Thursday, May 14, 2026

Impressions

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After a long absence, I can finally do the MacArthur thing on this blog ("I have returned."), not least because I'm also now s...
Saturday, January 24, 2026

Unbridled outrage and the lack of conclusions

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Since we're no longer members of the Michigan Theater, we've been seeing fewer films, as you might expect. So when the Oscar nominat...
Thursday, December 25, 2025

Three days in New York

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We had to go to NYC to put in a visa application and, contrary to the title, it was more like 2.5 days, really, since we flew in early Sunda...
Friday, November 7, 2025

Universal Horror, part V: Regrettable parody with an actual high point

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Our last group is kind of a dichotomy, in that it's the introduction of the last monster that makes up the classic Universal set, but al...
Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Universal Horror, part IV: One mildly bright point in a sea of darkness

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And, oh, how I wish that title could be taken as approbation of the "darkness" of Universal horror, but we're on a downward sl...
Monday, November 3, 2025

Universal Horror, part III: Mediocre continuances and a sore thumb

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This segment is the start of what could loosely be defined as the George Waggner/ Curt Siodmak era which, in the converse to Dracula's D...
Saturday, November 1, 2025

Universal Horror, part II: extensions to good or bad

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As I was saying last time, there's a moment when all things have to come to an end. This, the second segment of Universal films which ta...