2023 TCM Classic Film Festival: Day #1 Recap
Greetings from rainy Los Angeles! The 2023 TCM Classic Film Festival kicked off on Thursday April 13th but the festivities have been going on all...
Agua Caliente: Old Hollywood’s Mexican Monte Carlo
When the Agua Caliente Casino and Hotel opened on June 22, 1928, in Tijuana, Mexico it was the perfect place for Hollywood stars to escape Tinseltown to have some fun. Gambling, liquor, and horse racing were all illegal in California at the time, so being just across the border was very enticing for the likes […]
Is VERTIGO (1958) The Greatest Film Ever Made?
Introduction Is Vertigo the greatest movie ever made? Some people make that claim. Renowned director Alfred Hitchcock completed fifty-three different films. But there are many who regard 1958’s Vertigo as his masterpiece. Volumes have been written about the window it offers into the famous director’s brilliant but twisted mind. Vertigo famously operates on multiple levels […]
Cinematic Releases: Renfield (2023) – Reviewed
Photos courtesy of Universal Pictures Dracula is arguably one of the most recognizable horror icons to ever grace the silver screen, having been depicted in...
New to Blu: Unearthed Films: Calamity of Snakes (1982) – Reviewed
Movies about killer snakes aren’t rare, but films where they kill hundreds of them onscreen are few and far between. Calamity of Snakes (1982)...
DC Studios Casts Frank Grillo as Rick Flag Sr. in ‘Creature Commandos’ Animated Series
Recently, actor Frank Grillo made known he had left the Marvel Cinematic Universe for DC Studios after his time as Crossbones. Today, The Wrap has revealed Grillo has joined the cast of Creature Commandos animated series as Rick Flag senior. Rick Flag was originally played by Joel Kinnaman in both Suicide Squad films. Grillo will […]