Doomsday rock1 is an exceptionally average movie. The plot, about a disgraced scientist who takes over a nuclear launch site so he can destroy an…
CIPC #496: The abominable Dr. Phibes
Every good actor, or more accurately, every prolific actor will, sooner or later, find his way to this blog. Yet it seems that horror icon…
CIPC #483: China doll
Every movie is a product of its time, of course, but usually at least the basic premise is timeless. Romeo and Juliet, for example, can…
CIPC #477: Il boia scarlatto
So you want to shoot a giallo. You have an idea: centuries ago, a mad hangman1 has been executed for his many crimes and now…
CIPC #475: The great escape
This is a serious contender for the title of best movie I’ve ever spotlighted on my blog. It stars great actors like Steve McQueen,1 Charles…
CIPC #469: Ascenseur pour l’échafaud
Our topic for today is a French movie from 1958. The plot goes like this: a man murders his boss, but he gets stuck in…
CIPC #463: Funeral in Berlin
West Berlin was bizarre. An enclave, right in the capital city, governed by, if not the official enemy of the state, then at least their…
CIPC #461: Zathura: A space adventure
Ars longa vita brevis, they say, but I think that’s an overestimation. Sure, people are still listening to Bach, reading Dante, and admiring Euclid’s Elements,…
CIPC #456: The thing from another world
When John Campbell published his collection of short stories Who goes there? in 1938 on a grand total of 3000 copies, he would nary have…
CIPC #451: Ace Venture: when nature calls
In the nineties, between Forrest Gump and Jack Sparrow, there was a trend to build movies around off and slightly dim goofballs. But writing such…