Reviewing films from the past and the present, and occasionally ranting too!
Reed used to be a werewolf but he's okay nooooooooooooowww! 😉 Under the glow of a full moon if you hear a howl, it might just be Oliver Reed taking lycanthropic form in Hammer Films’ classic 1961 film “The Curse of the Werewolf”. Brief Description: An adopted boy terrorizes the inhabitants of his local town… Continue reading The Curse of the Werewolf (1961) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
There's more than one way to lose your life to a killer This 2007 David Fincher film is based on Robert Graysmith's book which was adapted for screen by James Vanderbilt. Graysmith was a cartoonist working for the San Francisco Chronicle Newspaper at the time of the Zodiac murders in the late 1960's, early 1970's.… Continue reading Zodiac (2007) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
And if the poison doesn't get you... God will. There is a good armful of films that come across as weird and strange while being absolutely engrossing, "Bad Boy Bubby" fits into that mold with ease. This Australian film: directed, written, and produced by Rolf de Heer is a low budget 114 minute film that… Continue reading Bad Boy Bubby (1993) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Doctor drifting off but not quite feeling rewarded the next morning In 1980 Stanley Kubrick adapted a 1977 Stephen King novel called "The Shining" (1980) into a successful horror film. Stephen King was never quite happy about how the film turned out, so in 1997 King wrote and produced a version of his novel into… Continue reading Doctor Sleep (2019) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
A gun and a radio. It's not exactly Christmas, is it? The 23rd official film in the Bond franchise, and Daniel Craig's third entry, is "Skyfall". Released in 2012, it coincided with the 50th anniversary of the film franchise with "Dr No" having been released in 1962. The film starts in Istanbul with James Bond… Continue reading Skyfall (2012) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Vodka on the rocks?? Right then, let's get this out of the way; "Never Say Never Again" is not an official Eon studio version of Bond per say, despite the fact that it uses the Bond character and characters in the Bond universe. Sean Connery reprises his role as the super spy that he last… Continue reading Never Say Never Again (1983) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
I think he got the point Bond is back in Thunderball, his fourth cinematic outing. Two war heads have been from deviously stolen from N.A.T.O. by criminal organisation S.P.E.C.T.R.E. and the world is being held to ransom - for $100 million dollars no less. Nobody knows where they are being kept, but Bond has a… Continue reading Thunderball (1965) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
This year was supposed to mark the release of the new 007 film "No Time to Die", but with a global pandemic running rife this has been moved back to 2021. While that's annoying for the fans and for the movie making industry it has allowed me time to re-watch all the old films from… Continue reading 007, Bond, James Bond – License to Kill
No, this is not the one with the donkey and the chambermaid... When Lionel Cosgrove takes his date Paquita to the zoo his over-brooding and over-doting mother is bitten by an extremely rare and poisonous Sumatran rat-monkey. The rare specimen was brought back from Skull Island (yes, the same island King-King is from) and legend… Continue reading Braindead (1992) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
This isn't the Bronx, this is the Isle of Man! A ludicrous but heart-felt comedy action which pays homage to some of the cheesiest TV cop shows and action series of the late 70's and early 80's. If you remember "Bergerac", "Starsky & Hutch" and "The 6 Million Dollar Man", then you might just get… Continue reading Mindhorn (2016) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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