Well, a thumb infection in the middle of June kept me out of typing action for more than 2 weeks, but I’m almost completely back to normal now, just in time to finish my reviews for May and present them to you here.
This month I was writing a zombie-related article for an upcoming MKR magazine, so I watched a few zombie movies (again) this month, just to make sure I knew what I was talking about. I also (finally) finished the Tremors series. You’ll see whether it was a bang or a dud. Plus, still working on my Dinosaur RPG system, so I watched a ton of dino movies, too. Plus a bunch of TV seasons had their ends. You’ll find out what I thought of those. My wife and I also managed to catch 2 films at the Bride of Schlock (Schlock the Block 2) film fest, including one by our friend Christopher R. Mihm, plus his new trailer forThe Wad. And of course, the expected number of mysteries, including at least one new show.
Here’s the usual ratings system:
* – This film is not good. Avoid it unless you tolerate dreck well.
** – A flawed film. You may enjoy it if you like this genre or the folks in it.
*** – A good solid film. If you like this genre, you’ll probably like this film.
**** – A superior film within its genre. Thoroughly enjoyable.
***** – An outstanding film on many levels. A great example of its genre.
Note that some shows I’ve given a parenthetical star rating, either adding or subtracting stars, depending on how your amusem*nt may differ from mine. I’ve explained the meaning in the reviews themselves. Usually.
Zombie a.k.a. Zombi 2 (1979) **** Woman travels to a remote Caribbean island to look for her missing father & instead finds she & her friends are trapped in the outbreak of a zombie plague. Director Fulci amps up the gore in this unofficial sequel to Romero’s Dawn of the Dead. Worth it for the classic (practical FX) zombie vs. shark sequence & shudder-inducing injury to the eye.
I Walked with a Zombie (1943) ***** A nurse goes to a Caribbean island to tend a rich man’s wife, who is living a somnambulist existence after coming down with a tropical fever. Local voodoo traditions, though, say she’s actuall dead & now a zombie. This Lewton-Tourneur neo-Gothic suspense thriller/horror film is one of the best zombie films ever. Great, moody production. Great acting.
Shaun of the Dead (2004) ***** Simon Pegg is the titular character, a schlub who finds himself & his friends caught up in a zombie apocalypse. A perfect mix or comedy & horror ensues as we follow Shaun’s odyssey to rescue his girlfriend & find safety in a fave pub.
Tremors: Shrieker Island (2020) **(*) Probably the last of the Tremors movies, because the pandemic may have caused star Michael Gross to age out, is also the weakest of the series, because the intial main characters are people you don’t like (or shouldn’t) as opposed to the lovable misfits introduced in all the other films. The FX are pretty good but story is meh. I give it an extra finale star.
Herr Vinnners Stenholdersdrom (1924) **(*) A silent caveman story with a shaggy looking dinosaur that might be a stegosaurus. Still, I like this kind of sh*t.
Land That Time Forgot, The (1975) **** Probably the best of the Doug McClure Amicus (or Amicus-like) pictures, McClure leads the survivors of a torpedoed ship and takes over the sub that sunk them. The WWI Germand & Americans then find themselves stranded in Caprona, a lost continent/island where dinosaurs & cavemen live side-by-side. Good adaptation of the Burroughs book.
Valley of the Dragons (1961) **(*) Based on a Verne story, a duel between two men stops when the combatants are swept off of the Earth by a passing comet, which happens to be home to dinosaurs (stock lizards from 1 Million BC) & caveman civilizations. Decent.
Bergerac (S3) **** John Nettles continues to track down criminals of various stripes on Jersey, the British island off the French coast. Series continues it’s 70s-80s tough-guy noirish feeling, almost like a Brit Mannix, but with less gunfire & fights.
Midsomer Murders 18-1 Habeus Corpus **** A man’s body vanishes after he dies, even though many people are gathered in the house, on the floor below when he died. What follows is a “body, body, who’s got the body” mystery, with more disappearances on the way. This episode also introduces the new young & pretty Forensic Pathologist, Dr. Kam Karimore. Fun as always.
Midsomer Murders 18-2 The Incident at Cooper Hill ***** Cooper Hill is the site of many mysterious light sightings & known to some as a UFO hotspot. When a park ranger turns up dead & covered in black goo, it’s only the start. Are the lights & the murders actually the work of aliens, or are they related to the local UFO tours, or even the army base nearby. Barnaby, Jones, and Kam must figure it out.
Death in Paradise (S7) **** The series settles into its current cast & gives us a good mix of cozy Caribbean & more original mysteries. Unfortunately, right after I finished this series, Prime seems to have lost the rights to the series that follow. I’ll keep looking.
Curse of Oak Island, The (S11) ***(*) For me, this show is enjoyable when it’s doing archaeology & thankfully, this season has a lot of that. Along with, of course, the usual frequent repetition for late-coming viewers, & the quest for a treasure that may or may not be real. I like what they dig up, not related to treasure, & the actual history (vs. speculation). Good season for that — but no treasure yet. Your mileage may vary.
Land of the Lost (2009) **(*) I like both versions of the original TV show, so this film was bound to annoy me. It’s one of those things where if they’d called it something different, I’d probably find it a lot more amusing. (Like the Dark Shadow film or the US Godzilla.) As it is, I’m willing to watch it because of good production & FX, including the dinosaurs. I’ll watch anything with dinos.
Midsomer Murders 18-3 Breaking the Chain **** When a national cycling race comes to Midsomer, the leading rider is murdered & of course, the killings & murder attempts don’t stop. Is a rival team responsible? An environmentalist? A girlfriend or boyfriend? Plenty of suspects.
Untamed Women (1952) **(*) US fliers are shot down & land on an uncharted island inhabited by the titular untamed women, who can’t make up their minds whether to kill or marry the guys. Oh, plus a valley full of dinosaurs. Sure, they’re stock footage lizards from 1 Million BC (the most excerpted “dinosaur” movie ever!), but with me this film gets points for doing better process shots inserting the new cast of characters with the old special effects & for the shocking wrap-around ending.
Champions of Justice (Los Campeones Justiciero – 1971) *** Blue Demon, Mil Masqueras, & friends square off against the evil Black Hand & his army of super enhanced midget wrestlers. Mayhem ensues, midgets fly (& get thrown), & it’s all in good fun, if you like Luchador movies.
Mummies of Guanajuato (Las Momias de Guanajuato- 1972) **(*) Luchador wrestlers Blue Demon, Mil Masqueras, & the legendary El Santo (the silver-mask man) team up to battle ancient mummies (dried human corpses, not bandaged, like in Egypt) besieging Guanajuato under the control of ancient evil wrestler “Satan” who has revived to destroy the city. Give it the extra star if you like this kind of thing.
House of Frankenstein (Sven – 1944) **** Karloff is the mad scientist, not the monster, but John Carradine appears as Dracula, Glenn Strange as the Frankenstein Monster, & critically, Lon Chaney, Jr. is back as Larry Talbot, the Wolf Man. Universal’s first-ever full-on monster mash (only 2 monsters before) is a bit segmented in story, but all the pieces of it are highly entertaining. J. Carol Naish, as a sympathentic but depraved & dangerous hunchback, too!
Mystery in the Bermuda Triangle (Misterio en las Bermudas -1979) **(*) El Santo, Blue Demon, and Mil Masaqueras team up once again to look for people who have vanished in the Bermuda Triangle. They are aided (and sometimes thwarted) by a bikini-clad trio of lovelies. There’s also a princess to be protected and bad guys who can vanish suddenly. It’s all a bit of a mess, but there’s wrestling action & beautiful women photographed in that kind of rich 1960s-70s color that films never seem to use anymore.
Hot Fuzz (2007) ***** Simon Pegg is a city cop exiled to the country for making all the other city cops look bad with his enthusiasm & arrest record. He ends up in a town like one in Midsomer Murders full of quirky characters & then, of course, murder. Like Shaun of the Dead before it, this Wright-Pegg-Frost production is both a perfect cop action film & the perfect parody of the entire genre of cop action films. Watch for speculation & questions early on that later become part of the story.
Midsomer Murders 4-1 Garden of Death **** This episode starts with a man shooting out tires near the a village Memorial Garden that some want to turn into a tea shop. Sides are drawn & murders follow, but part of the fun of watching this the second time is seeing Neil Dudgeon — future series lead John Barnaby — playing always-on-the-make ladies’ man skeezy gardener, Daniel Bolt. Always fun!
Falcon’s Brother, The (1942) **** George Sanders hands the title of “the Falcon” off to his real life brother Tom Conway in this mystery involving spies, murder, & mistaken identity. The “twist” at the end gets a bit of a short shrift, but hey, “Happy ending.”
Haunted Gold (1932) **(*) Young John Wayne is a rancher who owns part interest in a defunct mine that may not be so defunct after all. Fairly standard western, with a phantom but no real ghosts. Wayne’s black sidekick, Clarence, falls pretty hard into stereotypes, so how much you enjoy this programmer may depend on how well you tolerate such of-the-time racism.
Midsomer Murders 18-4 A Dying Art ***** A controversial art garden becomes the site of both vandalism and murder of the patron, bringing John Barnaby & DS Nelson (& Kam) to investigate. Suspects include the man’s daughter & son-in-law who stand to lose their climbing park on the property, people wanting the land to be rid of the art, & of course, the artists represented & those who failed to make the cut. The art in this episoe is all very good, when it’s supposed to be. & the art-inspired murders fun.
Tormented (1960) **** Possibly Bert I. Gordon’s best film. A composure/musician (Richard Carlson) is about to get married when old flame Vi appears on his island paradise. When Vi is “accidentally” killed, she returns to haunt her former beau & make his life miserable. No not-really-a-ghost cop out in this one. Vi is not only dead, but positively malevolent, & even Mr. BIG’s low-budget special effects work well in this tale. The disembodied head spooked me as a kid! Great new Blu-ray.
Revenge of the Dead (Night of the Ghouls) **(*) Ed Wood’s “lost” film has a new Blu-ray under one of its original titles. The film looks pretty great & it starts as if it might be a normal film about fake mediums using actors & a deformed man (Tor Johnson) as pretend monsters. But, being Wood, it soon meanders off, & people do things that don’t make a lot of sense. It’s nice to see Paul Marco as Kelton the Cop again, though. The Blu-ray disc set is packed with extras and well worth it for Wood fans. All others… Beware!
Daughter of the Dragon (1931) **(*) Anna Man Wong stars as Ling Moy, the daughter of Fu Manchu (Warner Oland, in at least partial “yellow face” to enhance his pseudo-oriental looks, though he was a Swedish-American). When Fu is resurrected from apparent death, Ling must choose between following in her father’s evil footsteps or pursuing a young man, son of Fu’s arch enemy.Yellow Peril cliches abound in this early talkie, so your enjoyment may depend on whehter you can deal with those of-its-time flaws. Wong is good, though, & there are some fun romantic rivalries & Fu Manchu stuff.
Daughter of Shanghai (1937) *** Anna May Wong is an Asian-American socialite whose father is assassinated for trying to stop an illegal alien smuggling ring that dumps its passengers in the ocean if things don’t go according to plan. Soon, she and US Agent KIm Lee are on a remote island working in a nightclub run by the smugglers. The twist is given early, but the suspense plays well. The portrayal of Asian-Americans has come a long way since Daughter of the Dragon.
Vera 1-4 Little Lazarus ***** A nearly drowned boy turns up in a frigid stream, near is brutally murdered mother & their car. When Vera rescues & revives the boy, he becomes attached to her, even as his life is threatened by the mysterious killer. Vera & her crew must sort through the child’s mysterious life & discover the secret behind his mother’s strange life & death.
Slave & the Sorcerer **** Lawrie Brewster’s homage to 1980s fantasy films has most everything you could ask for in a low-budget pastiche, including plenty of in-character comic touches, gore, & two beautiful women. The men are manly, the women buxom, & the villains pure evil. The dragon CG sequences repeat a bit too often, & the swordplay could be quicker, but there are some very good makeup, monsters, & practical FX. The sets & production values are generally very good. Sequel?
Gentleman in Moscow, A (2024) ***** Ewan McGregor is a Russian aristocrat sentenced to confinement in Russia’s only 5-star hotel (where he previously lived) after the Russian revolution. The series follows him from that time to the mid-1950s, as he struggles with love, loyalty, & the machinations of the repressive USSR. A great series from start to finish. I learned a lot of history. too.
Scream, Blackula, Scream (1973) *** Blackula is revived from the dead by voodoo, turns more than a few people into vampires, & woos Pam Grier (who wouldn’t?) in this sequel. While better than the original in some areas, including the bang-up climax, it lacks some of the creepiness that made the original stand out. Still, William Marshall, remains good & Pam always is.
Falcon in Danger, The (1943) **** The mysterious crash of an unmanned plane brings the Falcon (Tom Conway) & his meddling new “fiancée” into this story, as he tries to discover what happened to the plane’s millionaire passenger & the rest of the crew. The troubles with his lady love are typical 1940s jealousy, & it’s hard to understand why the Falcon puts up with her — or why anyone would. (And it’s unclear if they’re engaged only in her eyes or for real.) Twists on the mystery & villainous cast are good.
Krapopolis (S1) **** I’ve almost reviewed this new Fox animated show several times, under the misapprehension that its premise is so odd, it couldn’t be a full-season series. Yet, it was, & I think the network’s faith in buying a full year was justified. Krapopolis is about an ancient Greek city ruled over by a family of demi-gods & their eccentric goddess mother & monster father. King Tyrannus is the lead, & like the rest his character is alternately endearing & annoying. Some of the episodes are plain-up silly, but others — like the hydra episode — are clever satirical takes on modern technologies & ways. Since I have a fondness for Greco-Roman mythology, this is a good series for me, though the designs are occasionally ugly.
Devil’s Island (1940) *** Boris Karloff is a doctor wrongly condemned to Devil’s Island for giving care to a “rebel.” The island is even more repressive than the mainland, & though he saved the life of the Warden’s daughter, that buys him little favor. He & the other prisoners plot to escape the inhumane conditions. As usual, Karloff makes this standard melodrama worth seeing.
Vera 4-1 The Ghost Position ***** The firebombing of a colleague’s house, his daughter nearly dying from it, & the man then committing suicide suck Vera & her team into a tangle of twisted motives, love, devotion, & searching for a hooded madman who threw the bomb.
Midsomer Murders 18-5 Saints & Sinners ***** When archaeologists turn up the remains of a local saint — a saint whose body already supposedly rests in a nearby church — the bodies start piling up. What’s causing the trouble? Archeologists vs. Church, the battle of two estranged brothers, or something entirely different. John Barnaby & Nelson must sort it all out, while the love life of FP Kam simmers in the peripheral vision of the detectives (but far more visible to Barnaby’s wife, Sarah).
Land of the Lost (1991 – S1) *** This reboot (or is it a continuation with different characters) of the classic Sid & Marty Krofft kids’ show lacks the SF “magic” of the original, but makes up for that loss with much better effects by the Chiodo Brothers. Not a bad trade off, though I’d have preferred both the great sci-fi of the original with the advanced dinos, animation, & other goodies.
Midsomer Murder 18-6 Harvest of Souls ***** The son of wealthy gentry turns up dead in a stable, starting a series of deaths running through the local fun fare (carnival) & community. Naturally, Barnaby, Nelson, & Kam must put together the twisty puzzle. Also of note is the Wall of Death trick-riding motorcycle pit, something I remember from fairs when I was a kid. Do they still do that?
Arabian Adventure (1979) **** Made by the same people as The Land that Time forgot, this British Arabian Nights fantasy has a lush look that far exceeds its Amicus-level budget. The cast is strong, the music is good, the stunts exciting, & the minitures are great. Plus, there are geniis, mechanical monsters, magical tokens, a lovely princess, & Christopher Lee in top form as an evil Caliph. Peter Cushing also has a small role. The evil caliph seeks a magical rose that will give him absolute power, while a prince woos, the princess — who is the neice of the not-so-obviously evil man — and a Sabu-like waif & his monkey tag along for the quest. And who wouldn’t love a sky battle between forces on flying carpets? Fun family film.
Midsomer Murders 19-1 The Village that Rose from the Dead **** A village abandoned after WWII has people proposing 3 different ways to rehabilitate it, an eco-friendly village being one. But, being Midsomer, of course the killing of one of the eco-people isn’t the end to the not-so-friendly rivalries, but just the beginnings of the murders. John Barnaby & new DS Jamie Winter have a lot to sort out, as usual.
McDonald & Dodds 1-1 Fall of the House of Crockett **** When a rich entrepreneur arrives home to find an unknown dead man in his house, at first it seems to be a burglary gone wrong. New DCI Lauren McDonald might let it go at that, but persnickity, middle-aged DS Dodds thinks there’s something not right about that theory. Despite his bosses, he keeps digging until he & McDonald crack the case.
Poisoned in Paradise: A Martha’s Vineyard Mystery *** When a young woman who had tried to ask our heroes for help turns up dead shortly after being told to go to the police, former police detective Jackson & coroner gal-pal Dr. Zee Madieras must find the killer & sort out whether it has anything to do with a huge & mysterious bank deposit mistakenly made in Zee’s favor.
Amazing Transparent Man, The *** Seen in a theater for the first time at a “bad” film festival (or maybe the first time in a long time). It’s still a minor effort about a thief being turned invisible to steal nuclear material, but it’s pretty good despite its low budget. Wife liked it.
Queen of Snakes **** Superior hagsploitation-meets-monster movie effort by Christopher R. Mihm. A wheelchair-bound angry old woman (Stephanie Mihm) discovers a mysterious locket that allows her to become the titular monster. That transformation allows her to further her manipulative grip on her put-upon daughter (Rachel Grubb) & find out what the daughter’s no-good boyfriend is really up to. The cast is great & the production values good. Mihm’s first color films looks appropriately fade, as if it were really 1950s film stock. Fine film overcoming lack of budget.
Masters of the Universe ***** Why this 1980s fantasy-adventure-action film has such a bad reputation is beyond me & my wife. We both LOVE it! Eternia has been taken over by Skeletor. He-Man & his allies barely escape to Earth, where they meet 2teens struggling to become adults & make their own ways in the world. What follows is a grand mix of Star Wars & High Fantasy, with a touch of Back to the Future (including a key actor). Score is great, special effects hold up pretty well, the actors are uniformly excellent, especially Frank Langella as Skeletor. Dolph Lundgren is actually good as He-Man, too!
Ninotchka (1939) ***** Greta Garbo is a no-nonsense agent from the USSR sent to Paris to straighten out 3 comrades who were sent to represent the Soviet Union in a trade deal, but seem to have fallen into decadence. There, she runs into a charming aristocrat (Melvyn Douglas) wo sets about to seduce her away from her totalitarian ways. Director Ernst Lubitsch & writers Billy Wilder & company fill this story with interesting & quirky characters & situations. Garbo is masterful.
Destination Inner Space (1966) **** The new Blu-Ray of this film is everything that longtime fans like me (& Derek M. Koch of Monster Kid Radio) could hope for. The print is pristine AND widescreen, bringing the film back to a it may not even have had during its initial (brief?) run in the 1960s. The story, an underwater research base that finds a strange capsule aboard a marine UFO (USO), combines elements of submarine movies & IT! The Terror from Beyond Space, but it totally works for me. It’s a pleasure to see Mike Road (Johnny Quest’s Race Bannon) in person, rather than just hearing his voice. But the real star of the show is the ply ositively GREAT amphibian monster costume, the best since Creature from the Black Lagoon. Sure, the production values occasionally show their low biudget (though some thngs look better in widescreen), but boasts some genuine scares. A must-see for connoseurs of monster & B-movie fans! One of my personal faves.
Reptile, The **** Mysterious deaths in the English countryside lead to the mansion of a Brit who formerly lived in India, his lovely but shy daughter (Jacqueline Pearce), & their sinister servant. As the Hammer atmosphere & production build the suspense, the body count rise. Film watchers wonder if even the young couple protagonists will discover the sinister secret & get out alive. The makeup on the titular character is eerie and frightening (and an inspiration for the makeup in Mihm’s Queen of Snakes, among others). This is a great companion piece to Hammer’s similar film The Gorgon.
Death Curse of Tartu (1966) **(*) An evil, shape-changing spirit lives in the southern lakes & swamps, carrying out his vengeance on any who seek to defile his tomb — which is a band of 1960s style scientist-explorers. The production is very low budget, but it’s got that great color look that you seem only to find in 1960s films shot outdoors. If you’re like me, you’ll enjoy it.
Mummy’s Boys (1936) **(*) Two goofballs get wrapped up as guides for a search for a tomb in Egypt after mysterious deaths are blamed on “The mummy’s curse.” The production values help give this film something to watch for, as the comedy is dated & maybe wasn’t even funny back then. There’s also the mystery of who’s killing the Egyptologists, as it’s surely not a real curse.
Singapore Woman (1941) *** A woman is convinced that she’s cursed after a former lover kills himself. She descends into drunkenness, & eventually is rescued from the gutter by a kindly rubber plantation owner. He tries to convince her that her string of bad luck is over, while she remains convinced that nothing good can come to anyone she cares of. Pretty good noir melodrama.
King Kong (1933) ***** In my opinion, the greatest monster, greatest adventure, & greatest fantasy film of all time. Film maker Carl Denham takes Anne Darrow (Fay Wray) & a boat full of sailors to the south seas to try to make the greatest movie ever. On Skull Island, he not only finds a suitable subject for his aims in the 8th Wonder of the World: King Kong. He & his team also find living dinosaurs & enough action & peril for any half-dozen films. And then they take King Kong back to New York City. Made in 1933, Willis O’Brien & team’s special effects can still astound & excite today. This film remains better than any multi-million dollar flick made today. Plus, the subtexts can be endlessly debated. Accept no substitutes!
Curse of the Demon (Sven – 1957) **** This is the shorter, US version of the British film about a scientist who gets mixed up with the leader of a Black Magic cult. As A result, he is saddled with the titular curse (plus the Runes mentioned in Rocky Horror). Filled with suspense, great moments, & a memorable (if controversial) demon design, even missing a chunk of minutes, this is still a great film with director Jacques Tourneur in top form. If you can’t find the longer version, this version is in HD online.
Destroy All Monsters (Sven 1968) ***** In the “far future” of 1999, all the world’s giant monsters have been rounded up and put on Monsterland, an island where they can live (& battle each other) peacefully. It seems a good plan until sinister aliens, the Kilaaks, take over the monster research facility nearby & the monsters themselves. The monsters are then unleashed on Earth & will cause havok unless the world surrenders to the Kilaaks. Monsters battles & wrecked scenery galore in this one, with Godzilla, Rodan, Mothra, & many, many others. Try to watch the AIP Dub if you don’t want subtitles. It’s far superior, but good luck finding it! Sadly, Toho, who owns the franchise likes their inferior International Dub better.
Midsomer Murders 19-2 Crime & Punishment **** A local neighborhood watch society revels in their power, enforcing the law against even the smallest infractions & doing so with untoward relish. So, it’s not very rurpising when one of their number is Midsomer Murdered. The guard was formed after an unsolved hit & run killing. It seems to Barnaby & Winter that the old murder may be connected…
Unknown Terror, The (1957) *** A new, widescreen HD print (included on a 3-fer with Destination Inner Space) makes this minor SF/H flick well worth having. A woman searches for her missing brother amid a bleak Caribbean landscape rumored to hold The Cave of the Dead. While there, she and her party are stalked by mysterious, monstrous looking natives. Eventually, they find a scientist who knows the secret of the cave, but the price for leading the woman to it may prove too high. Worth seeing.
McDonald & Dodds 1-2 A Wilderness of Mirrors **** When a man apparently hangs himself at a local rehab clinic, only DS Dodds thinks it’s not suicide, but murder. He & partner DCI McDonald have a hell of a time proving it, as everyone in the facility — including the strange and compelling woman running the place — seems to have motive to keep them from finding the truth. End of the short 1st season.
McDonald & Dodds 2-1 The Man Who Wasn’t there **** Five old friends, famous for being social influencers back in their day, charter a balloon ride. But when something goes wrong, one of the men in the balloon falls out & all involved seem to have slightly different versions of what happened. An aviation expert, who seems very much like Dodds is brought in to help with the case. Another good episode.
Midsomer Murders 19-3 Last Man Out ***** Old cricket traditions are threatened by a new type of game & a new, obnoxious type of cricket superstar, who (naturally) turns up dead. Barnaby & Winter’s investigation of the deaths is hindered by Barnaby’s old DS, Ben Jones, turns up on a secret mission & as one of the top cricketers on the circuit. It seems like all British shows must feature a cricket match at some point or other & this is a really fun one. While Barnaby & Winter must find the killer(s), Jones has his own problems. The return of an old favorite character adds extra fan-service oomph to this episode.
That’s it for May, 2024. Plenty of variety for your viewing pleasure, I hope. 60 for the month, bringing the total for the year to 245.
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NEXT MONTH: June! Oy, June! With my thumb injury, lots of things got thrown off, though I still managed to watch a good number of movies and shows. But, as I’m behind on these reviews, I don’t even remember what. Ha ha. Naturally there will be more Midsomer Murders and other mystery shows, and at the end of the month, my annual Ray Harryhausen’s Birthday celebration. See you then!
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