The late, great George A Romero is in many ways the father of the modern-day horror movie. Up until his seminal 1968 Night Of The Living Dead, horror had typically taken place in Victorian drawing rooms and the forests of Transylvania, first with Universal monsters in the 30-40s, and latterly with Hammer Films’ output. Night……
The Karate Kid
I never saw this movie in the 80s, and only recently watched it on Netflix. I had a general idea of what it was about, and somewhere I remembered knowing about the phrase ”wax on, wax off”, but this was one of those 80s ‘classics’ that had totally passed me by. What got me into…
Some Came Running
Unusually, I own several pieces of memorabilia for this movie which I have never seen. I bought these posters simply because I am a big Frank Sinatra fan. He holds a special meaning for me as he was my late father’s favourite singer. I was fortunate enough to be able to take my father to…
Casino Royale
It is no secret that 1967 James Bond spoof Casino Royale is an unholy mess. This is a movie which took 5 directors to make and it and includes multiple actors as different incarnations of James Bond (played by David Niven and Peter Sellers amongst others). I have only seen this once (on TV, years ago)….