Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Early spy thriller from Alfred Hitchcock disappoints

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Secret Agent (1936) Starring: John Gielgud, Peter Lorre, Madeleine Carroll and Robert Young Director: Alfred Hitchcock Rating: Five of Te...
Monday, May 18, 2009

Karloff has a secret behind "The Strange Door"

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The Strange Door (1951) Starring: Charles Laughton, Richard Stapley, Sally Forrest, William Cottrell, Boris Karloff and Michael Pate Directo...
Friday, May 15, 2009

Forgotten Comics: Electric Girl

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Electric Girl, Vols. 1-3 (Published by AiT/PlanetLAR) Story and Art: By Michael Brennan Rating: Ten of Ten Stars Here's another excellen...
Thursday, May 14, 2009

Too much bloat weakens 'A Cause for Alarm!'

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Cause for Alarm! (1951) Starring: Loretta Young, Barry Sullivan, Bruce Cowling and Irving Bacon Director: Tay Garnett Rating: Five of Ten...
Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Karloff plays dual role in 'The Black Room'

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The Black Room (1935) Starring: Boris Karloff, Thurston Hall, Marian Marsh, and Robert Allen Director: Roy William Neill Rating: Eight of Te...
Saturday, May 9, 2009

'Little White Mouse' deserved more attention

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Little White Mouse Omnibus Edition (Cafe Digital, 2006) Story: Paul Sizer Art: Paul Sizer, with pin-ups and shorts (dream sequences and fl...
Thursday, April 30, 2009

Ellery Queen is on the case
in a fast-paced who-dunnit

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The Mandarin Mystery (1936) Starring: Eddie Quillan, Wade Boteler, Charlotte Henry and George Irving Director: Ralph Staub Rating: Six of Te...
Thursday, April 23, 2009

'The Naked Kiss' is interesting but flawed

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The Naked Kiss (aka "The Iron Kiss") (1964) Starring: Constance Towers, Anthony Eisley, Michael Dante and Patsy Kelley Director: S...
Wednesday, April 15, 2009

A hoax turns to horror in 'The Ghost Walks'

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The Ghost Walks (1934) Starring: John Miljan, Richard Carle, Johnny Arthur, Spencer Charters, June Collyer, Donald Kirke and Eve Southern ...
Friday, April 10, 2009

Boris Karloff is detective James Lee Wong

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Between projects for major studios in the late 1930s, Boris Karloff appeared as urbane Chinese detective James Lee Wong in five B-pictures f...