Sometimes the most obscure films make for the most fun posters. Let’s face it, I’m never going to watch ‘Karate Motos’, but this cool, kitsch poster is simply bonkers! This 1973 Hong Kong martial arts action thriller also goes by the title The Deadly Chase. I’ve no idea what its about, but the only synopsis…
Destroy All Monsters
I know I’ve seen a bunch of the original run of Toho Godzilla movies on afternoon TV many, many years ago, but they all rather blur into one. So I’m not sure if I’ve seen 1968 monster mash-up Destroy All Monsters or not. The plot, such as it is, involves Godzilla and ‘friends’ living in…
The Dam Busters
The 1955 Dam Busters is one of the most famous of all classic British World War II movies. It tells the true story of how Barnes Wallis developed the famous ‘bouncing bomb’, and the pilots who (spoiler alert!) successfully flew at very low altitudes over water to use it to destroy a strategically vital German…
The Fly
The original 1958 version of The Fly starts with a wife crushing her husband’s head in a mechanical press and is told in flashback from there. The 1986 David Cronenberg version is better known today, but the concept is essentially the same: an over-dedicated scientist attempts to teleport himself, only unknown to him a fly…
Moulin Rouge
John Huston’s 1952 Moulin Rouge is, frankly, quite a boring movie. I watched it on YouTube last year and was expecting something of the pizzazz of Baz Luhrmann’s jukebox musical version, but its a rather serious affair, centred around Toulouse Lautrec (Jose Ferrer). Yes, there is some can-can dancing, and it has some nice atmospheric…