Hey, Ib Melchoir’s Opus Mars-us is back, in a not-bad new scan and color-grading job. If the nostalgia bug has bitten you deep enough to appreciate a fairly maladroit but frequently arresting space exploration melodrama, this may be the disc for you. Let’s be honest: Nobody can resist the allure of the fabulous Bat-Rat-Spider-Crab, and in glorious Cinemagic, no less.
The Angry Red Planet
Blu-ray
Scream Factory
1960 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 83 min. / Street Date June 27, 2017 / 17.28
Starring: Gerald Mohr, Nora Hayden, Les Tremayne, Jack Kruschen.
Cinematography: Stanley Cortez
Film Editor: Ivan J. Hoffman
Original Music: Paul Dunlap
Written by Ib Melchior from a story by Sid Pink
Produced by Norman Maurer & Sid Pink
Directed by Ib Melchior
Unjust though it may be, not all Savant reviews make the national news feed, but my old 2001 coverage of the pretty miserable MGM DVD of The Angry Red Planet got quoted all over the place,...
The Angry Red Planet
Blu-ray
Scream Factory
1960 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 83 min. / Street Date June 27, 2017 / 17.28
Starring: Gerald Mohr, Nora Hayden, Les Tremayne, Jack Kruschen.
Cinematography: Stanley Cortez
Film Editor: Ivan J. Hoffman
Original Music: Paul Dunlap
Written by Ib Melchior from a story by Sid Pink
Produced by Norman Maurer & Sid Pink
Directed by Ib Melchior
Unjust though it may be, not all Savant reviews make the national news feed, but my old 2001 coverage of the pretty miserable MGM DVD of The Angry Red Planet got quoted all over the place,...
- 7/15/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Al Markim, known to TV’s first generation of fanboys as Astro, the Venusian pal and fledgling scientist of ’50s sci-fi program Tom Corbett, Space Cadet, died Tuesday, according to his family. He was 88. After serving in the Army and witnessing the Nuremberg trials of Nazi officials, Markim turned to acting, appearing in the soap opera Love of Life and in an off-Broadway production of La Ronde. But it was his performance as Astro (at far right in photo) in the pioneering…...
- 11/28/2015
- Deadline TV
Al Markim, who portrayed Astro, a young engineer from Venus, on the popular 1950s sci-fi TV serial Tom Corbett, Space Cadet, died Tuesday, his family announced. He was 88. Tom Corbett, Space Cadet aired from 1950-55, broadcasting live from a New York studio. It was set in the 24th century and featured the adventures of Astro and others from the Space Academy who travel around the solar system on the ship Polaris. The serial began as 15-minute installments and had the rare distinction of appearing on four networks: CBS, ABC, NBC and the DuMont network, and
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- 11/27/2015
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Pennsylvania is having an interesting week, politically. Representative Joe Sestak (from my home district--pa-7, represent) defeated long-term, moderate-Republican-turned-liberal-Democrat Arlen Specter in the Democratic Senate primary. Democrat Mark Critz defeated Republican Tim Burns by a whopping 10 points in a special election for the Pa-12 seat vacated by John Murtha, even though the race was supposed to be a nail-biter. And now, the state's Attorney General and Republican gubernatorial nominee, Tom Corbett, has decided to subpoena Twitter for the names of two Twitterers criticizing him.
Corbett subpoenaed Twitter earlier this month for the names of two of its users, going by the names "CasablancaPA" and "bfbarbie." The former user has a blog by the same name which accuses Corbett (with some pretty serious language, I have to say) of corrupt hypocrisy as regards the Pennsylvania "Bonusgate" scandal. Bonusgate, in short, was an investigation by Corbett's office into the possible handing out of...
Corbett subpoenaed Twitter earlier this month for the names of two of its users, going by the names "CasablancaPA" and "bfbarbie." The former user has a blog by the same name which accuses Corbett (with some pretty serious language, I have to say) of corrupt hypocrisy as regards the Pennsylvania "Bonusgate" scandal. Bonusgate, in short, was an investigation by Corbett's office into the possible handing out of...
- 5/21/2010
- by Dan Nosowitz
- Fast Company
People, let me tell you about Nicolas Cage's best friend: It’s a warm-hearted '70s television show that he’ll love until the end. But will the veteran superstar ever get to play Eddie’s father on the big-screen?
"I think it would be a great movie," Cage told us this week, giving MTV a rare update on “The Courtship of Eddie’s Father,” a pet project he’s owned the rights to for several years but never been able to get off the ground. “I really enjoyed Bill Bixby in the TV series.”
For those of you too young to remember 1969-1972 series, or the various years of re-runs that kept the show alive for the later generations, “Eddie’s Father” was a groundbreaking family drama/comedy that gave audiences a rare (for the time) glimpse of the life of a single dad. Starring Bixby, who would...
"I think it would be a great movie," Cage told us this week, giving MTV a rare update on “The Courtship of Eddie’s Father,” a pet project he’s owned the rights to for several years but never been able to get off the ground. “I really enjoyed Bill Bixby in the TV series.”
For those of you too young to remember 1969-1972 series, or the various years of re-runs that kept the show alive for the later generations, “Eddie’s Father” was a groundbreaking family drama/comedy that gave audiences a rare (for the time) glimpse of the life of a single dad. Starring Bixby, who would...
- 4/20/2010
- by Larry Carroll
- MTV Movies Blog
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