Movies Ye Olde Dragon Guest-Hosting #TCMParty!! draconicverses, May 28, 2024 Tune in TOMORROW NIGHT (May 28, 2024) when Yours Truly will return to host the #TCMParty for the first time in almost FIVE YEARS!! We’ll be watching, & posting about, JASON & THE ARGONAUTS (1963) – the classic stop motion film from the skilled hands & mind of the immortal… Continue Reading
Movies Prince Sirki Summons the Master of Stop-Motion draconicverses, May 7, 2013 Greetings my friends. It is with a very heavy heart that I write today’s column. No doubt, many of you have heard by now of the passing of the wizard of stop-motion – or as he dubbed it, DYNAMATION – Ray Harryhausen. I had the privilege of briefly making his… Continue Reading
Movies Happy Birthday, KONG! draconicverses, April 7, 2012 This is the anniversary of a very special film. It was 79 years ago today, that the world of cinema was forever changed with the release of a film that would influence many generations of film makers to come – KING KONG (1933). The tale of Merian C. Cooper’s giant… Continue Reading
Movies Sirki’s Summons – November 13: Let’s Get Technical draconicverses, November 13, 2011 Greetings from beyond the veil. Today we’re more behind the camera as opposed to those in front of it. Maury Gertsman was a senior Cinematographer with Universal. The first major work he put his mark on was JUNGLE CAPTIVE (1945) He also lensed the final two Rathbone Sherlock Holmes films… Continue Reading