Category Archives: Movies

Horror Flix: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Posted on Tuesday 22 October 2019 by Mark R. Kelly

This was released early in 1932, just a couple months after Frankenstein and about a year after Dracula. The copyright in the credits is 1931. It stars Fredric March, who won an Oscar for the role. (Actually in a tie.) … Continue reading →

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Horror Flix: The Mummy

Posted on Monday 7 October 2019 by Mark R. Kelly

The Mummy was released in 1932, though the copyright, curiously, is 1933, right there in the credits, in roman numerals. It was released in December 1932, according to Wikipedia, just over a year after Frankenstein’s release in November 1931. Familiar … Continue reading →

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Monster Flix: Dracula

Posted on Saturday 28 September 2019 by Mark R. Kelly

Having realized that Dracula actually preceded Frankenstein – both from Universal Studios, and together the founding pair of the entire genre of horror films in the 1930s and ‘40s, even though Frankenstein might be taken as science fiction, not horror … Continue reading →

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Film Notes: Mulholland Drive

Posted on Tuesday 9 July 2019 by Mark R. Kelly

Over the past couple nights we re-watched one of my favorite movies of all time — Mulholland Drive (stylized, in Wikipedia’s take, Mulholland Dr.). I like it for its depiction of ’70s era Hollywood, and especially for Angelo Badalamenti’s score … Continue reading →

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Link and Comments: About Superhero Movies

Posted on Monday 9 July 2018 by Mark R. Kelly

From Sunday’s NYT. Mark Bowden, Why Are We Obsessed With Superhero Movies? The issue for me is why these types of stories are so popular, recently – and how these are primitive fantasies, the very opposite type of story as … Continue reading →

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Skiffy Flix: Forbidden Planet

Posted on Tuesday 19 June 2018 by Mark R. Kelly

This 1956 film is still regarded as an important early science fiction films, and one of the best of the 1950s, even if it shows its age 60 years on. It influenced both Star Trek and Lost in Space, and … Continue reading →

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Links and Comments: Reactions to Art; the Eclipse; Christianity and PKD

Posted on Saturday 16 September 2017 by Mark R. Kelly

Saved from Facebook… A post by Adam-Troy Castro: Noted in a thread: Somebody (I forget who) told the story of leaving A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE as one of two teenage couples, being absolutely gobsmacked by it, and listening to his … Continue reading →

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Spotlight

Posted on Monday 14 December 2015 by Mark R. Kelly

We saw Spotlight on Sunday, a film about the 2001 Boston Globe investigation into child abuse within the Catholic Church in that city, a film that just ranked #1 on the best movies of the year lists in both Time … Continue reading →

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Philip Glass: Naqoyqatsi: Religion

Posted on Sunday 25 October 2015 by Mark R. Kelly

Best, most thrilling track from the 2002 score by Philip Glass of Godfrey Reggio’s film Naqoyqatsi, with cello by Yo-Yo Ma. Keep listening. It really kicks in around 5:00 — the contrast between those rising arpeggios, rhythmically erratic — one … Continue reading →

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The Martian, the movie

Posted on Monday 5 October 2015 by Mark R. Kelly

(posted Sunday, 4 Oct 2015, on Facebook) Saw The Martian today (*after* reading and posting Gary Westfahl’s review this morning — and also after reading Andy Weir’s novel a couple months ago) and I think it’s a prime example of … Continue reading →

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