming a year later, with a similarly intoxicated, ritzy couple solving crimes as they get more intoxicated (Robert Young and Constance Cummings play the couple in this film). Remember […]

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Tagged: Adam Hobhouse· Dan Totheroh· Doris Malloy· Edward Brophy· Harry Clork· James Whale· Robert Armstrong· Universal Pictures· ⓏⒺⓇⓄ

Land of the Lost (2009, Brad Silberling)

October 12th, 2009 · No Comments

I kind of remember the “Land of the Lost” theme song, but don’t remember ever watching the show. I watched the movie because of an interview Elvis Mitchell did with Silberling, but have no idea what he said in that interview to make me interested in seeing it.
Land of the Lost was a box office […]

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Tagged: Brad Silberling· Chris Henchy· Danny McBride· Dennis McNicholas· Leonard Nimoy· Marty Krofft· Sid Krofft· Universal Pictures· Will Ferrell·

Red Dragon (2002, Brett Ratner)

August 15th, 2009 · No Comments

It’s hard to know what to think of Red Dragon. While it’s an adaptation of a novel, it’s also a remake of Manhunter, whether the film wants to acknowledge it or not. It’s got Danny Elfman doing the score, so it’s scary (though he does seem rather influenced by early 1990s Morricone) and director Ratner […]

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Tagged: Brett Ratner· Edward Norton· Emily Watson· Philip Seymour Hoffman· Ted Tally· Thomas Harris· Universal Pictures· ⓏⒺⓇⓄ

The Mummy’s Tomb (1942, Harold Young)

June 14th, 2009 · No Comments

The Mummy’s Tomb is better than its predecessor, without a doubt. Harold Young’s direction is strong. It’s not quite scary, but he’s at least going for scary.
It’s sort of like an episode of “Cheers;” it takes place in small town Massachusetts and there’s a mummy roaming the streets. You can see the “Cheers” gang, having headed […]

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Tagged: Griffin Jay· Harold Young· Henry Sucher· Lon Chaney Jr.· Neil P. Varnick· Universal Pictures· ⓏⒺⓇⓄ

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