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Frank's Movie Log

My life at the movies.

  1. A still from Street of Chance (1930)

    Street of Chance 1930

    D+: 2 stars (out of 5)

    Directed by John Cromwell. Starring William Powell, Jean Arthur, Kay Francis, and Regis Toomey.

    William Powell plays John Marsden, a bond broker who makes his money as “Natural” Davis, New York City’s premier gambler. The story sees him try an exit the gambling life and reconcile with his estranged wife, played by Kay Francis. Conflict arises when Powell’s kid brother arrives from San Francisco, eager to take on the legendary “Natural” Davis, unaware Davis and Marsden are the same man. Continue reading...

    Watched on
    23 Sep 2023
  2. A still from Night of the Demons (1988)

    Night of the Demons 1988

    C-: 2.5 stars (out of 5)

    Directed by Kevin Tenney. Starring Cathy Podewell, Alvin Alexis, Hal Havins, and Allison Barron.

    High-school teens stage a Halloween party in an abandoned funeral home only to fall prey to demons who murder them and possess their corpses. Remind you of anything? Continue reading...

    Watched on
    21 Sep 2023
  3. A still from Frankenhooker (1990)

    Frankenhooker 1990

    B-: 3.5 stars (out of 5)

    Directed by Frank Henenlotter. Starring James Lorinz, Joanne Ritchie, Patty Mullen, and J.J. Clark.

    Don’t let the title fool you. Director and co-writer Frank Henenlotter’s story of a man’s misguided attempt to reanimate his deceased fiancée by attaching her severed head to a sex worker’s body sports a surprising streak of feminist and trans-positive satire beneath its gory black comedy. Spoilers follow. Continue reading...

    Watched on
    19 Sep 2023
  4. A still from Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (2013)

    Batman: The Dark Knight Returns 2013

    B: 4 stars (out of 5)

    Directed by Jay Oliva. Starring Peter Weller, Ariel Winter, David Selby, and Wade Williams.

    Peter Weller voices Batman in this animated feature that sees a middle-aged Dark Knight emerge from a ten-year retirement to reclaim a Gotham City overrun by violent gangs. Continue reading...

    Watched on
    14 Sep 2023
  5. A still from Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)

    Batman: Mask of the Phantasm 1993

    B: 4 stars (out of 5)

    Directed by Kevin Altieri, Boyd Kirkland, Frank Paur, Eric Radomski, Dan Riba, and Bruce Timm. Starring Kevin Conroy, Dana Delany, Hart Bochner, and Stacy Keach.

    Kevin Conroy voices Batman in this animated feature that sees the Dark Knight investigate a masked assailant murdering members of Gotham’s underworld, while Bruce Wayne grapples with the reemergence of a old flame voiced by Dana Delany. Continue reading...

    Watched on
    14 Sep 2023
  6. A still from The Murder Man (1935)

    The Murder Man 1935

    D+: 2 stars (out of 5)

    Directed by Tim Whelan. Starring Spencer Tracy, James Stewart, Virginia Bruce, and Lionel Atwill.

    Spencer Tracy plays Steve Gray, the titular “Murder Man,” a star reporter for a New York daily who earned his nickname by covering the city’s highest-profile homicide stories. His latest beat involves a crooked businessman shot on a crowded street in broad daylight. Tracy goes to work, leading the police through the investigation while breaking stories with an eerie prescience. But when he finds himself on the stand giving testimony against the accused murder, the stress threatens to break him. Continue reading...

    Watched on
    12 Sep 2023
  7. A still from Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm (2022)

    Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm 2022

    C+: 3 stars (out of 5)

    Directed by Matt Maiellaro and Dave Willis. Starring Dana Snyder, Carey Means, Dave Willis, and Matt Maiellaro.

    For better and worse, it plays like an extended episode of the series. Continue reading...

    Watched on
    31 Aug 2023
  8. A still from Phantasm: Ravager (2016)

    Phantasm: Ravager 2016

    C-: 2.5 stars (out of 5)

    Directed by David Hartman. Starring A. Michael Baldwin, Reggie Bannister, Dawn Cody, and Gloria Lynne Henry.

    Cut it some slack. Continue reading...

    Watched on
    31 Aug 2023
  9. A still from The Magnificent Seven (1960)

    The Magnificent Seven 1960

    B: 4 stars (out of 5)

    Directed by John Sturges. Starring Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, and Eli Wallach.

    Six are, indeed, magnificent, but Horst Buchholz seems plucked from a lesser movie. Continue reading...

    Watched on
    23 Aug 2023
  10. A still from Frontier(s) (2007)

    Frontier(s) 2007

    C-: 2.5 stars (out of 5)

    Directed by Xavier Gens. Starring Karina Testa, Aurélien Wiik, Patrick Ligardes, and Samuel Le Bihan.

    Tobe Hooper knew when to quit. Continue reading...

    Watched on
    17 Aug 2023

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