Assignment to Kill (1968)
It’s thanks to TCM that this low key mystery with a hint of Bond came into my viewing circle recently and one I found very enjoyable thanks to an actor […]
Sean Connery and the Non Bond Poster Gallery
By the time I was old enough to clue in to who James Bond was on the big Screen, Roger Moore was licensed to kill as 007 working for Her […]
Second Rate Spies … Granger, Niven and …. Connery?
I have absolutely no idea how many spy films and attempted franchises were made in the wake of the enormous popularity of Ian Fleming’s Dr. No. Sean Connery and James […]
The Novel Idea in Movies … Stars On the Cover and then some.
More fun discoveries from hours of shifting through boxes and shelves in thrift stores and roadside sales and a bonus gift from a client that made my day. If you’d […]
The Crazy Career of Director Al Adamson in Film Posters.
If you were always on the look out for back issues of monster magazines like Famous Monsters of Filmland or The Castle of Frankenstein while growing up, then the ultra […]
Now Playing : A 1960’s Flashback
I love it when I come across old newspaper listings for what was playing at the theater. The ads feature great come on advertising lines and some pretty cool double […]
When Eight Bells Toll (1971)
“All hell let’s loose when eight bells toll.” New to me thanks to a Kino Lorber release on blu ray is this Alistair MacLean penned adventure featuring a young Anthony Hopkins in a James […]
Detonator (1993)
aka Death Train from the novel by Alistair MacLean. While this may be a film that shows it’s made for cable roots at a time when these films were considered […]
Roger Moore : The Non-Bond Poster Gallery
Sure it’s easy to argue that Moore essentially played James Bond in practically everything before and after he received his official license to kill. Having grown up in the later Moore era of […]
Lone Wolf McQuade (1983)
The pinnacle title in the career of Chuck Norris is a very easy mark for fun and games and while I may do just that, consider it a form of […]
James Bond : The Music by the KW Symphony
Going out to see a symphony is not something I am all that accustomed to. I’ll be the first to admit it. Was I in for a surprise. To be […]
Madame Sin (1972)
Serving as both star and executive producer we find Robert Wagner attached to this rather bizarre yet eerily effective at times thriller. From the opening scenes we find Wagner shadowed […]
Jaguar Lives (1979)
In the great tradition of the double cross we find two top notch secret agents on a mission to prevent a giant monument in the shape of a cross from […]
Vamp (1986)
When Grace Jones turned up as May Day in the farewell Bond film from Roger Moore, A View to a Kill she seemed to be a perfect killing machine and a […]
Class Action (1991)
When I first launched this site to give my personal stories and views on films one of the first things I did was a live posting on how much I […]
Bullseye! (1990)
I’d heard this was bad so on the flip side I’ll try to be nice and point out it’s far from Michael Caine and Roger Moore’s best but it did […]
