Tom Simmons

Hoppy Serves a Writ

Legal puzzle awaits clownish lawman in ‘Hoppy Serves a Writ’ (1943)

Throwback Thursday (Movie review): The comedy isn’t funny and the drama isn’t dramatic in the 43rd Hopalong Cassidy film.

Incredible Hulk Planet Hulk

Green gladiator grabs glory in ‘Incredible Hulk: Planet Hulk’ (2007)

Superhero Saturday (Comic book review): This Marvel Comics arc has been adapted several times, including — loosely — in “Thor: Ragnarok.”

Black Hole 2008

Short film ‘The Black Hole’ (2008) unlocks an opening in an unlikely place

Throwback Thursday (Movie review): This sharp British short explores the drudgery of – and escape from – office work in less than 3 minutes.

Curse of the Stone Hand

Heavy-handed cut-and-shunt celluloid: ‘Curse of the Stone Hand’ (1965)

Frightening Friday (Movie review): Jerry Warren’s oddity intercuts and dubs two 1940s Chilean films into an entertaining package.

We Need to Talk About Kevin

We really need to talk about ‘We Need to Talk About Kevin’ (2011)

Throwback Thursday (Movie review): Although the wait for answers is agonizing, strong visual storytelling and a late recovery makes it worthwhile.

Black Moon

‘Black Moon’ (1934) juxtaposes family obligations with job demands of a voodoo-goddess

Frightening Friday (Movie review): Though outdated and often offensive, the film is almost worth watching due to Fay Wray’s small role.

Viy

If you like Gogol-inspired Soviet folk-horror, you’ll love ‘Viy’ (1967)

Frightening Friday (Movie review): This Russian-language classic concerns a brave student and a very beautiful, very dead girl in what’s been called the first Soviet horror film.

Creature with the Atom Brain

‘Creature with the Atom Brain’ (1955) a surprisingly brainy film

Frightening Friday (Movie review): This snappy camp classic delivers more than it promises – at least insofar as the quantity of creatures sporting atom brains.

Wrestling Women

In ‘The Wrestling Women vs. the Aztec Mummy’ (1964), babes beat a bandaged bloke

Frightening Friday (Movie review): Not quite horror, not quite horrible, the film’s standout feature is the wrestling action.

Son of Dracula

A fanged swain makes his dad proud in ‘Son of Dracula’ (1943)

Frightening Friday (Movie review): Lon Cheney Jr. stars in this underwatched gem of the “Dracula” film series.