When kids of today think of Batman most would draw upon the versions produced Christopher Nolan or Zack Snyder but there is one iconic version that should never be forgotten; in 1966 television producer William Dozier cast Adam West as the world renowned Caped Crusader
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Beware! The Blob (1972) – Review
One of the seminal monster movies of the 50s was 1958’s The Blob, produced by Jack H. Harris and starring 27-year-old Steve McQueen as a “teenager” leading a group of rebels without causes against an amorphous creature from outer space; that film was a classic example of the genre, and fondly remembered by many, not…
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage (2016) – Review
If you’ve heard of the historic sinking of the USS Indianapolis, there’s a good chance you first learned of the event from Robert Shaw’s stirring monologue in Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster Jaws, and now decades later, we get another, and vastly longer, retelling of the story by director Mario Van Peebles. Why any studio thought the…
Blackbeard’s Ghost (1968) – Review
When one thinks of pirates today the Disney Pirates of the Caribbean movies readily leap to mind, and that swashbuckling viewpoint on piracy is certainly nothing new; from Errol Flynn’s Captain Blood to Johnny Depp’s Jack Sparrow Hollywood has glamorized the pirate life, and today we will look back at a film that took light-hearted…
Bad Moon (1996) – Review
As a monster the werewolf is never going to win over its more glamorous cousin the vampire, in popularity and sheer volume the vampire movie has the werewolf beat fangs down, but I will always have a soft spot for the werewolf, you’ll never see them sparkling or brooding over schoolgirls.