Movies
Cobra Woman
I saw Maria Montez's COBRA WOMAN about a year ago. But I had to buy an all-regions DVD player and order the DVD from England, since it's unavailable here. But the expense was worth it, as I think you'll agree after you watch the trailer.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Feb 16, 2009 -
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Category: Animals, Magic and Illusions and Sleight of Hand, Movies, Pop Culture, Stereotypes and Cliches, 1940s
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
Besides having a great porn-movie title, this film starring Edward G. Robinson is just all over the map. Part comedy, part high-society drama, part courtroom drama, part gangster film, it features the loony premise of a medical doctor who becomes a crook for research purposes. Toss in Claire Trevor's weird lisp, and it's a surefire WU candidate!
Posted By: Paul - Sat Feb 14, 2009 -
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Category: Medicine, Movies, Stupid Criminals, 1930s
Russian Ark
What's so weird about the film titled RUSSIAN ARK? It's 90-some minutes long--and shot entirely in one continuous take. The camera--a special digital one--was turned on and never turned off for the duration of the shoot. They had to try four times before they suceeded.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Feb 13, 2009 -
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Category: Movies, Technology, Russia
Molly Bee, RIP
Her NYT obituary here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Feb 12, 2009 -
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Category: Movies, Music, 1950s
The Flying Serpent
You have never experienced the wonders of the cinema until you have seen Vampire Quetzalcoatl in THE FLYING SERPENT. Thanks goodness our radio-star mystery writer is on hand to solve the crime--after allowing several pals to die needlessly in what can only be a bid to boost his show's ratings.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Feb 04, 2009 -
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Category: Movies, 1940s, Fictional Monsters
The Ape Man
Bela Lugosi's 1943 film THE APE MAN is truly stupefying in its inane plot and lack of action. But it's only an hour long, and after a while, it exerts a hypnotic attraction.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Feb 02, 2009 -
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Category: Movies, 1940s, Fictional Monsters
23 Skidoo
Civilization without any humans is pretty darn weird.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jan 29, 2009 -
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Category: Destruction, Disasters, Movies, Science Fiction, 1960s, Yesterday’s Tomorrows
Motor Patrol
For those of you who are wondering about the possible ancestors of the famed TV show CHiPs--and there must be at least six of you--here comes the 1950 film MOTOR PATROL. I watched it recently, and it's not as goofy as many cheap films of this era. But the fact that ninety percent of the action and intrigue does NOT involve motorcycles has to count for something.Isn't that fellow in the white suit really channelling Clark Gable pretty badly?
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jan 28, 2009 -
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Category: Crime, Stupid Criminals, Movies, Regionalism, 1950s, Motorcycles
Bollywood Numerology
Some examples of Bollywood film names: Heyy Babyy, Singh is Kinng, Krazzy 4, Karzzzz, A Love Issshtory.Notice the strange spellings? It's not just variant Indian spellings. It's numerology. Apparently Bollywood directors swear by it. From the Deccan Herald:
The upcoming ‘Maan Gaye Mughall-E-Azam’, starring Rahul Bose and Mallika Sherawat, has recently been respelled after the director consulted a numerologist. Even a director like Ashutosh Gowariker added an extra ‘a’ in ‘Jodhaa Akbar’.
In other news, we've decided to change the name of Weird Universe to Weirrrdd Universe.
Posted By: Alex - Wed Jan 28, 2009 -
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Category: Languages, Movies
Fantomas
We are approaching, in 2011, the one-hundredth anniversary of the creation of Fantomas, villianous antihero adored by the French. But something about Fantomas just doesn't translate to American tastes, and he's never been popular here.Somehow I don't think this trailer from Fantomas's 1964 self-titled film will help win over the US audience.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jan 23, 2009 -
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Category: Costumes and Masks, Movies, Scary Criminals, Foreign Customs, 1910s
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