Available from Anchor Bay today is this German horror film that is a bit of an ecological monster menace combined, loosely with the solitude and physical effects of John Carpenter’s The Thing. In the Austrian Alps, a secluded team is researching the ecological impact of global warming and documenting the recession of the glaciers that…
The Rockford Files (1977) – Sticks and Stones May Break Your Bones But Waterbury Will Bury You & The Trees, the Bees, and T.T. Flowers Part I
It’s a lot of fun with Jim Rockford (James Garner) this week as he finds himself in more trouble than usual! First up we have Sticks and Stones May Break Your Bones But Waterbury Will Bury You, which originally aired 14 January, 1977, and was written by David Chase. The phone gag this time…
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958) – Nathan Juran
Another action flick from Great Movies – 100 Years of Film for the Fairbanks’ classic Thief of Bagdad! This time we join Captain Sinbad (Kerwin Matthews) on a great adventure, featuring some fantastic stop-motion effects by the legendary Ray Harryhausen. Despite the fact that the film is set in Bagdad, everyone is shockingly white, but…
Tarzan The Ape Man (1932) – W.S. Van Dyke
I’d already seen the first title in the action section of the Great Movies – 100 Years of Film book, The Thief of Bagdad with Fairbanks, but the recommendations should be a lot of fun! Unfortunately, with this film, we’re not off to a good start. I don’t even know where to start with…
Doctor Who (Patrick Troughton) – The Power of the Daleks
Patrick Troughton’s first adventure brings back the Doctor’s most notorious villains, the Daleks in this six part story that was written by David Whitaker and originally aired from 5 November to 10 December, 1966. Ben (Michael Craze) and Polly (Anneke Wills) are a little dubious if this new person is actually the Doctor. He looks and…
Trailer Tracks: Insomnia (2002) – Christopher Nolan
Robin Williams. Everyone thinks he was just a comedian, but he was a Julliard trained actor, and he could bring out his dramatic chops when he needed to, and he went head to head with Al Pacino in Nolan’s thriller…
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) – Wes Anderson
The next recommendation from the Great Movies – 100 Years of Film book following my screening of Pulp Fiction is a foray into the wonderfully quirky world of Wes Anderson with The Royal Tenenbaums. Now, with Anderson’s films, I’ve noticed you either love them or hate them. This one, alongside Rushmore, are probably my…
Trailer Tracks: Dead Poets Society (1989) – Peter Weir
Robin Williams. I so would have loved to have had a teacher like him in my life. I mean I did, in my own way, through his films, television and stand-up, but to have had a teacher like him through my schooling…
