William Witney holds the credit for the direction of Oklahoma, a classic of cinema, while the screenplay for the movie was written by Gerald Geraghty. The cinematography was handled by William Bradford, with editing by Lester Orlebeck. The music for the film was composed by Joseph Dubin, with an additional score provided by Jack Elliott, […]
HOPPY SERVES A WRIT (director George Archainbaud screenwriters based on the story by Clarence E. Mulford/Gerald Geraghty cinematographer Russell Harlan editor Sherman A. Rose cast: William Boyd (Hopalong Cassidy), Andy Clyde (California Carlson), Jay Kirby (Johnny Travers), Victor Jory (Tom Jordan), George Reeves (Henchman Steve), Jan Christy (Jean Hollister), Bob Mitchum (Henchman), Forbes Murray (Ben
Matt Frewer’s Max Durbin from Dead Fire has problems. He enjoys the company of his deceased mother, gumming up scenes, and licking the necks of women he just met. Now, he has recently broken out of a futuristic prison and is on a crusade to capture a cryonics facility named the USS Legacy which is
Amid the Joseon dynasty, Kim Ho (Jung Hae-in) is struggling to find work. At long last, he manages to get a job, but it is not the one he envisioned. He is chosen as a guard in prison, and one of the prisoners is the traitor Lee (Kim Ji-hoon). Lee has started a rebellion against
I came across this at the 2009 Bram Stoker Film Festival. There were many other vampire movies during the festival and this was actually the only movie from Britain. Unfortunately, Orlock the Vampire at 3D was the weakest vampire film at the festival. And Orlock was what can be defined as a 3D cinematic atrocity.
It took me seven years and a countdown to the fifteenth anniversary of Seattle’s WTO protests to watch it, and to my (pleasant) surprise, the entire piece managed to grasp my attention. Given the current environment of protests, this was indeed an opportune time to view the piece. The world was busy losing its minds
After looking at Brian De Palma’s works, one can understand the influence that Alfred Hitchcock had on him. Similarly to ‘Power’, Vigalondo’s ‘Open Windows’ goes from Crazy to Crazy to simply bonkers. What does enable the film to be entertaining, however, is the energy and cultural currency within the narrative. It is rather silly in
In my discussion of the movie Kill Command, it was defined as Dog Soldiers with robots. Although I wouldn’t say it is as good as the former, it was for the most part an entertaining watch. The characters, however, seem to miss that little touch that would make Kill Command one of the movies to
The psychological trembling of the survivor sets a tone for disaster for the viewer. Eikjord is a geologist and a scientist who has witnessed horrific distressing tragedies in his line of work. Moreover, in the novel, Eikjord faces the world after refusing any and all contact with his daughter after the immense trauma of losing
Over the years, King Solomon’s Mines has gone through a lot. It started in 1885 as an adventure novel written by H. Rider Haggard. Some people refer to Haggard as the father of the ‘Lost World’ sub-rich and many others consider him a precursor to the type of pulp fiction that ruled the comic and
