Tag: James Whale

‘The Bride of Frankenstein’ – a delirious sequel on Peacock and Criterion Channel

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, based on a novel, Blu-ray, Classic Movie, Criterion Channel, Cult Movies, DVD, Essential Viewing, fantasy, Halloween, Hollywood Classic, horror, National Film Registry, Peacock, pre-code, SVOD, thriller 10/03/202210/03/2022 Sean Axmaker

Boris Karloff wrings even more pathos from his plight as the misunderstood monster and Elsa Lanchester’s hissing, birdlike performance as the bride made her an instant icon.

Ian McKellen is plays cult director James Whale in Bill Condon's Oscar-winning 'Gods and Monsters.'

‘Gods and Monsters’ on VOD and Blu-ray/DVD

!Featured, Academy Award, American Independent Cinema, based on a true story, Blu-ray, drama, DVD, Film Independent Spirit Awards, Have You Seen...?, historical, movies about movies, SVOD 05/30/202007/01/2020 Sean Axmaker

Gods and Monsters (1998), Bill Condon’s first collaboration with Ian McKellen (the star of his Sherlock Holmes-in-retirement drama Mr. Holmes), is also a speculation on the final days of an aging artist whose failing memory haunts him. This one happens to be a real-life figure: James Whale, the debonair, openly gay British director who came […]

Blu-ray: Universal Classic Monsters: Complete 30-Film Collection

Blu-ray, Blu-ray review, horror 10/27/201810/27/2018 Sean Axmaker 2 Comments

Universal Classic Monsters: Complete 30-Film Collection (Universal, Blu-ray) Dracula, Frankenstein’s monster, the Wolf Man, and the Mummy have traversed the trail from horror icon to camp figure and back again and sparked the imaginations of readers and moviegoers for decades. Yet call forth the images nestled in the public consciousness and you’ll find that the […]