February & March at The Movie Morlocks

I've been neglecting Cinebeats again. Having a hard time getting back into the swing of things around here and other endeavors are keeping me from the blog. But I thought I'd finally update with a quick list of some highlights from my February & Mach contributions to TCM's Movie Morlocks. You can read all the …

Cinema Retro #21

The new issue of Cinema Retro arrived in my mail box this week, which prompted me to write a little something about the magazine for The Movie Morlocks. From my post: "The latest issue of Cinema Retro (Vol. 7: Issue #21) features an in-depth look at A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1970) from author Raymond Benson, which …

My Top 20 Favorite Films of 1968

At the Britannica blog Raymond Benson has finished listing off his Top 10 Favorite Films of 1968 so if you're interested in the final results stop by and give them a look. I've mentioned on numerous occasions how much I dislike making lists of favorite films myself since they're limited by what I've seen and …

Favorite DVD Releases of 2007: Part I.

The DVD Year in Review - An Introduction Apologies to anyone awaiting my DVD Pick of the Week, but I'm afraid I've been too busy compiling my list of Favorite DVDs of 2007 to keep up with current releases. Next week I'll try to get back on track, but in the meantime I wanted to …

DVD of the Week: O Lucky Man!

Last week I neglected to post my DVD pick of the week, but the pickings were slim and I couldn't recommend anything. This week there are plenty of great new DVD releases to get excited about such as Polart's release of Andrzej Zulawski's The Devil (Diabel, 1972), The second Mario Bava DVD Box Set and …