DVD Review: Shield For Murder
William McGivern’s novel is the source material for this 1950s film noir indie where Edmund O’Brien plays a crooked detective who kills a...
Here Come The Marines (1952) The Bowery Boys
"Here Come The Marines" Directed by William Beaudine. Screenplay by Jack Crutcher, Charles R. Marion, Tim Ryan. Produced by Jerry Thomas....
Buster Keaton: The Short Films Collection. DVD/blu ray review
Kino has released another DVD set of Buster Keaton silent short films, "Buster Keaton: The Shorts Collection (1917-1923)." All of the...
Reviews of ALL 50 FILMS on the Mack Sennett Collection
The following are reviews of all 50 films on The Mack Sennett Collection. A review of the three-disc blu ray itself is also on this web...
Help! (1965) The second Beatles movie
A religious cult needs one of Ringo’s rings in order to make a human sacrifice. So they travel to England to get the ring, planning to...
A-Haunting We Will Go (1942)
When Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy left their longtime home at the Hal Roach studios and joined the prestigious 20th Century Fox, there...
Air Raid Wardens (1943) Laurel and Hardy
"Air Raid Wardens" is an amusing Laurel and Hardy comedy that has garnered an unfortunate reputation due to coming later in the duo's...
The Silent Cinema: Life of the Party (1920) - Roscoe Arbuckle feature
“Life of the Party” Directed by Joseph Henabery. Starring Roscoe Arbuckle, Winifred Greenwood, Roscoe Karns, Julia Faye, Fran Campeau,...
Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle: An Appreciation
It is unfortunate that so much attention has been paid to the scandal that ruined Roscoe Arbuckle’s career. His significance to screen...
Shemp as a solo comedian
Shemp Howard is certainly a notable name among comedy buffs, but not due to his work as a solo comic. Shemp, of course, is remembered as...