Packing Up and Moving.

After using Blogger for quite a while, the Desuko Movie Spot is finally moving on up. We've got a new look, some new features and even some new reviews, all at a new address: desukomoviespot.com. (But don't worry. Even though I've exported everything to the new site, this one will still be around for a while, just in case. But all future updates will take place over at the new place.) Be sure to reset your links accordingly and join us over there!

Desuko Movie Spot's 3rd Anniversary.

Tomorrow marks the big third anniversary of this blog, so it's time for that annual tradition of making an index of all of the year's posts. (The first part of the index can be found here.) This is also a handy time to announce our brief holiday hiatus. Thanks for all your support and readership in the past year, and we'll see you again in the first week of January!

200 Motels (1971).

April Fool's Day (1986).

Bettie Page: Dark Angel (2004).
The Black Room (1935).
Bluetopia: The L.A. Dodgers Movie (2009).
Bug Buster (1998).

Can't Stop the Music (1980).
Celebration at Big Sur (1971).
Charade (1963).
The Chase (1994).
Cobra Woman (1944).
The Concorde: Airport '79 (1979).

Deep Impact (1998).
Derailroaded: Inside the Mind of Larry "Wild Man" Fischer (2004).
Dragnet (1954).
Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs (1966).

Earth vs. the Spider (1958).
Equinox (1970).

Festival Express (1970).

Gamera (1965).
Gamera vs. Barugon (a.k.a., War of the Monsters) (1966).
Gamera vs. Gaos (1967).
Gamera vs. Viras (a.k.a., Destroy All Planets) (1968).
Gamera vs. Guiron (a.k.a., Attack of the Monsters) (1969).
Gamera vs. Monster X (a.k.a., War of the Monsters) (1970).
Gamera vs. Zigra (1971).
The Ghost of Slumber Mountain (1918).
The Gorilla (1939).
The Green Slime (1968).
Gymkata (1985).

The Happening (1967).
Hercules and the Captive Women (1961).
The Hidden Fortress (1958).
Homicidal (1961).
How the West Was Won (1962).

I Married a Witch (1942).
In the Bleak Midwinter (a.k.a., A Midwinter's Tale) (1995).
It (1927).
I Walked With a Zombie (1943).
I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957).

Jail Bait (1954).
Jawbreaker (1999).

Kill the Umpire (1950).
Kingdom of the Spiders (1977).

Let the Devil Wear Black (1999).
Listening to You: The Who at the Isle of Wight (1970).
Love's Labour's Lost (2000).

Manhatta (1921).
Martin (1977).
Mighty Joe Young (1949).
Mission to Mars (2000).
The Mole People (1956).
Monsters vs. Aliens (2009).

Night of the Lepus (1972).
The Notorious Bettie Page (2005).

Pandora's Box (1929).
Purple Rain (1984).
Puttin' On the Ritz (1930).

Ratatouille (2007).
Red Zone Cuba (a.k.a., Night Train to Mundo Fine) (1966).
Rock Around the Clock (1956).

Scooby Doo: The Mystery Begins (2009).
Scorched (2002).
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978).
The Sidehackers (a.k.a., Five the Hard Way) (1969).
The Skydivers (1963).
Suburbia (1984).
Succubus: Hell Bent (2007).

The Tale of Despereaux (2008).
Terror Firmer (1999).
The Trial (1962).
The Trip (1967).

Uncle Sam (1996).
Up (2009).

Watchmen (2009).
The Wild Angels (1966).
The Wizard of Oz (1925).

Guest Blog: Vince's Quiz.

Metapost: Spring Break.

Spring is bustin' out all over here at Desuko World Headquarters, so we're going to take a break next week. Look for new reviews starting April 14 or so. In the meantime, go play outside or something!

Anniversary Week, Part 2: Easter Eggs.

It was two years ago today that the Desuko Movie Spot was born. I'm happy that I've met my goal of keeping it going at least this long, and I hope it will be around even longer. I want to thank all of you who have been loyal readers, whether you've been here since day one, or you arrived just recently. And I especially want to thank those of you who have taken the time to leave comments; it's always fun to start a good film discussion, and I hope you lurkers will feel free to join in, too.

By way of celebration, I want to look back a little bit and flesh out some of what has come before. I guess you can consider this post an Easter egg or a collection of DVD bonus features. I like to include as many video clips as possible in my reviews, but by not being to extract and post clips on my own (for the time being), I've been relying on the vagaries of YouTube and other video sites -- some of which has been less than stellar. So, some of the reviews have either had no video content, or very little of significance. But in the time since they've been posted, some clips have turned up online, so here they are, along with links to the original reviews, to give you a fuller sample of each film.

The ending of "The Naked City" (1948):


Here is "The Day the Sky Exploded" (1958) in its entirety:


From "Targets" (1968) comes this kinda spoiler-y TV spot:


...and Boris Karloff spinning a classic scary tale:


This clip from "The Addiction" (1995) proves that white chicks are nothin' but trouble:


A TV spot for "The Gong Show Movie" (1980):


...and Phil Hartman's cameo from the same film:


The full version of D.W. Griffith's "Intolerance" (1916):


The trailer for "Ghost Story" (1980):


More "Ghost Story." (Boo!):


A trailer for "Alice Through the Looking Glass" (1998):


The trailer for "Norma Jean and Marilyn" (1996):


The whipping scene from "Queen Kelly" (1929):


The trailer for "Werewolf of London" (1935):

Anniversary Week, Part 1: The Movie Index.

This Friday marks the two-year anniversary of Desuko Movie Spot! I'll be posting a proper commemorative post then, but today is about giving you a road map to where we've been in the past two years. While the post tags are helpful in browsing the older reviews, there hasn't been a comprehensive index of every film covered here -- until now. These 166 films represent 93 years of movie history, from 1915 to 2008. I'll try to update this every year around anniversary time to make it easier to find what you're looking for. Happy browsing!

20 Million Miles to Earth (1957).
1941 (1979).
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T (1953).

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948).
Ace in the Hole (a.k.a., The Big Carnival) (1951).
The Addiction (1995).
Airport '77 (1977).
Alice Through the Looking Glass (1998).
The Amazing Colossal Man (1957).
Angels and Insects (1995).
Any Given Sunday (1999).

The Bat (1959).
Batman: The Movie (1966).
The Beach Girls and the Monster (1966).
The Beast of Yucca Flats (1961).
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970).
The Big T.N.T. Show (1966).
The Black Scorpion (1957).
The Blob (1958).
Blood of Dracula (1957).
Blue in the Face (1995).
B. Monkey (1998).
The Body Snatcher (1945).
Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues (a.k.a., The Barbaric Beast of Boggy Creek, Part II) (1985).
Bowery at Midnight (1942).
Bowling for Columbine (2002).
Braindead (a.k.a., Dead Alive) (1992).
The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962).
A Bridge Too Far (1977).
The Busher (1919).

Carnival of Souls (1962).
Cars (2006).
A Christmas Story (1983).
The Clash Live: Revolution Rock (2008).
The Cocaine Fiends (a.k.a., The Pace That Kills) (1935).
The Commies are Coming, The Commies are Coming (1962).
The Continental Twist (a.k.a., Twist All Night) (1961).
Cop Land (1997).
The Creeping Terror (1964).
The Crowd (1928).

Dante's Inferno (2007).
The Day of the Locust (1975).
The Day the Sky Exploded (1958).
Dead Men Walk (1943).
Don't Knock the Rock (1956).
Don't Knock the Twist (1962).
The Doom Generation (1995).
Dracula (1931).
Dracula (Spanish Version) (1931).
Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965).
Driller Killer (1979).
Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999).
Duck Soup (1933).

El Mundo de los Vampiros (1961).
Eraserhead (1977).

The Fastest Guitar Alive (1967).
F For Fake (1974).
First Man Into Space (1959).
First Spaceship on Venus (1960).
A Fool There Was (1915).
Forgotten Silver (1995).
Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971).
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943).
Freaks (1932).

The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942).
Ghost Story (1980).
The Giant Gila Monster (1959).
Gimme Shelter (1970).
The Girls on the Beach (1965).
The Godmonster of Indian Flats (1973).
The Gong Show Movie (1980).
The Gorgon (1964).
Greed (1924).

Hamlet (1996).
Headin' Home (1920).
He Knows You're Alone (1980).
Helter Skelter (1976).
Hercules (1958).
Hey, Let's Twist! (1962).
High School Confidential (1958).
The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929).
Horror Hotel (a.k.a., The City of the Dead) (1960).
Horrors of the Black Museum (1959).

Instrument (1998).
In the Company of Men (1997).
Intolerance (1916).
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963).
I Was a Male War Bride (1949).

Lady Frankenstein (1971).
La Jetée (1962).
Last Days of Planet Earth (1974).
Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974).
Let's Rock (1958).
The Lively Set (1964).
Lobster Man From Mars (1987).
Logan's Run (1976).
Love is News (1937).
Love Object (2003).

The Man Who Turned to Stone (1957).
The Mask (1961).
The Monster of Camp Sunshine (1964).
Monster on the Campus (1958).
Moulin Rouge! (2001).
Murder By Death (1976).
The Mysterious Doctor (1943).

The Naked City (1948).
Norma Jean and Marilyn (1996).

The Old Dark House (1932).
Orgy of the Dead (1965).
Outrage (1950).

Pecker (1998).
The Phantom Planet (1961).
Pi (1998).
Pretty Poison (1968).
Psycho (1960).
Psycho (1998).
Psych-Out (1968).
The Puma Man (1980).

Queen Kelly (1929).
Queen of Outer Space (1958).

Return of the LIving Dead 3 (1993).
Rio Bravo (1959).
Rocketship X-M (1950).
Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979).
Rock! Rock! Rock! (1956).
Rollerball (1975).
Rush Hour (1998).

Safe at Home! (1962).
The Scarlet Empress (1934).
The Scarlet Letter (1926).
The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988).
Shadow of the Vampire (2000).
Slacker Uprising (2008).
Slave Girls From Beyond Infinity (1987).
Sleep With Me (1994).
The Snow Devils (1967).
Something Wild (1986).
The Song Remains the Same (1976).
Soylent Green (1973).
The Spongebob Squarepants Movie (2004).
Stargate (1994).
Star Trek: Generations (1994).
Summer of Sam (1999).
Surf Party (1963).
Surf's Up (2007).

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974).
Targets (1968).
The Ten Commandments (1923).
Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1994).
Thank God It's Friday (1978).
T.N.T. Jackson (1975).
Topaz (1969).
Twist Around the Clock (1961).
Two Girls and a Guy (1997).

The Undying Monster (1942).
The U.S. vs. John Lennon (2006).

The Valley of Gwangi (1969).
Volcano (1997).

The Walking Dead (1936).
Werewolf of London (1935).
When We Were Kings (1996).
William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999).
Wizards (1977).
Woodstock (1970).

Zombies of Mora Tau (1957).
Zombies of the Stratosphere (1952).

Metapost: Desuko World Domination Continues.

I'm pleased to announce that I've been accepted as a contributor over at the PCL LinkDump. Head on over there to see what great stuff everyone on the PCL crew has to offer. I'll be making regular posts over there, but don't worry -- my posting schedule here won't change. Pretty soon you'll have more Desuko than you can handle!

Wordled.

There's new content coming soon, I promise! In the meantime, here's the site rendered in Wordle (click to enlarge):



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Metapost: Out of Action.

Real life has me tied up right now and is doing unspeakable things to me. New reviews will resume on Tuesday or so. Sorry to disappoint you all!

Metapost: Kaleidotropically Yours.

Let's take a brief timeout from the reviews for a little self-promotion: The latest issue of the painfully hip lit 'zine Kaleidotrope has been unleashed on the world, and it includes a piece by me. "The Rise of the Fembots: A Brief Introduction to Female Android Sexuality in Film" is pretty self-explanatory, doncha think?

Seriously, it's a fun read, and I'm not just saying that because I'm featured. Be sure to drop them a line and get yours today!

Metapost: Apologies.

Sorry, folks. Some real life matters have come up, so we won't be able to get a new review up today. But check back again Tuesday for the next update. If anyone has some recommendations for weekend viewing they'd like to share with everyone in the comments, feel free!

Metapost: Intermission.

Due to a variety of circumstances (mostly illness-related), the Desuko Movie Spot is forced to start its winter break a few days early. Thanks for reading in 2007, and we'll be back right after the New Year with some more great reviews!

Metapost: Programming Note.

The hard-working gremlins behind the scenes at Desuko will be taking a much-needed break a long weekend of turkey consumption. They'll be back on the job next week, so expect the next post then. Happy Thanksgiving!

Metapost: Vacation.

Desuko Movie Spot is currently sunning itself on the shores of Aruba, getting into trouble with the native women. Expect more reviews in the first week of September.

Metapost: New Blog in the Desuko Family.

While waiting for the Movie Spot, check out the latest member of the Desuko Family: DesukoTube. It's full of frosty streaming video goodness!

Metapost: Down Time.

Because of an unexpected change in my vacation schedule, updates here will be sporadic over the next few weeks. Hang tight, and I'll be back with the cinematic goodness in no time.

While you're waiting, check out Charles, who has a licking problem:

Metapost: Blogger Hates Us All.

Blogger's being retarded right now, so I'll have a new post up for you all soon. Are you ready for some... Ed Wood?

Metapost: Brief Intermission.

Sorry for the longer than usual delay in updating, folks. Real life -- in the form of a heavy work schedule, a toddler ER visit, and a bout with the flu for me -- has kept me away from the blog. Expect a new review posted by Tuesday. In the meantime, have a good weekend... and let's all go out to the lobby and get ourselves a snack!

Metapost: Welcome!

Welcome to Desuko Movie Spot! Here, we will be reviewing and discussing all sorts of movies -- from the old to the new, from the popular to the obscure. I'll try to have new posts up at least a couple times a week, but other than that, I have no set agenda for what films I'll decide to review and when. But come along for the ride, and I hope it will be entertaining and informative for you. And maybe you'll even discover a few new titles to seek out, or perhaps find a different perspective on an old favorite. Either way, I hope you'll join in and help make this a lively discussion.

And now... on with the show!