I’ve not seen any Marx Brothers movies in years, but I used to love them when they came on TV. Above is a Spanish herald for arguably their best and most famous movie, A Day At The Races. This was the even more successful follow-up to their hit A Night At The Opera, and featured…
Black Sabbath
I’ve never seen Mario Bava’s 1963 Black Sabbath, save for a YouTube clip of the bizarre end sequence – in which Boris Karloff rides off on a horse through the trees, only for the camera to pull back and reveal him to be on a prop horse in the studio, with the ‘trees’ created by…
Zombie / The Beyond
Italian director Lucio Fulci gets a lot of love amongst gore fans, but I must admit I don’t get it. The only movie of his I have managed to sit through is his pseudo Dawn Of The Dead sequel Zombie aka Zombi 2 aka Zombie Flesh Eaters etc. Years ago, this one got banned in…
Bolero
I think I may have sat through Bolero back in my days of reviewing movies for my university magazine. (That’s how this still came into my possession, I’m sure). I remember nothing about it, other than it was a piece of crap. But I am posting it here a). because it gives me a reason…
Dirty Harry
“Do I feel lucky…?” Well, I was very happy to win this one earlier this year at auction. Dirty Harry is not only one of my fave Clint Eastwood movies its also one of my all-time fave thrillers, period. It spawned 4 sequels, each of which upped the ordance whilst removing any of the moral…
The Wizard Of Oz
“We’re not in Kansas anymore. We must be over the rainbow…” I’m probably more familiar with that line because one of my favourite rock groups, Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow, used it as their intro tape on their live shows and live albums than from The Wizard Of Oz itself. I think I’ve seen the movie years…
The Song Remains The Same
It’s easy to forget that this Led Zeppelin live double album is, in fact, a movie soundtrack. I distinctly remember going to see it in a small cinema on a Saturday afternoon one-off screening when I was a teenager. It was prefaced by a ton of rock music videos (a novelty at the time), which…
Theatre Of Blood
Theatre Of Blood is my all-time favourite horror comedy and my favourite Vincent Price movie by a mile. The movie has a delightfully vicious premise. Price (so often over the top) is perfect as the hammy stage actor humiliated after being denied a best actor gong by the Critic’s Circle. Presumed dead from suicide, he…
The Incredible Hulk / The Incredible Hulk Returns
Years before Marvel Studios and mind-bending CGI conquered the universe, there were Marvel super-hero movies, sort of. These posters are for two TV movies which were subsequently theatrically released in various international markets. These were filmed as part of The Incredible Hulk TV series, which ran from 1978 to 82. These starred Bill Bixby as…
Gone With The Wind
Gone With The Wind remains the highest grossing movie of all time if box office receipts were adjusted for inflation. (Take that, James Cameron!). It was also for many years the most successful Oscar-winning movie (netting 8 awards), including Best Picture. I’m not sure if I have ever sat through all 3 hours and 42…