Category Archives: N

Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1975 in the opening credits, 1976 in the closing credits) – reviewed by George

Posted on April 13, 2021 by cobblerjon

This is a good movie, but it’s not a comedy, despite comic lines and situations, nor is it a drama, though it has dramatic moments. It’s more a slice of life story, and as you watch you can’t help thinking … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, N | Tagged Antonio Fargas, Christopher Walken, Dori Brenner, Ellen Greene, John C. Becher, Lenny Baker, Lois Smith, Lou Jacobi, Michael Egan, Mike Kellin, Next Stop Greenwich Village, Paul Mazursky, Shelley Winters | Leave a comment

Ramon Novarro in “The Night Is Young” (1934) – reviewed by George

Posted on April 7, 2021 by cobblerjon

Well, hooray, this film,, unlike yesterday’s, does not condone rape as a legitimate courtship tactic. It is a relatively standard MGM musical. Novarro plays Arch Duke Paul Gustave, but why isn’t he Crown Prince? He’s the son of Emperor Franz … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, N | Tagged Charles Butterworth, Dudley Murphy, Edgar Allan Woolf, Edward Everett Horton, Evelyn Laye, Franz Schulz, Mitzi, Oscar Hammerstein II, Ramon Novarro, Rosalind Russell, Sigmund Romberg, The Night Is Young, Una Merkel, Vicki Baum | Leave a comment

Night of the Living Dead (1968) – reviewed by George

Posted on September 24, 2020 by cobblerjon

There are “A” horror pictures, and there are “B” horror pictures, and “B” generally means made on the cheap, rather than anything necessarily lacking in the script or performances. This film didn’t cost much to make, and it shows. But … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, N | Tagged Duane Jones, George Romero, John Russo, Judith O'Dea, Judith Ridley, Keith Hardman, Keith Wayne, Kyra Schon, Marilyn Eastman, Night of the Living Dead | Leave a comment

Ian Carmichael is Lord Peter Wimsey in “The Nine Tailors”, Parts 2, 3, and 4 (1974) – reviewed by George

Posted on August 14, 2020 by cobblerjon

After the shortest opening I could write (which was already too long to add to) here are the closing chapters of the story. We left Wimsey and Bunter (Glyn Houston) with their car off the road in a snowstorm and … Continue reading →

Posted in Miniseries, N, TV | Tagged Anthony Steven, Dan Meaden, Donald Eccles, Dorothy L. Sayers, Elizabeth Proud, Gail Harrison, Geoffrey Russell, Glyn Houston, Herbert Chappell, Ian Carmichael, Judith Fellows, Mark Eden, Maryann Turner, Neil McCarthy, Raymond Menmuir, The Nine Tailors | Leave a comment

Darren McGavin as Carl Kolchak in “Kolchak: The Night Stalker”, Season 1, Episodes 19 and 20 (1975) – reviewed by George

Posted on July 2, 2020 by cobblerjon

Episode 19: The Youth Killer An attractive, but clearly middle-aged, woman, Helen Surtees (Cathy Lee Crosby) is praying to the Greek goddess Hecate as she looks at the moon through a skylight. She goes outside and sees a jogger go … Continue reading →

Posted in K, N, TV | Tagged Albert Paulsen, Cathy Lee Crosby, Chris Carter, Darren McGavin, Demosthenes, Don McDougall, Dwayne Hickman, Jack Grinnage, John Fiedler, John Hoyt, John Huff, Kathie Browne, Kathleen Freeman, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, L. Ford Neale, Rudolph Borchert, Ruth McDevitt, Seymour Robbie, Simon Oakland, Stuart Townsend, The X-Files, Tom Bosley | Leave a comment

Darren McGavin as Carl Kolchak in “Kolchak: The Night Stalker”, Season 1, Episodes 17 and 18 (1975) – reviewed by George

Posted on June 25, 2020 by cobblerjon

Episode 17: Legacy of Terror A big star of the NFL has his heart cut out with a dull knife. Then a decorated Green Beret, who proved himself in the Vietnam War, is attacked by a bunch of Aztecs and … Continue reading →

Posted in K, N, TV | Tagged Arthur Rowe, Bryan O'Byrne, Darren McGavin, David Chase, Erik Estrada, Hans Conreid, Jack Grinnage, Jeff Donnell, John Dehner, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, Lieux Dressler, Michael Kozoll, Paul Magistretti, Pippa Scott, Ramon Bieri, Robert Emhardt, Ron McDougall, Simon Oakland, Victor Campos, Vincent McEveety | Leave a comment

Darren McGavin as Carl Kolchak in “Kolchak: The Night Stalker”, Season 1, Episodes 15 and 16, (1975) – reviewed by George

Posted on June 18, 2020 by cobblerjon

Episode 15: Chopper In Chicago in April a developer bought a cemetery “The Hills of Lethe” to put up condominiums. The occupants of Lethe had to be moved. Care was taken, but there were still mistakes and oversights. One of … Continue reading →

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Darren McGavin as Carl Kolchak in “Kolchak: the Night Stalker”, Season One, Episodes 13 and 14 (1975) – reviewed by George

Posted on June 11, 2020 by cobblerjon

Episode 13: Primal Scream Oceanic International Oil Corporation’s Dr. Jules Copenik comes back to the Chicago lab after a month in Helsinki, so eager to see the lab that he heads there straight from the airport. He seems to have … Continue reading →

Posted in K, N, TV | Tagged Bernie Kopell, Beverly Gill, Bill S. Ballinger, Darren McGavin, David Chase, Diana Quick, Don Weis, Douglas Fowley, Henry Brandon, Henry Slate, John Marley, Katharine Woodville, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, Lara Parker, Marvin Miller, Nina Foch, Pat Harrington, Peter Leeds, Priscilla Morrill, Richard Bakalyan, Robert Scheerer, Rudolph Borchert | Leave a comment

Darren McGavin as Carl Kolchak in “Kolchak: The Night Stalker”, Season 1, Episodes 11 and 12 (1975) – Reviewed by George

Posted on June 4, 2020 by cobblerjon

Episode 11: Horror in the Heights “Roosevelt Heights used to be a plush neighborhood, but the plush neighbors moved uptown, leaving the old people. And old people don’t move easily. The battle of fixed income versus galloping inflation never ends.” … Continue reading →

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Darren McGavin as Carl Kolchak in “Kolchak: The Night Stalker”, Season 1, Episodes 7 and 8 (1974) – reviewed by George

Posted on May 21, 2020 by cobblerjon

Episode 7: The Devil’s Platform Kolchak introduces a case of strange political bedfellows: Illinois State Senator Robert Palmer (Tom Skerritt) and the Devil, who now owns Palmer’s soul. Kolchak acknowledges that Palmer is the People’s Candidate, fearless, independent, and energetic, … Continue reading →

Posted in K, N, TV | Tagged Alex Grasshoff., Alice Ghostley, Allen Baron, Darren McGavin, Dick Patterson, Don Mullally, Ellen Weston, Jack Grinnage, John Huff, John Myhers, Julie Gregg, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, L. Ford Neale, Ramon Bieri, Richard Kiel, Ruth McDevitt, Simon Oakland, Tim Maschler, Tom Skerritt | Leave a comment