20 Years, 100 Commentaries
What I've assembled here is a newly updated list of my audio commentary work, numbered for the first time. It's been awhile since I've amended the list originally posted here; in fact, as I started...
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Sleeper Alert: THE LIGHT AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD (1971)
Kirk Douglas as the embittered, withdrawn hero, William Denton.Last night, I made a spontaneous decision to go back and check out LIGHT AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD, an early (1971) Alexander and Ilya...
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THE PERFECTION (2018): A Considered Response
Logan Browning and Allison Williams as the lovers and competitors of Richard Shepard's THE PERFECTION.THE PERFECTION (Netflix) is a beautifully designed and shot film for the most part, one that builds...
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RIP Greg Shoemaker (1947-2019)
I'm very sorry to learn of the passing, two days ago, of Greg Shoemaker - a fellow Ohioan and, for 17 years and forever more by reputation, the editor-publisher of THE JAPANESE FANTASY FILM JOURNAL....
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Discovering Akio Jissôji
I want to thank my friend Jean Guerin for bringing my attention to Episode 38 of ULTRAMAN DYNA, directed by the remarkable Akio Jissôji. Jean had previously brought to my attention the fact that...
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50 years Ago: THE LOST CONTINENT (1968)
50 years ago today, I spent the afternoon in the welcoming dark of my beloved Plaza Theater with one of my all-time favorite Saturday matinee experiences - so good, I went back the next day to enjoy a...
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Review: THE MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION OF MICHAEL REEVES (2019)
Premiering this past weekend at FrightFest in the UK was THE MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION OF MICHAEL REEVES, the first stand-alone documentary feature produced by Diabolique Films, under the direction of...
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For the past several months, Donna and I have been revisiting episodes of WHAT'S MY LINE? at dinner time, but we recently broke our pattern to enjoy some classic episodes of PASSWORD. Here's a treat...
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ONCE UPON A TIME IN... HOLLYWOOD Under the Tim Scope
Quentin Tarantino recently invited me to review ONCE UPON A TIME IN... HOLLYWOOD for the New Beverly Cinema's website. That's not a request that comes along every day, nor one I was likely to turn...
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The Return of the VIDEO WATCHDOG Round Table!
Brad Pitt gets some slobbering love from Brandy the Dog in ONCE UPON A TIME IN... HOLLYWOOD. If memory serves, and it doesn't always, the last VIDEO WATCHDOG Round Table Discussion was in VW #136, when...
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In A Mirror, Darkly: The Soska Sisters' RABID (2019)
Laura Vandervoort as Rose in the Soska Sisters' RABID.The Soska Sisters’ new version of RABID - which premiered in late August at the London FrightFest Film Festival and is presently available only on...
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SCARS OF DRACULA - You Need It For the Commentary
Christopher Lee brandishing red hot steel in SCARS OF DRACULA.Constantine Nasr's audio commentary for Shout! Factory's SCARS OF DRACULAis Aces - informed, eloquent, and more incisively critical than I...
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14 Years A Blogger
Tuesday, October 8th, I was in Orlando, Florida, flattened by a debilitating head cold when I should have been taking full advantage of a long-anticipated, first-ever visit to Disney World. I was...
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Dipping Into ULTRA Q
This past week, Mill Creek Entertainment issued the opening salvo of a long-overdue, serial bombardment of English-friendly Blu-ray box sets of all the various series produced by Japan's Tsubaraya...
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Robert Forster: From ALLIGATOR to JACKIE BROWN
In November, the New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles will be hosting a month-long tribute to actor Robert Forster, who we lost last month. From November 4-7, the New Beverly will present a perhaps...
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WEREWOLF and BYLETH: New Severin Titles Reviewed
Coming to Blu-ray tomorrow - Tuesday, November 5th - from Severin Films are two Italian horror items: Paolo Heusch's WEREWOLF IN A GIRL'S DORMITORY (1961) and Leopoldo Savona's BYLETH, THE DEMON OF...
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Thoughts on Hammer's TWO FACES OF DR. JEKYLL
Paul Massie as Hyde.Paul Massie as Jekyll.I may be alone in this, but I admire THE TWO FACES OF DR. JEKYLL (which I just watched as part of Indicator's forthcoming HAMMER VOLUME 4: FACES OF FEAR box...
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This Month: Harryhausen at the New Beverly
The awesome Tales attack in Ray Harryhausen's JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS.This month at the New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles, they are hosting a month's worth of Ray Harryhausen matinees - a rare...
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Admit One: THROAT SPROCKETS
Sabrina Sharp as the Dark Lady in THROAT SPROCKETS. It's about time!I'm not sure where the time went, but it was almost exactly nine years ago this month that I was invited to come up to the film...
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Operation Commandos in Furs
Last year I realized that there are still a good many American International releases from the 1950s that I've never seen. I'd like very much to see them all - so I was delighted when I recently...
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