The Land of Cerpts and Honey

" SPARKS THAT FALL LIKE MISSILES OF HATE ":  HELL'S HINGES (1916).   This silent co-directed by Charles Swickard, William ...

ANOTHER MASTER OF COMIC BOOK ART LEAVES US:  THE GREAT JOE KUBERT (1926-2012).   From his trail-blazing work originating in the Golden A...

THE SUPER-COLOSSAL EYE-POPPING FLICKER PROJECT 2012 aka MY MOVIE YEAR.   In an effort to track all the movies I watch this year, I prese...

THE IMMORTAL COUNT:  DRACULA ON MY SILVERY SCREEN.    Since Bram Stoker published his blockbuster novel in 1897, Count Dracula has been ...

AND NOW . . . COMFORT RADIO.   In times of stress and upset (which is occurring right at this very moment in time), I usually veer towards ...

NO LONG-LOST COMEDY MASTERPIECE, "THE SMALLEST SHOW ON EARTH" is nevertheless a gentle little comedy which film buffs will have a...

RICH AND STRANGE (1931) is only Alfred Hitchcock's third talkie and is certainly not what you would expect from the future "master...

ONE WAY PASSAGE (1932) PROVES THE OLD ADAGE THAT LOVE IS BETTER OVER A PARADISE COCKTAIL WITH DEATH HANGING OVER YOUR HEADS.   Well, ma...

THE THREE INVESTIGATORS IN THE SECRET OF SKELETON ISLAND is the first in the new series of German-made films adapting the classic "yo...

EVERYTHING IS BETTER WITH A LITTLE FIN FANG FOOM IN IT! Just as it is my contention that every movie is better if it has a monkey in it, I...