Balladeer’s Blog’s annual end-of-year retrospective continues with a look at March’s best.
SILENT MOVIES ABOUT THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS – On Easter Sunday I reviewed silent films that were relevant to the holiday. The movies dated from 1898, 1899, 1903, 1906, 1912, 1916, 1917, 1923, 1927 and 1928. Click HERE.
ANCIENT SCIENCE FICTION: A TALE OF THE X-RAY (1898)- Written by Clara H. Holmes. Click HERE.
SUPERHEROES FROM INDONESIA – From the 1950s onward, it’s a selection of heroes and heroines like Tira, White Garuda, Merpati, Starblast and more. Click HERE.
THE LEGEND OF FRANCOIS VILLON – The life and legend of this 1400s poet and outlaw from France. Follow his saga as a lauded poet who was often on the run in between crimes. Click HERE.
ALIEN: NO MAN’S LAND (2024) – A tribute film set during World War One. Click HERE.
ANCIENT SCIENCE FICTION: THE WORLD UNDERGROUND (1741) – A novel about the discovery of life and civilizations deep inside the Earth.
This pioneering work blazed a trail for many later stories about Inner Earth adventures. Click HERE.
USTINOV AD LIB (1966) – Peter Ustinov’s comedy special with guest star Dudley Moore. Click HERE.
SPACE MONSTER WANGMAGWI (1967) – A South Korean attempt to jump on the Godzilla and Gamera bandwagon as invading aliens unleash their enormous monster called Wangmagwi on the world. Hilariously bad. Click HERE.
IBERIA, INC: SPAIN’S SUPERHEROES – Beginning in 1996, Spain’s homegrown superteam Iberia, Inc. caught lightning in a bottle with stories that combined the best qualities of Claremont’s X-Men with the multi-decade saga of the Watchmen. Click HERE. Continue reading
Balladeer’s Blog continues its look at the Forgotten Television item 
MOONSHINE MOUNTAIN (1964) – An example of Hicksploitation. H.G. Lewis of all people wrote and SANG for this movie. A country western singer, tired of the artificial feel of mainstream Nashville music, spends some time with his North Carolina relatives to soak up some authentic atmosphere. 
FIRST QUARTERFINAL – The BENEDICTINE COLLEGE RAVENS traveled to play the INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY WILDCATS. The Ravens were surprisingly dominant over the favored Wildcats, keeping them off the scoreboard until the 4th Quarter. BC was up 17-0 by Halftime and won the game by a final tally of 20-9. 
SECOND QUARTERFINAL – In this game the GRAND VIEW UNIVERSITY VIKINGS took the field against the visiting NORTHWESTERN (IA) COLLEGE RED RAIDERS. This unusual affair saw Grand View out in front 7-0 to end the 1st Quarter and 17-0 at the Half. Seventeen to nothing held up as the final score as well. 
CHAMPIONS Vol 1 #1 (October 1975) 
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FURIOUS (1984) – The Rhee Brothers star in one of the most joyously bad and disjointed martial arts movies of all time. 
AUSTRALIA’S SUPERHEROES OF THE 1940s & 1950s – An examination of Atom-Girl, the Grey Domino, Jet Fury, the Blue Ghost, the Vesuvian and many more 
IT’S HOT IN PARADISE (1960) – This is a film about hot nightclub ladies and their schmoozing manager getting stuck on an uncharted island after a plane crash. They learn that a now dead mad scientist made the place his lair and his experiments spawned dog-sized spiders whose bite transforms people into half-assed human-spider creatures. 
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