BEST OF SEPTEMBER 2024: END-OF-YEAR RETROSPECTIVE CONCLUDES

Balladeer’s Blog’s annual end-of-year retrospective concludes with this look at September’s best.

I’m always open to cutting the retrospective off after the best of August if readers prefer, so let me know if you feel September is too recent. 

RED SUN (1971) – My review of this action western which starred Charles Bronson, Toshiro Mifune, Alain Delon, Ursula Andress and Capucine. Outlaw Charles Bronson joins forces with samurai Mifune to recover a ceremonial sword (and a fortune in gold) stolen during a train robbery by Delon.  Capucine and Ursula are a pair of dangerous ladies. Click HERE.

ANCIENT SCIENCE FICTION: A VOYAGE INTO TARTARY (1689) – I reviewed this long-ago sci-fi novel about the discovery of a futuristic city whose inhabitants had flying machines, ray-guns, and telescopes which had let them see forests and unknown life-forms on the moon. The city’s science had also spawned genetically engineered hybrid creatures. Click HERE. 

HEADMASTER (1970) – This example of Forgotten Television starred Andy Griffith in his first post-Mayberry sitcom role. He played the new headmaster at a private academy in California. Jerry Van Dyke co-starred. Click HERE.

MICRONAUTS: THE SWORD IN THE STAR – The Micronauts scour the Microverse/ Quantum Realm on a quest for a relic called the Sword in the Star. The fate of two universes rests on finding it. Click HERE.

LABORS OF SAMSON – A Labor Day look at Samson’s adventures broken down like the Labors of Hercules. Click HERE.

HAS TO BE SAID: SEPTEMBER FIRST – A look at Democrat intolerance and authoritarianism. Click HERE.

GRIFF (1973-1974) – A take on the Forgotten Television series about Lorne Greene starring as a former police captain who became a private detective. Ben Murphy played Griff’s right-hand man who helped him solve each murder of the week or similar problem. Click HERE.

LONGSHOT: ONE OF MARVEL’S WTF? HEROES – I reviewed the debut Longshot mini-series from 1985 complete with the first appearances of Mojo and Spiral. Click HERE.

CAPTAIN BRITAIN – My fourth and final review of a batch of this British superhero’s serialized adventures from Marvel Comics. The hero takes on villains like the Highwayman, the Manipulator, the Black Baron and the Lurker in Loch Ness. Click HERE

HAS TO BE SAID – September 18th Edition of this iconoclastic series. Click HERE.

THE BOURNE IDENTITY (1980) – I review the Robert Ludlum novel and the changes from the book to the movie. Click HERE.