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World Without End (1956) by Mark R. Leeper (a film retrospective).
I find it a bit odd that I am making positive comments about ‘World Without End’, a 1956 film with several bad points.…
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December 2020
November 2020
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Them! (1954) – a film retrospective by Mark R. Leeper.
‘The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms’ did well enough for Warner Brothers that they followed it up with another monster film, ‘Them!’ In fact,…
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Attack Of The 50 Foot Woman (1958) (film retrospective by Mark R. Leeper).
This is one of those films that has become a low-grade camp classic. While it is not as incompetent as some of the…
October 2020
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From Hell it Came (1957) (film retrospective).
The New York Times, which likes to give one-line reviews for movies scheduled for TV has a quick phrase for this film: “From…
September 2020
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The Creature From The Black Lagoon (1954): a horror film retrospective.
The image of ‘The Creature From The Black Lagoon’ (1954) is imprinted on our cultural psychology perhaps only surpassed by the visages of…
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The Last Movie Star (2019) (a film review by Mark R. Leeper).
In his day Vic Edwards was the Number One boxoffice action actor on the screen. It is now about 45 years later and…
January 2020
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Color Out Of Space (a film review by Mark Leeper).
‘Color Out Of Space’ is the latest film adaptation of HP Lovecraft’s horror story tells of a meteor strike in the Massachusetts backwoods.…
December 2019
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Movie Retrospective: The Mortal Storm (1940) by Mark Leeper.
It had been years since I have seen ‘The Mortal Storm’ (1940), and I think I saw it only once, but it was…
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The Aeronauts (film review by Mark Leeper).
With a little flair borrowed from Jules Verne, we get the story, The Aeronauts, of two mid-19th century explorers who attempt to travel…
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Retrospective: The Woman in the Moon (Die Frau Im Mond) (1929).
In July TCM celebrated the 50th anniversary of humans first landing on the moon. They chose to run the rarely seen The Woman…
October 2019
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The Dead Don’t Die (a film review by: Mark Leeper).
The dead are yet once again back from themselves when the Earth pitches a little off its axis and in zombie movie scientific…
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The Riot Act (2017) – a review by Mark Leeper.
In this independent film, ‘The Riot Act’, probably crowd-funded, we get a father/daughter story of mystery and revenge set in 1901 and 1903.…