I used to listen to the CBS Mystery Theater radio program late at night as a kid and, then, in later years tried to relive those happy moments by  collecting old cassette recorded copies of similar radio drama programs.  I stumbled upon this gem, the 1950’s era Escape show and its feature, “The Abominable Snowman”. The story is presented in an economic style with a handful of characters, emotive music and gobs of sound effects.  All the better that there are no visuals involved so that your mind’s eye can more effectively play tricks on you.  The imagination can be [More]
Great World War 2 set action adventure movie starring the unlikely combo of Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood.  Burton was a movie star at the time and Eastwood was suddenly hot after his run of spaghetti Westerns.  Why not toss them together and pour them into this macho, adrenaline-fueled blockbuster?  This picture clocks in at around 3 and a half hours but it certainly won’t seem so!  In the days before Star Wars and Indiana Jones, this movie was the shit.  Completely absorbing espionage caper where a team of Allied agents attempt to go deep behind German lines to recover [More]