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Year of Monsters: The Phantom of the Opera

Posted on March 26, 2020 by

I should probably state upfront that I was kinda doomed to dislike this movie. I tried to read The Phantom of the Opera in high school when the library finally got new books. I can’t say I gave it a … Continue reading →

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Year of Monsters: Dracula

Posted on March 17, 2020 by

Dracula is one of the rare Universal classics I’ve actually seen before; it was many years ago, though, and at the time, I found the film rather boring. Watching it again, I was pleasantly surprised to discover that, while the story … Continue reading →

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Year of Monsters: Bride of Frankenstein

Posted on March 12, 2020 by

Need a quick pandemic break? It’s time to return to our Year of Monsters! Today we’ll be following up Frankenstein with, appropriately enough, Bride of Frankenstein, and unlike its predecessor, I’d never seen this one before. And while I don’t … Continue reading →

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Year of Monsters: Frankenstein

Posted on February 25, 2020 by

Unlike the other Universal films we’ve discussed so far, I’ve actually seen Frankenstein before. Read it before, too, although I’ll admit it’s been years since I’ve done either. I’ll also admit that Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein was a serious struggle for … Continue reading →

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“Isn’t This Fun? It’s Like a Sleepover.”

Posted on February 12, 2020 by

Birds of Prey (and The Fabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) apparently underperformed at the box office last weekend–although, also kind of not, like, maybe we could wait half a second before pronouncing it DOA and throwing its corpse to the … Continue reading →

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Year of Monsters: The Invisible Man

Posted on January 31, 2020 by

I’ve never considered myself a science person, partially because I have no natural aptitude for it, partially because the science you learn in high school isn’t the kind of shit that interests me. (Well, mostly. We did get to learn … Continue reading →

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Year of Monsters: It Came From Outer Space

Posted on January 27, 2020 by

Today’s film–chosen randomly because I like a little organized chaos in my life–is It Came From Outer Space. This is a fantastic title: evocative, mysterious, charmingly cheesy. And the movie was based on a story treatment by Ray Bradbury, which, that’s … Continue reading →

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