Month: December 2022

The Man With The Golden Gun

The Man With The Golden Gun was Roger Moore’s second foray as James Bond.  Having subsequently lived for many years in the Far East, it is interesting for me in retrospect to see its clever use of locations in Thailand and Hong Kong. Some of it was filmed in Phuket, which at the time was…


Gremlins

Gremlins is one of my favourite Christmas movies…if indeed it can be classed as a Christmas movie at all. It is set during holidays, with snow, carols and decorations all prominent.The action kicks off when the hero is given a cute, cuddly creature called a ‘mogwai’ as a present. Unfortunately, if the mogwai is fed…


Roman Holiday

When you need cheering up, you can’t go wrong with a little Audrey in your life!  Here is Ms Hepburn resplendent on this undated Japanese chirashi for the 1953 classic Roman Holiday, the movie that did for Vespas what James Bond did for Aston Martin.  This was Hepburn’s first major movie role, and it won…