While Christopher Lee often cited “The Wicker Man” as the best film of a busy career that spanned over 70…
Author Lee Adams
31 Days of Halloween
Review: Terence Fisher’s ‘The Horror of Dracula’ Unites Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing to Pleasing Effect
31 Days of Halloween
Review: ‘Dracula’ is Iconic Horror that Has Dated Badly but Still Has its Moments
If you visit Bran Castle in Transylvania, the 13th-Century fortress commonly linked with Dracula, the main approach takes you through…
Back to School
Review: ‘If….’ is an Ode to British Stoicism and Upper Class Even if it Finishes in an Open-Ended Ellipsis
“If….,” Rudyard Kipling’s ode to British stoicism and stiff upper lips, hangs like a raised eyebrow over Lindsay Anderson’s acerbic…
Back to School
Review: ‘Kes,’ Beautifully Painful and Sad, Remains Ken Loach’s Masterpiece 50 Years Later
Bleakly beautiful and painfully sad, “Kes” remains Ken Loach’s masterpiece. For over 50 years, he has made films about the…
Comedy
Review: ‘Yesterday’ a Shallow Wish-Fulfillment Fantasy that Squanders a Platinum-Selling Concept
One of the first things you see when leaving the John Lennon Airport in Liverpool is a large sculpture of…