The Cushing/Lee one is probably my favorite, actually. The Karloff one is a little sleepy and slow, but it LOOKS fantastic.

That would be amazing - to build a whole "shared universe franchise" in which each film deliberately ignores the last because it was a flop. It would be the anti-franchise.

From the climax:
"STEEEEEEEEEEEVE!"
"ROBERRRRTTTT!"

Something tells me that when Halloween rolls around, I'm not going to be reaching for Tom Cruise's The Mummy (which he somehow is calling a "horror film").

Yeah, I've been thinking about this, and maybe all I really want is a nice video game where you can explore the world of the 30's movies and encounter all the monsters. They work best as old Gothics.

Me in the theater during the long "Mummy" preview while waiting for "Guardians of the Galaxy 2" to start, and the first notes of Paint it Black keep playing over and over during the trailer: "THERE'S MORE TO THAT SONG YOU KNOW!"

Here's the video clip: http://www.dailymotion.com/…

I wish the original 1998(?) article from The Stranger about its production and final performance were online. It was comedy gold. There is a video clip online and it's as awful as it sounds.

Oh, shit, you're right…I need to look up more when I'm walking.

I keep overhearing conversations of people who are excited about the Mummy movie. I don't understand civilization anymore.

If you want to do a musical, there's always "Hunchback!" - the "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" of Seattle musical theater to serve as inspiration. I lived in Seattle at the time it played and still regret not seeing it. http://www.thestranger.com/…

I read that in Ian McShane's voice.

My wife and I still make that gesture whenever we're really excited about something.

I think this is a budget issue more than anything.

I think it started with his struggles to get his cut of Brazil out, when Universal and Sid Sheinberg were threatening to bury it or put it out the "happy ending" version. At that point movie critics really began to champion him. I agree 12 Monkeys is a high water mark, but I will forever love his "Dreams" trilogy and…

Tideland is excellent, risk-taking cinema that rewards. It's grim as all hell, but it's very good. However, it should be noted that I gave it a glowing review on my super-obscure movie blog and I was somehow quoted in the press materials, so, yeah, it must have been slim pickings for them. It will be rediscovered and…

Seriously. This movie is ripe for rediscovery.

The TV show was my first exposure to it too (though my friends had been telling me about it for years). In college a friend rented the TV series on VHS and we watched the ENTIRE THING in one sitting. By the end I was exhausted and a little tired of it, but I honestly thought the ending was brilliant. To this day, I…

I remember when the "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" comic came out (which was just as its fanatical popularity had begun to wane), I thought, "I read the book and saw the movie and then saw the American remake…why the hell would I want to read a comic of the same story?" And then the Game of Thrones comic came out, and…

That caught my eye too. Way to sell one of Robert Altman's most sleep-inducing films!