Horror Hotel (1960)
Originally titled The City of the Dead, Horror Hotel by British director John Llewellyn Moxey is set in small town America and combines folk horror…
Author: Ernest Dempsey
The Robe (1953)
Stories can infuse the human spirit with faith from all kinds of events and characters. In Henry Koster’s historical drama The Robe (1953), the robe…
The Secret Garden (1987)
Hallmark’s The Secret Garden (1987) is one of several screen adaptations of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s 1911 novel of the same name. The made-for-TV movie, directed…
The Deep (1977)
David against the Goliath is a familiar theme, and timelessly so. In Peter Yates’ The Deep, it’s David after Goliath – an adventure that comes…
Virtuosity (1995)
Howard Rheingold’s groundbreaking book Virtual Reality (1991) popularized the topic of digital simulation in the developed world though it had been included in sci-fi movies…
Twin Peaks: The Return (2017), But of What?
David Lynch’s first death anniversary was observed last month with lots of praise showered on his works, notably his last regular feature production Twin Peaks:…
A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
Considered an early landmark and one of the best movies in the spaghetti Western genre, Sergio Leone’s A Fistful of Dollars (1964) came as Clint…
Damn the Defiant! (1962)
Based on Frank Tilsley’s 1958 novel Mutiny, Lewis Gilbert’s British sea adventure and war drama film H.M.S. Defiant from 1962 was released to the American…
Born to Kill (1947)
Robert Wise’s Born to Kill (1947) brings dramatic and romantic tension to fans of film noir with two powerful characters that match and mirror each…
Laura (1944) – Film Noir vs Murder Mystery
Otto Preminger’s Laura (1944) has widely been acclaimed a great noir film and a mystery you can never tire of watching. The latter claim is…