Peter Lorre is Janos, a poor immigrant who has come to America looking for work in order to get enough money that he might marry his fiancé in The Face Behind the […]
More Than His Appearance – The Face Behind the Mask (1941)
She’ll Cast a Spell on You – Baba Yaga (1973)
Baba Yaga is an Italian/French co-production released in 1973 based upon a comic book, namely Guido Crepax’s Valentina. Like all films based upon comic books, whether new or old, they never strictly […]
Murder and Nightmares From Out of… – The Dark Past (1948)
William Holden plays a man on the run who takes a family hostage while Lee J. Cobb plays a psychoanalyst who means to help him. Holden is Al Walker – a killer […]
A Mission Gone Awry – 12 to the Moon (1960)
Some movies fall by the wayside both at the time of release and through the years as time goes by and that does not necessarily mean that said films are bad by […]
He Was… – Lost, Lonely and Vicious (1958)
If you want to see a great film about teen angst and alienated youth, Rebel Without a Cause is one of the best. Lost, Lonely and Vicious is not a film that […]
Unexpected Danger – War Arrow (1953)
As far as westerns go, War Arrow is a decent affair, enough to while away a bit of an afternoon if nothing else. Starring Jeff Chandler as the hero and Maureen O’Hara […]
It Would Be Wise to Evade… – The Woman Eater (1958)
There are many movies that can classified as bad but good and most would dump this film in with the lot, but surprisingly, The Woman Eater, or Womaneater as it was known […]
In Action Once Again – Hercules of the Desert (1964)
Hercules of the Desert, originally known as La valle dell’eco tonante, is a film that finds our hero answering the prayers of a people who need his aid in claiming a land […]
So Falls… – Atlantis, the Lost Continent (1961)
George Pal’s Atlantis, the Lost Continent is a film that tried to be a grand spectacle on par with others of its ilk like Ben-Hur or Quo Vadis of which it supposedly […]
Left or Right? – Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! (1948)
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! is a type of film that is rarely made anymore, a slice-of-life movie that that focuses on the everyday of a particular group of people and what might […]
The Telltale Mind 