September 23, 2006
Saturday September 23

Greetings! Savant's new reviews today are

The Classic Sci-Fi Ultimate Collection
Tarantula, The Mole People, The Incredible Shrinking Man,
The Monolith Monsters, Monster on the Campus

 Universal
Frankenstein 75th Anniversary Edition  Universal and
Dracula 75th Anniversary Edition  Universal




Hello from Gower street -- not a lot to report tonight. Saw two new films last week. HOLLYWOODLAND was somewhat downbeat but well made and thoughtful. It captured perfectly the thrill of George Reeves in the ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN TV show -- specifically visualizing the image in Savant's review of kids dropping everything to run to the TV set when they heard the show's distinctive main theme. A lot less interesting, in fact a gnawing bore, was FLYBOYS, an absolutely brainless pile of flying clichés held together by a lot of CGI airplanes that continually tell us that it's all fake -- impossible angles, ridiculously optimized action. No fun at all. Enjoy the all-Universal monster-thon reviews! Glenn Erickson

Posted by DVD Savant at September 23, 2006 02:31 PM