Greetings, patient readers. The saga of the Siren's Internet access would not make a good movie, unless you consider it compelling cinema to watch a woman screaming at a voice-recognition system because it doesn't recognize her voice. Today the Siren called and explained to a puzzled but pleasant Time Warner representative that she was very, very sorry she had said all those mean things about Time...
Poetry hit the big screen in some big and lasting ways in the 1930s. James Whale, for example, opened 1935's Bride of Frank- enstein by staging a discussion between Percy Shelley, Lord Byron, and Mary Shelley about the nature of Mary's horror story which Whale himself had brought to movie theaters in 1931. (That's Byron, who in the film calls himself "England's greatest sinner," pictured...
It just occurred to me that I really don’t give Sir Ian McKellen enough love. I’ve always liked the man - the first time I think I was ever aware of his acting presence was in the 1998 film Gods and Monsters, where Sir Ian played James Whale, the director of the original Frankenstein [...]
The Story: This is either the best sex scene in horror movie history, or simply the worst first date in horror films. Depends on how deep you want to read it—as allegory or as reality. For the reality, we have this: the child-bride of Dr. Pretorius ( Ernest Thesiger ) and Dr. Henry Frankenstein ( Colin Clive ) is awakened from her lightning birth and immediately rejects her intended, the monster...
Okay it’s not a comics, but nothing has influenced the imagery of Halloween more than James Whale’s classic, so let’s give it up for the king. And with that, we’re off to Trick or Treat !
What on earth are the BBC playing at. One right-wing nutjob on Question Time is one too many, without extending the invitation for another one to join him! Why don't they go the whole bloody hog and invite John Gaunt, James Whale, Kelvin McKenzie, Andrew Pierce and all the other crazies that seem to populate the Talksport/Sky News airwaves to form a show of their own?
The Old Dark House is a 1932 horror film directed by James Whale and starring Boris Karloff , Melvyn Douglas , Charles Laughton , Ernest Thesiger and Raymond Massey . I like this one, no matter what the reviewers say. I like the spirit of the thing. Youtube has this online in sections. Embedding is disabled for part 1, but it can be viewed here . The rest of the film should autoplay from here: Moria...
If you're a fan of the classic Universal Studios movie monsters, including Dracula, Frankenstein, the Werewolf, the Creature from the Black Lagoon, the Mummy, and more, then you've probably found yourself haunted by a severe lack of ginormous books that focus on your obsession. With Halloween just around the corner, Michael Mallory's Universal Studios Monsters: A Legacy of Horror arrives just in time....
HG Wells's books have been hits on the big screen almost since cinema began. But which is the best? Read more about the HG Wells anniversary celebrations "No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone else's draft," reckoned HG Wells and in this, as in so many things, he knew whereof he spoke. The father of modern-day science fiction did not live long enough to see men...
Occasionally, whilst driving, I listen to LBC radio to hear what James Whale and the other right wing loons are currently obsessed with. At the moment, it is light bulbs. I'm not joking: light bulbs. You see, the EU have decided to phase out the old 100 watt bulb as new energy efficient bulbs are better for the environment. This has set off a tidal wave of right wing lunacy as people demand it is their...
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence’s decision to reject an appeal to make Roche’s Avastin, Bayer's Nexavar and Wyeth's Torisel available on the National Health Service for renal cancer patients has unsurprisingly led to protests from the drugmakers and patient groups. NICE has this morning issued guidance saying that Avastin (bevacizumab), Nexavar (sorafenib) and...
“Gods and Monsters” is a line from the classic 1935 movie Bride of Frankenstein, the sequel to the classic 1931 Frankenstein, starring Boris Karloff. Both of these horror films were directed by James Whale, and Gods and Monsters is a movie about his life. Whale’s tale is clearly that of a creative and imaginative filmmaker, but [...]
1939 - Dir: Rowland V. Lee Shown at The FeckenOdeon on 26th October, 2002 "TO HAVE SEEN IT IS TO WEAR A BADGE OF COURAGE!" "Son of Frankenstein" was made in 1939 and is the final film in the classic trio that James Whale started in 1931 with the first talking "Frankenstein" and which continued in 1935 with "Bride of Frankenstein". That this could have been regarded...
1951 - Dir.: Alexander Mackendrick Shown at The FeckenOdeon on 22nd June, 2002 The Man in the White Suit appeared in August 1951, just two months after The Lavender Hill Mob (also starring Alec Guinness) opened. Telling the story of a scientist who is undone by the seeming perfection of his own invention, Alexander Mackendrick's astute film is the only Ealing comedy truly to bare its teeth. Capitalist...
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