Author Archives: Jeff Kuykendall

A Matter of Life and Death (1946)

Posted on December 20, 2014 at 4:04 pm by Jeff Kuykendall

“This is the universe. Big, isn’t it?” So opens A Matter of Life and Death (aka Stairway to Heaven, 1946), one of the finest films from the acclaimed British filmmaking team known as the Archers – director Michael Powell & … Continue reading →

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Christmas Evil (1980)

Posted on December 14, 2014 at 4:00 pm by Jeff Kuykendall

Multiple versions of “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” play prominently throughout Christmas Evil (1980), including a disco cover, but frequently it’s just deranged Harry Stadling (Brandon Maggart, Dressed to Kill) humming it to himself while he implodes, and then … Continue reading →

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The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

Posted on December 8, 2014 at 11:50 pm by Jeff Kuykendall

In the mid-1970’s, Eon Productions, the company founded by Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, had to take drastic measures to save the James Bond franchise following the disappointing box office of The Man with the Golden Gun (1974). (Prior … Continue reading →

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