Colin

LATEST ARTICLES ( 313 )

• March Blues – Take 2

  

  Powerhouse/Indicator have two further releases this month, John Huston's gritty boxing movie and , the Martin Ritt/Woody Allen satirical take on HUAC and the... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• March Blues – Take 1

  

  As has already been noted on this site and elsewhere, UK boutique label Powerhouse/Indicator are in the process of rolling out a series of high quality dual... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Money Trap

  

  It isn't the money, it never is. It's people, the things they want...and the thing's they'll do to get it. While the consensus is that film noir, weakened and... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Saga of Hemp Brown

  

  Tales of revenge are a staple in the western genre, the better ones pressing home the point about the self-defeating nature of it all and how it ends up... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• DEATH IN THE TUNNEL (1936) by Miles Burton

  

  Tipping My Fedora This is a bit of a special post - I have so far managed to get through life without reading a single novel by John Rhode, who often published... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Blu News – 2 for April

  

  A couple of titles which have been mentioned before are now confirmed for dual format (BD + DVD) releases at the end of April in the UK via Powerhouse/Indicator... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Little Red Monkey

  

  Topicality is often seen as a desirable quality in films. Movies are and were, above all else, made to earn money, and what better way to do so than to present... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Quatermass and the Pit

  

  Once upon a time it was quite common to see movies either inspiring TV shows or leading to direct spin-offs. This still happens of course but it doesn't seem... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Kansas City Confidential

  

  Just a glance at the ingredients is sometimes enough to tell you you're going to like the house specialty. First up, we have a carefully planned and executed... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Blu News – The Big Heat

  

  It's just been brought to my attention that March will see the release in the UK of Fritz Lang's stripped down, mean and moody film noir The Big Heat. The... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Fort Massacre

  

  It's been said that everything has its own time, its place in the overall scheme, and I guess that's true of art in general and movies in this particular... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Tall Man Riding

  

  It's been a good few months now since I last featured a western on this site, not that the site itself has been all that active of course, so I thought it... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Thing from Another World

  

  I bring you a warning: Everyone of you listening to my voice, tell the world, tell this to everybody wherever they are. Watch the skies. Everywhere. Keep... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Blu News – Two Rode Together

  

  It's just been announced by Eureka that John Ford's Two Rode Together will be released as a dual format (Both Blu-ray DVD) package in March 2017 and will be u... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Bad and the Beautiful

  

  Don't worry. Some of the best movies are made by people working together who hate each other's guts. Seeing as Kirk Douglas celebrates his 100th birthday today ... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• More Underrated Movies…

  

  Having submitted a few of these lists in the past, I've passed another one along to Brian at the Rupert Pupkin Speaks site. This time it's a selection of... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Hugh O’Brian

  

  I guess most articles will focus on the fact Hugh O'Brian played the lead on The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, and that's fair enough. However, any fan of the... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Strongroom

  

  Suspense is one of the most attractive aspects of any work of fiction, regardless of whether it's literary or cinematic. There are all kinds of dramatic... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

  

  I'm going to break you Holmes. I'm going to bring off right under your nose the most incredible crime of the century, and you'll never suspect it until it's... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Three Hours to Kill

  

  The last few posts on this site have seen the subsequent discussions spin off in various directions, taking in the idea of the auteur in cinema, the use of... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES