Directed by Michael Curtiz.

Continue reading “40×40: Mystery Of The Wax Museum (1933)”“I don’t know what he is, but he makes Frankenstein look like a lily!”
Revisiting the dustiest films on the shelf
Directed by Michael Curtiz.
Continue reading “40×40: Mystery Of The Wax Museum (1933)”“I don’t know what he is, but he makes Frankenstein look like a lily!”
As with the Bruce Campbell box set I’ve watched so you don’t have to (that’s unfair, one of those films is objectively brilliant), I thought it would be a bit of fun to have all the Frankenstein franchise Late Reviews in one place with easy links to the individual films.
I’ve also tried to sum each of them up in a sentence too, but included links to each full review which will give you much more info on the films.
Continue reading “Late Reviewer’s Frankenstein Sequel Roundup”Directed by Erle C. Kenton.
Continue reading “40×40: House Of Frankenstein (1944)”“Last night I suffered the tortures of the damned.”
Directed by Roy William Neill.
Continue reading “40×40: Frankenstein Meets The Wolfman (1943)”“Life is short, but death is long.”
Directed by Erle C Kenton.
Continue reading “40×40: Ghost Of Frankenstein (1942)”“You weave a pretty fairytale, crooked-neck.”
Produced and Directed by George Waggner
Continue reading “40×40: The Wolf Man (1941)”“There’s something very tragic about that man.”
Written and directed by Jim Jarmusch
Continue reading “Ghost Dog: The Way Of The Samurai (1999)”“I’m your retainer. I don’t mean you no disrespect. Sorry, I don’t want to put too many holes in you.”
Here we are again then, with the latest By The Decade piece to help expand my cinematic horizons and discover new films from eras I might not be overly familiar with.
Following on from my 3 From The 30s and 4 From The 40s entries, you wonderful readers made loads of great suggestions on films to check out from the 1930s and the 1940s. You might already have noticed I’ve created a special little section of the site so they’re all bunched together, make it easier to find them all in one place too.
Here we go then, with a few of my favourites from the fifties…
Continue reading “By The Decade: 5 From The Fifties”I’m always a little wary of putting these pieces out there when I’m asking for film recommendations, but the reaction to the first By The Decade piece has been really brilliant.
Inspired by the reaction to my ‘Give It A Go’ Quick Read, and running with the #ByTheDecade tag on Twitter, I’m basically looking for films you’d suggest to anyone who wasn’t overly familiar with cinema from a specific decade, starting this week with #3FromThe30s.
As always, you didn’t disappoint, so here’s a list of films from the thirties you good people would highly recommend…
Continue reading “By The Decade: Your Favourite Films From The Thirties”After the recent Quick Read on ‘Give It A Go’ films received such a great response, I thought I’d ask you to join me in a little experiment.
To expand my cinematic horizons, and inspire anyone who reads this to try new films, this is the first entry in a series of Quick Reads* asking for your top films from a given decade of cinema.
Continue reading “By The Decade: 3 Great Films From The Thirties”