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Horror Express, 1971

22 October 2008 – 8:50 pm +0800

Christopher Lee.
Peter Cushing.
And… Telly Savalas?????
Yes, Telly Savalas. His role is more of a glorified cameo than a full part. It is, however, quite glorious.
Somewhere in remote China, around about 1910, Christopher Lee has dug up something that will set the scientific world back on its heels, a body that he thinks is a [...]

By Ian Michael Hamet | Posted in Movies, Reviews, Spook-A-Thon 2008, Yesterday's movie | Also tagged Beijing, brain, brains, Britain, cameo, China, christopher lee, corpse, Devil, drawing, film, horror, missing link, monk, Monster, movie, murder, peter cushing, police, police inspector, russian nobility, scientist, Shanghai, siberia, station, stowaway, telly savalas, thief, train | Comments (1)

Monster from a Prehistoric Planet, 1967

20 October 2008 – 12:34 pm +0800

It’s a Japanese Kaiju movie, and not one that anyone really remembers.
And it plays like a Japanese Kaiju movie, one that nobody would really remember.
It’s not really worse than many Kaiju films. It’s certainly not better than a lot of them, either. It’s just kind of there. Mostly entertaining, but with a [...]

By Ian Michael Hamet | Posted in Movies, Reviews, Spook-A-Thon 2008, Yesterday's movie | Also tagged american title, bad movie, blackface, egg, Gappa, grindhouse, Japan, japanese actors, japanese monster, kaiju, men in suits, monstrosity, prehistoric planet, pterosaur, roger corman, tropical island, tropical paradise, two monsters, village | Comments (0)

Linkage

21 June 2008 – 12:09 pm +0800

Stuff from my open tabs in Firefox, either that I’ve read and wanted to link, or that I want to read at some point soon.

“Is Prestige Worth It?” by Dr. Thomas Sowell. About selecting a university.
“Tim Russert (1950–2008)” by Dr. Thomas Sowell. Dr. Sowell is always worth reading.
“Is the Universe actually made of [...]

By Ian Michael Hamet | Posted in Link fest | Also tagged Anthony Lane, Bush, carl zimmer, charles taylor, Criticism, Dartmouth, david lean, design, dinosaur fossil, Discover, edward cline, Evolution, Feminism, film, Fossil, fossil discovery, international herald tribune, Iran, Israel, Joel Malchow, john hinderaker, Judith B. Walzer, laboratory observation, long knives, reading, rio bravo, roger kimball, thomas sowell, tim russert, Universe, university, US, Utah | Comments (1)