Nov 30, 2020
Jim and Mark discuss the second
adaptation of Gaston Leroux's classic novel, "Phantom of the
Opera," starring Claude Rains, Susanna Foster, Nelson Eddy, Edgar
Barrier and Jane Farrar. An veteran violinist secretly helps a
rising soprano in the Paris Opera House, when things go awry and
lead to a series of mysterious...
Nov 23, 2020
James Lechner joins Jim and Mark
for a discussion of 1958's classic Japanese Monster Movie, "Varan
The Unbelievable," starring Kozo Nomura, Ayumi Sonoda and Koreya
Senda. The guys will also talk about the Americanized version
starring Myron Healy. Join us for a spirited discussion on this
week's episode of "Monster...
Nov 16, 2020
Jim and Mark stray a little off the
traditional path to pay tribute to the life and career of Sean
Connery in this special edition, which includes a review of
what many consider the definitive James Bond film, 1964's
"Goldfinger," starring Sean Connery, Honor Blackman, Gert Fröbe,
Harold Sakata, Shirley Eaton, Bernard...
Nov 9, 2020
Jim reflects back on a sci-fi
favorite of his from the mid-1960s, "Robinson Crusoe On Mars,"
starring Paul Mantee, Vic Lundin, Adam West and The Woolly Monkey.
Directed Byron Haskin, this modern re-telling of Daniel Defoe's
classic tale centers around an astronaut marooned on Mars. It's a
struggle for food, water and...
Nov 2, 2020
Jim and Mark examine a 1941 mad
scientist tale from Columbia Pictures, "The Devil Commands,"
starring Boris Karloff. Amanda Duff, Richard Fiske, Anne Revere and
Kenneth MacDonald. A scientist (Karloff) tries to communicate with
his recently deceased wife by zeroing in on her brain waves using a
machine of his design....