I can't believe we're in December already because 2025 has seemed really long and really short at the same time. Who knows how that happens, but I'm not complaining. Movie-wise, November turned out to be another theme month. I don't think anyone planned it as such, but anyway, it was all about history and memory. … Continue reading Where Have We Been?
Frankenstein’s Ghost
It's always interesting to see where a franchise goes after the first movie, and the original Frankenstein series is no exception, as it was mostly a matter of finding new situations for the monster to lurch into. 1942's The Ghost of Frankenstein seems as if it would break new ground for the character, and while … Continue reading Frankenstein’s Ghost
Five Reasons To See “Young Frankenstein”
Apartment living can be surprising, annoying, and a hundred other similies. It can also be inadvertantly beneficial. I never saw the beat of our current apartment for getting other people's stuff, and it's happened the entire nine years we've been in the place. We gotten court orders from two different counties. Eight cases of Hopsy … Continue reading Five Reasons To See “Young Frankenstein”
Five Reasons To See “Frankenstein”
Everybody knows who Frankenstein's monster is. Let's be honest. He's as notorious as Dracula with an almost equally formidable filmography. We'll go into that another time with a proper "Page To Screen," but today we're only interested in the 1931 Universal classic and why it's worth watching. Frankenstein came out ten months after Dracula and Universal Studios … Continue reading Five Reasons To See “Frankenstein”
Taking Up Room 