Movies Ye Olde Dragon Reviews: The Valley of Gwangi on Blu-Ray from @WarnerArchives draconicverses, April 8, 2017 Greetings, Friends and Fiends! Ye Olde Dragon here with the promised follow-up to my Video Review of the Warner Archives Blu-Ray release of the Ray Harryhausen effects classic, Jim O’Connolly’s THE VALLEY OF GWANGI (1969)! I want to thank Warner Archives once more for sending me a copy to review,… Continue Reading
Movies Digital Den: @WarnerArchives Releases a Remastered Blu-Ray Edition of a Harryhausen Classic! draconicverses, March 15, 2017 Greetings, Friends & Fiends! Ye Old Dragon here with some cool news for fans of Dinosaur Movies! As most of you know, I am a HUGE Ray Harryhausen fan. I have most of his films on DVD, and even still a few hangers-on in VHS format. Several have been transferred… Continue Reading
Draconically Speaking Draconically Speaking: Oscar, Oscar, Oscar! 2017 Edition draconicverses, February 28, 2017 Greetings, Friends and Fiends! Ye Olde Dragon here, once more playing Monday Morning Hunchback for the Oscars‘ In Memoriam segment. OOPS! (Part 1) Now, before I start in on the oversights -my primary purpose today – I’d be remiss in not mentioning that I cannot help but scratch my head… Continue Reading
News Prince Sirki Calls Upon The Quintessential Movie Villain draconicverses, June 11, 2015 Greetings, Friends and Fiends. Ye Olde Dragon here, unfortunately once more the bearer of mournful tidings. Sadly, a living legend lives no more. Count Dracula. Fu-Manchu. Frankenstein’s Monster. The Mummy. The Man With the Golden Gun. Saruman. Count Dooku. Some of the most vile and insidious villains in all of… Continue Reading
Japanese Monster Movies Prince Sirki Summons Hiroshi Koizumi draconicverses, June 2, 2015 Greetings, Friends and Fiends. Ye Olde Dragon here, with sad tidings. Today, at the age of 88, veteran Toho actor, Hiroshi Koizumi passed away. Koizumi was one of those actors you’d recognize as soon as you saw him, even if you didn’t remember – or even know – his name…. Continue Reading
General A Clarification On My Tweets regarding TCM’s Drive-in Double Features draconicverses, May 16, 2015 I’d like to apologize for any confusion that I may have inadvertently caused with some of my tweets, in which I mentioned TCM‘s Drive-In Double Features which ran on Thursday nights in June 2011. A number of us were talking about how much we missed that grouping of movies and… Continue Reading
Imagi-TV DVD Review – Legends of the Super-Heroes from @WarnerArchives draconicverses, May 1, 2015 Greetings, Bat-Fans! Ye Olde Dragon here, with my review of Warner Archives’ Video On Demand DVD release of Hanna-Barbera‘s LEGENDS OF THE SUPER HEROES (1979). The reason I selected this title is indeed because Mssrs. West & Ward reprise their famous roles as The Caped Crusaders, leading a… Continue Reading
Release Anniversary Today In Imagi-Movie History: April 7 – A King is Born draconicverses, April 7, 2015 Greetings, Guys and Ghouls! Ye Olde Dragon here, bringing you the way things were on this date in Imagi-History! 1974: KRONOS a.k.a. CAPTAIN KRONOS: VAMPIRE HUNTER Directed by: Brian Clemens Starring: Horst Janson, John Carson, Shane Briant, Caroline Munro and John Cater Running time: 91 min. This film gave a… Continue Reading
Release Anniversary Today in Imagi-Movie History : 12/23 draconicverses, December 23, 2014 Greetings, Friends and Fiends! Ye Olde Dragon here, bringing you the happenings on this date – December 23 – as they pertain to the world of Imagi-Movies. Here are some notable Imagi-Movie release anniversaries: 1958: The 7th Voyage of Sinbad Directed by: Nathan Juran Starring: Kerwin Matthews, Kathryn Grant, Richard… Continue Reading
Japanese Monster Movies Release Anniversary: December 11 – Films From THREE Different Toho Eras draconicverses, December 11, 2014 Greetings, Toho fans! Ye Olde Dragon here, commemorating not one, not two but THREE original Release Anniversaries of Toho Tokusatsu (Special Effects Films). As many of you no doubt know, December has historically been a prolific month of releases for Toho Tokusatsu. In fact, today’s trio of anniversaries is the… Continue Reading