Monday, March 28 2011
‘The Ten Commandments’ Is Big, Bold, Even Daring Entertainment
Cecil B. DeMille’s powerful motion picture aptly fulfills its duty in delivering a larger than life Biblical episode, complete with terrific special effects, massive sets and grade-A movie stars.
Tuesday, September 16 2008
Fox Horror Classics Collection, Vol. 2
This set might look fun and scary, but much like when you reach into a bag for a handful of candy, what you hope for may not be what you get.
Friday, January 25 2008
Vincent Price
Price will forever be associated with wicked offings and projects injected with more than a syringe full of silliness.
Friday, December 7 2007
The Fly Collection
The 1958 film remains a marvel. Unfortunately, as this box set confirms, there were too many additional 'flies' in the franchise's cinematic ointment.
Tuesday, November 20 2007
Witchfinder General
Witchfinder General fits less in the genre of horror than in the kind of films that would follow in the ‘70s with tales of torture, survival and revenge like Straw Dogs and Deliverance.
Friday, September 28 2007
The First Films of Samuel Fuller
I Shot Jesse James, The Baron of Arizona, and The Steel Helmet were shot on shoestring budgets and had unforgiving production schedules, but they're accomplished little feats of maverick filmmaking.
Wednesday, March 23 2005
Laura (1944)
Waldo is so deliciously dark and mean-spirited, so loquaciously intolerant of those he deems beneath him, that he's delightful.
