Tag: James Best

• Conquest of Space

  

  Riders to the Stars

  Curt Siodmak, Ivan Tors and Richard Carlson foreshadow The Right Stuff in this 1953 space race film. Despite its bonkers central premise and a somewhat unsatisfactory latter part, the film charms with its mature and calm, scientific approach. 5/10

  March 25, 2021
• Giant monsters Monsters Pandemic Prehistoric monsters

  

  The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms

  Released in 1953, a year before Godzilla, the Beast was the original kaiju. Ray Harryhausen’s stop-motion magic elevates this movie about a radioactive dinosaur wreaking havoc in New York from run-of-the-mill monster action to full-blown classic. 7/10

  February 14, 2021