‘M’ (1931)
Paranoia in pre-WWII Berlin The director of 1931’s “M,” Fritz Lang, and the film’s star, Peter [...]
Classic Films
‘Vampyr’ (1932)
Dreyer’s shadowy world Yes, Carl Theodor Dreyer‘s “Vampyr” deserves respect as a pioneer in the vampire [...]
Home for the holidays, not
What? Another shelter-in-place holiday? Talk about “just like the ones I didn’t used to know.” So the [...]
‘The Man Who Laughs’ (1928)
Move over, Quasimodo Though Universal’s “Phantom of the Opera” (1925) and “Dracula” (1931) are separated by a [...]
Halloween movie picks
In 2020, the biggest horror is something you cannot see. (One guess what I’m talking about.) So my Halloween movie [...]
My Lucy ‘Mame’ story
A childhood anecdote A friendly warning: The following childhood anecdote does not have a big payoff. When [...]
‘Svengali’ (1931)
Hamlet, schmamlet By 1931, all that boozing and fornicating were beginning to catch up with John Barrymore, but they had yet [...]
Zita Johann (1904-1993)
Star burned brightly, but briefly Recently watching actress Zita Johann in “The Sin of Nora Moran” (1933) — just out [...]
‘The Sin of Nora Moran’ (1933)
‘Mummy’ beauty Zita Johann’s daring followup ‘The Sin of Nora Moran’ The Film Detective $24.99 [...]
‘Rumpelstiltskin’ (1955)
One depressing kiddie flick When children’s films are also foreign films, it can get weird. Movies like the Mexican [...]
Baseball movies
In The Summer of ’20, there will be baseball. Albeit, it’s a shortened season — July 23 to Sept. 27 [...]
Taking flight (on film)
We still can’t hop a plane … but at least we can count on the movies to whisk us away. Following are six flicks [...]
‘Fist of Fear, Touch of Death’ (1980)
A campy Bruce Lee post-mortem ‘Fist of Fear, Touch of Death: 40th Anniversary Edition’ The Film Detective $24.99 [...]
Easter movie picks
By Mark Voger, author “Groovy: When Flower Power Bloomed in Pop Culture” Easter represents rebirth. The birds and [...]
Sid Haig (1939-2019)
Remembering a gentle genre giant Let’s face it, 80 is up there. But it was still a shock to learn that we lost [...]
Labor Day movie picks
Life never stops teaching us My idea for this year’s Labor Day movie picks is a sampling of films with senior citizens [...]
Peter Fonda (1940-2019)
Farewell to the guy on the chopper By Mark Voger, author “Groovy: When Flower Power Bloomed in Pop Culture” In [...]
Father’s Day movie picks
Just in case yer lookin’ for a few Father’s Day movie picks, here are six ideas. The fathers in these films all [...]
‘Stan and Ollie’ (2018)
The boys done proud By Mark Voger | Author, “Groovy” I’ve loved Laurel and Hardy since I was little. So I was [...]
St. Pat’s movie picks
The watchin’ o’ the green It’s that Bizarro World time of year again, when beer is green and corned beef [...]
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