Comic Book Review: Showcase Presents the Great Disaster Featuring the Atomic Knights by too many to list. Trust me, a lot of great names. Between the late 1940s and somewhere in the 1990s, one of the most pervasive fears of the American public was atomic war. For the first time in known history, humans were… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Showcase Presents the Great Disaster Featuring the Atomic Knights
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TV Review: Man with a Camera
TV Review: Man with a Camera Mike Kovac (Charles Bronson) is a World War Two veteran who works as a freelance photographer. He’s a tough fellow who’s known for getting the shots other shutterbugs can’t make. As a result, he’s often called in to help investigate incidents for newspapers and private citizens. Mike is aided… Continue reading TV Review: Man with a Camera
Movie Review: Cleopatra (1934)
Movie Review: Cleopatra (1934) It is 48 B.C., and Egypt is having a bit of a civil war. Cleopatra (Claudette Colbert) and her brother Ptolemy both want to be the ruler. The regent Pothinos (Leonard Mudie), who finds Ptolemy easier to control, exiles Cleopatra to the desert, then negotiates with Julius Caesar (Warren William), representative… Continue reading Movie Review: Cleopatra (1934)
Movie Review: The Sign of the Cross (1932)
Movie Review: The Sign of the Cross (1932) In the year 64 A.D., Rome burns while Nero (Charles Laughton) composes poetry, accompanying himself on the lyre. Ambitious bodyguard Tigelinus (Ian Keith) warns that some parties are blaming the fires on Nero himself. Nero doesn’t actually deny the rumor, but doesn’t confirm it either. Tigelinus suggests… Continue reading Movie Review: The Sign of the Cross (1932)