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 The final film that I will be covering in Kino's BRIT NOIR COLLECTION III Blu-ray set is THE MAN UPSTAIRS, a 1958 film released by British Lion. The entire story of THE MAN UPSTAIRS takes place in a dingy apartment building. The man of the title is played by Richard Attenborough, who one read more

 I know what you are thinking....."Hammer Films would have never had enough money to make a version of THE ODYSSEY!!!" Your thoughts are correct--they would have never even attempted such an epic and highbrow concept. But let's say that Hammer's 1965 version of SHE became a huge mainstream read more

 I realize that this movie is the major trending topic right now, but personally I wasn't impressed with it. Christopher Nolan's adaptation of Homer's ancient epic is a lumbering, dreary affair that has a murky, overcast look to it. Nolan tries to make the story "realistic", which results read more

 This is a 1956 Republic Western that I had never seen, despite the fact that it stars one of my favorites, Barbara Stanwyck. Stanwyck plays the title role, a hard-edged woman named Kit Banion. Kit has managed to make herself a bigwig in the Wyoming town she resides in, mostly due to her a read more

 It's back to Kino's BRIT NOIR COLLECTION III Blu-ray set, with NOWHERE TO GO, a 1958 Man-On-The-Run story from Ealing Studios. The movie opens with an impressive sequence detailing a man breaking into a prison to break another man out. The escapee is Paul Gregory (George Nader) a Canadian read more

 It's time to delve into Kino's BRIT NOIR COLLECTION III Blu-ray set, which as in the first two sets features three black & white British crime films from the 1950s and 60s. Today I'll be discussing PAYROLL, a 1961 armored car robbery story that made a big impression on me. The first p read more

 This is a 1973 British anthology horror film directed by Freddie Francis.....but it does not come from Amicus. World Film Services was so impressed with THE CREEPING FLESH that they allowed Francis to develop this project from a script by Jennifer Jayne, an actress who had worked for the direc read more

 On the surface, the 2024 documentary CHILDREN OF THE WICKER MAN is an examination of the making of a 1973 folk horror movie that has gained massive critical acclaim. It is more accurate, however, to point out that it's really about two brothers (from different mothers) struggling to come to gr read more

 The last film in Kino's BRIT NOIR COLLECTION II Blu-ray set I need to cover is THE LONG ARM, released in America as THE THIRD KEY. It was produced by Ealing Studios, and released in 1956. The movie reunites director Charles Frend and actor Jack Hawkins, who worked together on the fine WWII pic read more

 It's back to Kino's BRIT NOIR COLLECTION II Blu-ray set with a look at 1953's THE INTRUDER, produced by British Lion and directed by Guy Hamilton. Once again I have to question the classification of a movie as noir. THE INTRUDER is more of a melodrama dealing with how war and military ser read more

 Greg Mank gives readers another fast-paced ride down the dark corridors of classic Hollywood with his third novel METRO-GOLDWYN-VAMPIRE. The story is set in late 1934. MGM is getting ready to shoot director Tod Browning's latest thriller, a remake of his silent-era production LONDON AFTER read more

 I purchased this volume a couple weeks ago at the 2026 Summer Monster Bash Conference. Perhaps no other actor's profile has been affected by various myths and legends as that of Bela Lugosi. Many of these fables are still all over the internet, to the point where one must be very wary whe read more

 The title of this film is somewhat of a misnomer--there are no space children in it, and no children in it actually go out in space. THE SPACE CHILDREN is a 1958 science-fiction tale produced by William Alland and directed by Jack Arnold. Alland and Arnold together made some of the most notabl read more

 Kino's BRIT NOIR COLLECTION II is now available, and like the first set, it contains three black & white British films from the 1950s and 60s whose stories involve crime and murder. Today I'll be discussing 1952's HOME AT SEVEN (also known as MURDER ON MONDAY), a London Films production ba read more

 What better way to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States of America than to watch a movie that revolves around the War for Independence? Now, what if I told you the movie stars Cary Grant, of all people, as a rugged Colonial frontiersman? That movie happens to be THE HOWARD read more

 How do you make a science fiction film with no special effects? The 1963 British movie UNEARTHLY STRANGER managed to pull it off. A black & white low-budget feature with no major stars and no major FX sequences might not seem very promising, but this is a creative and imaginative tale that read more

 This is a 1947 RKO release that was produced & written by Robert Riskin, and directed by William Wellman. It stars James Stewart and Jane Wyman. With a roster of talent like that, most of you reading this may be wondering why you haven't heard of this film. It wasn't a success when it orig read more

 The current Hammer Films company has been churning out plenty of product in the last few years--so much product that you'd have to be Elon Musk to buy it all. I've been very carefully picking & choosing when it comes to the latest Hammer home video box sets, but I took the plunge with THE read more

 I finally saw this movie last night. The immediate reaction to it has been underwhelming, but I have to say that I found it to be a good, solid, enjoyable action-packed adventure. Taking place in the post-RETURN OF THE JEDI Star Wars Universe, THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU presents the title read more

 For the last few years, I've been writing plenty of posts on German Krimi films based on the writings of British author Edgar Wallace. Here's a Wallace movie adaptation that was actually made in England. It is THE RINGER, made in 1952, and included in Kino's BRIT NOIR COLLECTION I set. TH read more