Things have been a little quiet on Mine Was Taller of late. I’ve not been completely inactive though, with plenty of articles appearing on the Blogcritics Magazine site. So what have the none-BC readers been missing? Well for starters there have been several pieces celebrating the centennial of a couple of movie greats.
Laurence Olivier Centenary: The Greatest Actor of the 20th Century? takes a look at one of England’s finest exports and there are also reviews of The Boys From Brazil, Sleuth and Bunny Lake is Missing.
John Wayne, My Dad, and Me or How I Learned to Love The Western goes back to my childhood to explore the beginning of my fascination with John Wayne and there’s also my pick of his films from the ‘30s, ‘40s, ‘50s, ’60s and ‘70s. The Wayne celebration concludes with a look at Warner’s John Wayne Film Collection box set.
Then there’s Cinema Macabre Issues 3 & 4.
Issue 3 takes a look at werewolves in the movies -
Iloz Zoc spotlights the Lon Chaney Jr. classic The Wolf Man (1941).
Daniel Woolstencroft watches one of the best Stephen King adaptations, Silver Bullet (1985).
Tony Woolstencroft enjoys the dog vs. werewolf film Bad Moon (1996).
Sticking with the dog theme Chris Beaumont celebrates the British horror movie Dog Soldiers (2002).
Romasanta: The Werewolf Hunt (2004) is my pick and it’s shocking not least for having a good performance from Julian Sands.
Issue 4 examines another classic cinematic monster, the vampire.
The Return of the Vampire (1944) is Iloz Zoc’s choice and it sees Bela Lugosi (almost) reprising his role in Dracula.
George Romero is best known for his zombie films but as I point out he also made a superior vampire film in Martin (1977).
Chris Beaumont’s vampire is of the hopping Asian variety in Mr Vampire (1985).
Finally Daniel Woolstencroft waxes lyrical about “the finest vampire movie of modern times” Near Dark (1987).
Next months Cinema Macabre looks at zombie movies.
Also next month you can expect much more activity on Mine Was Taller.
