The Grand Duel (1972)
Prolific Spaghetti western scenarist Ernesto Gastaldi penned the script for this Lee Van Cleef continental western “Grand Duel,” directed with competence by Giancarlo Santi. Although he doesn’t appear to have helmed any Spaghetti westerns aside from “Grand Duel,” Santi served…
Unknown World (1951)
In the fifties, when we saw these things we believed them. We believed the effects, or rather allowed he inadequacies in the effects to pass. And we believed the science too, more or less on the same terms. Now of…
Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla (1994)
This movie was okay, but is nowhere near as good as the others in the Heisei series. Directed by Kensho Yamashita, a newbie to the job who did well on terms of the SFX but the plot, written by Hiroshi…
Invaders From Mars (1953)
After some introductory narration, we open on a bogus-looking backdrop, representing a house in a peaceful suburban neighborhood. That night, young David McLean (Jimmy Hunt) sees a spaceship crash into a nearby sandpit. His father (Leif Erickson) goes to investigate,…
Target Earth (1954)
A group of people wake up to find their city deserted due to an invasion of alien robots from Venus. While the military tries to figure out a way to fight back, these people hole themselves up in a hotel…
Beyond the Time Barrier (1960)
I have always been fascinated by the philosophical aspects of space and time, for example, such as the possibility of time dilation. That is why movies such as “The Time Machine”, “World Without End” (especially, “World Without End” being one…
Johnny Hamlet (1968)
Decent Spaghetti adaptation of Hamlet with thrills , violence , shoot’em up and well set . This Ravioli Western packs violence , shootouts , high body-count and it’s fast moving and some moments genuinely entertaining . On his way back…
Gog (1954)
A good healthy dose of Cold War paranoia is permeated throughout this film entitled Gog. Gog is one of two robots controlled by a giant computer in a space project the other being Magog. But someone has seized control of…
They Came from Beyond Space (1967)
The colorful psychedelic intro during the opening credits of “They Came From Beyond Space” suggest something rather unusual might be about to happen, while the first appearance of scientist Lee Mason (Jennifer Jayne) and her foot tall red haired bouffant…
Mean Johnny Barrows (1976)
Drummed out of the US Army for slugging his CO Capt. O’Malley, Aaron Banks, Johnny Barrows, Fred Williamson, drifts into town looking for a job ending up instead beaten and robbed by a couple of homeboys as soon as he…
The Silent Partner (1978)
Canadian bank caper where the bank teller becomes a silent partner in the robbery and later a silent partner in a murder thats connected with it. Bank teller, Miles Cullen, Elliott Gould, on one afternoon during the Christmas holiday season…
The Third Day (1965)
The Third Day which is a nice suspenseful film, modeled somewhat on the Gregory Peck classic Mirage which is about an amnesia victim has George Peppard as the protagonist amnesia victim. It is both the debut film of Sally Kellerman…
Who? (1973)
“Who?” is an intriguing, low-key, totally unusual Cold War thriller that has faded undeservedly into obscurity. While not a lost classic by any stretch of the imagination, it remains a commendable little film which explores issues of identity and political…
Delta Delta Die! (2003)
Yet so much fun! I have been waiting a long time for just a silly, funny, trashy, entertaining direct-to-video movie with just the right B-movie attitude… and here it finally is! I must say that this desperate little piece of…
The Mind Benders (1963)
“The Mind Benders” is one of the special breed of adult dramas that appeared in the 1960s (Frankenheimer’s “Seconds” is another example). These films mix science fiction elements with straight dramatic ones. The result can be extremely interesting and satisfying…
Detour (1945)
Is Detour just a bad dream? Or a masochistic reverie dredged up out of the sumps of self-loathing? Long before setting out on the road trip that took such a disastrous turn, Tom Neal was a picky eater at life’s…
Girl Slaves of Morgana Le Fay (1971)
Inspired by the exploits of the famous witch found in Arthurian legends, this film has an appropriately medieval feel to it – not least because of its authentic castle setting and the evocative score by Francois de Roubaix (using the…
Confessions of a Psycho Cat (1968)
here was a young lady who went on a spree.she carefully planned a game for three’ Confessions of a Psycho Cat updates the plot of The Most Dangerous Game to late Sixties New York, with all the exploitation movie sex…
The Hitch-Hiker (1953)
Thanks to modern technology, another film noir classic has escaped from Hollywood’s vault of too-often-overlooked or forgotten films. Albeit a minor classic, “The Hitch-Hiker,” directed by Ida Lupino, is a taut drama notable for it’s realism, as well as a…
Jurassic City – DVD Now Available
[youtube_sc url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMZt0YMw9O0 “] When a top-secret laboratory is unexpectedly breached, thousands of rampaging raptors are unleashed on Los Angeles! A black-ops unit is mobilized to contain the creatures before they cause city-wide chaos. Simultaneously, a truckload of raptors is…