Last week I neglected to share a link to a recent Movie Morlocks post I wrote discussing Movie Love. This interesting ’50s era romance comic was aimed at a female audience and featured romantic films adapted into comic books. It also contained background stories on particular actors and little tidbits of information that many classic … Continue reading »

Dame Diana Rigg in THEATRE OF BLOOD (1973) Last week I compiled a lengthy list of some of the most interesting examples of female actors who have portrayed men (or dressed in male clothing) for a particular role at the Movie Morlocks. It was inspired by the recent Oscar nominations for Glenn Close and her … Continue reading »

If you happen to keep track of my activities at MUBI.com you might have noticed that I shared a list of my ‘Top 10 Favorite Films of 2011′ there. The list is alphabetical but if I rated the film’s from best to worst, Ben Wheatley’s KILL LIST (2011) would fill the top spot at number … Continue reading »

The second installment of my ongoing Spy Games series is now available at the Movie Morlocks and this time I’m focusing my attention on Frank Pierson’s neglected John le Carre adaption, THE LOOKING GLASS WAR (1969). I first saw THE LOOKING GLASS WAR when I was just a kid. A lot of the film’s more … Continue reading »

I recently had the opportunity to watch the often forgotten and neglected horror anthology THREE CASES OF MURDER (1955), which features Orson Welles in a segment titled Lord Mountdrago. It’s assumed that he directed some of the dream sequences in the film but after finally seeing it for myself I’m convinced that he had a … Continue reading »

Linda Rogers in a promo shot from WINTER A GO-GO (1965) It’s cold outside and like a lot of people I’ve got a case of the post holiday blues but I also have a cure. Make your way over to the TCM Movie Morlocks blog where you can find my latest post titled “Ski Buffs … Continue reading »

This week I’m debuting a new on-going monthly feature at the Movie Morlocks called SPY GAMES. As my regular readers know, I’m extremely fond of spy films – particularly ’60s era spy films! – and I’ve written about them often. This year is the 50th anniversary of the quintessential ’60s spy, James Bond, so I … Continue reading »

This week I interviewed Official Hammer Films Historian, Marcus Hearn about his new book The Hammer Vault: Treasures From the Archive of Hammer Films for TCM’s Movie Morlocks blog. We discussed many topics including Hammer’s enduring legacy and their upcoming adaptation of THE WOMAN IN BLACK, which is scheduled for release in February of 2012. Continue reading »