Cert U | 105 mins | 1950
5 Star
Ramrod, Wreckage, Ruin.
Rio Grande is the third installment of John Ford‘s “cavalry trilogy,” following two RKO Pictures releases: Fort Apache (1948) and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949). This time we are dealing with Apache raids. Fifteen years after the events at Shenandoah, it is the summer of 1879 and Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke and those under his command…more
Cert U, U, PG | 198 mins | 1924, 1925, 1926
5 Star
The Comic, The Man, The Legend!
Once again we have to thank The Keaton Project 2015 by Cineteca di Bologna and Cohen Film Collection to restore all Buster Keaton films between 1920 – 1928 and also Eureka The Masters of Cinema for putting together this amazing comedy classic package. These three films show off the unsurpassed physical skills of Keaton…more
Cert PG | 81 mins | 1946
4 Star
A Singer, A Drunk and an Accused Man.
Black Angel is Roy William Neill’s (Fifty Fathoms Deep, Murder Will Out, Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man, Sherlock Holmes Faces Death) swan song after a career spanning nearly thirty years and one hundred and ten directorial credits. Black Angel is a Film-Noir, with its sights definitely set on the dark recesses of…more
Cert PG | 106 mins | 1946
4 Star
War Time Arms Race
or
(Love in the Underground)
Filmed just after the war ended, Cloak and Dagger is a true tribute to the men and women who risked their lives in occupied Europe during WW II as part of the O.S.S. (Office of Strategic Services). From the legend that was Fritz Lang (The Woman in the Window, Der Mude Tod, Human…more
Cert PG | 92 mins | 1957
3 Star
Globe Trotting Drug Hunt.
Director John Gilling (The Pirates of Blood River, The Plague of the Zombies) takes the novel by A.J. Forrest and screenwritten by John Paxton (Murder, My Sweet). A great way to get shots of great places like Athens and Rome, as our Interpol agent chases a drug lord across Europe to America.
Charles Sturgis (Victor Mature, Samson…more
Cert PG | 122 mins | 1957
4 Star
The Legacy of Lon Chaney.
From directing family favourites like Star Trek, The Munsters and The Virginian, Joseph Pevney went on to direct major silver screen stars such as Rock Hudson (Back to God’s Country), Debbie Reynolds (Tammy and the Batchelor) and Tony Curtis (Flesh and Fury). With Man of a Thousand Faces he tells the life story of one…more
Cert U | 85 mins | 1952
5 Star
A Man of Principles.
From humble beginnings as The Tin Star by John Cunningham and adapted by screenwriter Carl Foreman (The Bridge on the River Kwai, The Guns of Navarone, Force 10 from Navarone), High Noon is brought to the screen by visionary director Fred Zinnemann (From Here to Eternity, Oklahoma!, A Man for All Seasons, The Day of the…more
